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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Robbity" data-source="post: 2571205" data-attributes="member: 93179">I much prefer to trust my glucose meter readings to give me an accurate indication as to how well I manage my glucose levels.  I use a Contour Next  which has an option to provide  average figures based on my actual tests results over various periods of time up to 90 days, and if I wish I can use this figure  to predict  my HBA1c with the HbA1c/glucose levels converter on our main diabetes.co.uk website, here: <a href="https://www.diabetes.co.uk/hba1c-to-blood-sugar-level-converter.html" target="_blank">https://www.diabetes.co.uk/hba1c-to-blood-sugar-level-converter.html</a>However when I could afford to do so , I found that wearing a Libre sensor gave me the most information as to what exactly was going on with my glucose levels  24/7.  It measured interstitial fluid glucose levels, which  actually gave lower figures than  my meter but most importantly the trends and patterns I saw were the same with both.HbA1c results,  being based on an average over time,(currently 12 months for me) can't distinguish between erratic highs and lows or nice steady/stable figures, so  could  possibly be quite misleading.</blockquote>

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