Blood Sugars up but HbA1C the same?

I am not sure less hypos will directly mean less highs but I can imagine if you are keeping a closer eye on your BG to avoid going low, you are likely to be paying closer attention to all your levels.
I think the only way of really knowing is to wear a CGM or Libre to see what is happening when you are not pricking your finger.

Well done on what looks like better control.

Hi @EllieM There is great debate over the 'trustworthiness' of the HbA1c test as being an accurate way to gauge how well controlled a diabetic is over say 2-3 months, however it doesn't account for blood glucose variability. So some one who is say 6.5 mmol/l most of the time could get the same result as someone who is 4.2 25% of the time as an example.

Also got my result back yesterday by the way - 52 also

It probably is just avoiding some of the highs as well as the lows. Are you feeling better and seeing less variation day to day?

HbA1C is frankly an utterly useless way of measuring how well you're doing because as has been pointed out it can easily be swayed one way or another by compensating for those lows with a couple of highs or regularly being slightly above your recommended range or vice versa. I had a great HbA1C myself according to the nurse back in December despite waking up low just about every single day for 6 months straight and feeling horrible on a daily basis, and I pointed out that the numbers don't really tell the same story once you actually analyse them, which she agreed with.
Until there is a way of keeping track of when and why we get our highs and lows, I expect we'll be stuck using these useless methods however. I'm working on my own theory to solve the problem, but it's not gonna be useful(if it works) for quite some time.

EllieM said:

Well the "when" is solved by a working cgm, the "why" is the million dollar question.....

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I'm aware, the two were meant as an intersection.