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<blockquote data-quote="Bluetit1802" data-source="post: 1511609" data-attributes="member: 94045"><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>Are you in the UK?</p><p></p><p>I ask because in the UK and most of the rest of the world the fasting blood glucose test is no longer the main test for diagnosing diabetes. The diagnostic test is the HbA1c. A doctor may well do a fasting test but if this shows anything suspicious it will be followed up with an HbA1c.</p><p></p><p>Your doctor should be testing your HbA1c levels when you have your reviews. A fasting blood glucose test is nonsense. The HbA1c calculates your average blood glucose levels over the previous 2 to 3 months. The fasting test is just a snapshot of what your level is at the time of the test. </p><p></p><p>Are you sure these tests of yours are just fasting blood glucose, or could they be HbA1c? (which you may have been asked to fast for, although it isn't necessary) </p><p></p><p>What have your results been?</p><p></p><p>Even straight after diagnosis I never had a problem with my fasting tests. They have always been in the lowish 5s. This is where my body wants me to be. I often go to bed with highish 5s or even up to 6 but my body brings me back down to my normal base level by the time I get up. My morning levels are mostly less than my bedtime ones, sometimes by as much as 0.8mmol/l. This is a long term trend, so not anything to do with meter inaccuracies. But ..... I am diabetic.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bluetit1802, post: 1511609, member: 94045"] Hi, Are you in the UK? I ask because in the UK and most of the rest of the world the fasting blood glucose test is no longer the main test for diagnosing diabetes. The diagnostic test is the HbA1c. A doctor may well do a fasting test but if this shows anything suspicious it will be followed up with an HbA1c. Your doctor should be testing your HbA1c levels when you have your reviews. A fasting blood glucose test is nonsense. The HbA1c calculates your average blood glucose levels over the previous 2 to 3 months. The fasting test is just a snapshot of what your level is at the time of the test. Are you sure these tests of yours are just fasting blood glucose, or could they be HbA1c? (which you may have been asked to fast for, although it isn't necessary) What have your results been? Even straight after diagnosis I never had a problem with my fasting tests. They have always been in the lowish 5s. This is where my body wants me to be. I often go to bed with highish 5s or even up to 6 but my body brings me back down to my normal base level by the time I get up. My morning levels are mostly less than my bedtime ones, sometimes by as much as 0.8mmol/l. This is a long term trend, so not anything to do with meter inaccuracies. But ..... I am diabetic. [/QUOTE]
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