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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Melgar" data-source="post: 2738345" data-attributes="member: 520626">I’m in Canada , so our HbAc1’s are shown in percentages. [USER=594231]@Robert Hancock[/USER] you are right, even though HbAc1‘s show percentages over a three month period, (the lifespan of the red cells) it is heavily weighted towards the last month. It’s not ideal, and it is accepted that it is not ideal, but that is what many countries use as there system for determining how well you are controlling your diabetes over the last three months. It is also used to determine if you are diabetic or not. Time in Range is a better indicator of how well you are controlling your blood sugars if you use a CGM. Many T2s use glucometers as CGM’s are not usually given on prescription in the UK, same in Canada. Some T2s on insulin do, but it seems to depend on the health authority From what I have read. The discussion groups here where members share their blood glucose numbers are fasting early morning figures drawn from either a fingerprick or a reading from their CGM device.</blockquote>

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