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Hba1c test result

............. and of course, few of us really know how long we have had T2. It could have been ages before we were diagnosed.
 
Am I the only one that has been totally released from the program.Is there any one in this forum that was diabetic and treated as
a diabetic only to find out you were never had diabetes, and that's OK with them.
 
Leamill said:
Am I the only one that has been totally released from the program.Is there any one in this forum that was diabetic and treated as
a diabetic only to find out you were never had diabetes, and that's OK with them.
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I wonder how many people "released" would still be active on this programme.
I am sure @Pipp was offered the chance to be de-listed but turned it down though I could be confused on who posted that.
 
Several of us have been taken off the diabetes register, or invited to but declined.. I was invited to and declined as I prefer the ongoing regular blood checks remaining at 6 monthly. It isn't only glucose that gets checked but loads of other important health markers.
 
Fleegle said:
I wonder how many people "released" would still be active on this programme.
I am sure @Pipp was offered the chance to be de-listed but turned it down though I could be confused on who posted that.
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Yes, it was suggested 5 years ago that having managed to have 3 consecutive non-diabetes level HbA1c results ( each three months apart) that if I continued with the same low numbers for 2 years I could be taken off the GPs register of patients with T2. I declined, as I had been T2 for 6 years prior to this and nobody could tell me if I had permanently my pancreas. Also there are many in my extended family both maternal and paternal sides who have diabetes, so I am not sure if genetics played a part in my being T2.

There are pros and cons....... Travel insurance would cost me more. Not a problem for me, as I don't travel abroad anymore. Life insurance would too, but I am not intending to get further cover at my late stage of life. Similarly, should I take out a bank loan, I expect that would cost more. On the plus side, I did get some of my occupational pension paid early, as the pension company thinks my life expectancy is reduced.

As for GP, I think the surgery gets bonuses if they complete all the annual checks for their diabetic patients, if so ( and I am not 100% sure) it would be in their interest to keep me registered as T2 as long as I am compliant about attending for the checks.

Back to @Leamill 's dilemma. In such circumstances I too would be frustrated by the situation. whether or not the first blood test was flawed, or a mistake made, the GP surgery needs to make a decision in consultation with Leamill, to find the best outcome. In such a situation I would be content to have annual monitoring, but I may think differently if a D diagnosis would impact life chances such as insurance, etc.
 
Thank you for your reply,yes its bloody frustrating. The key word is dismissed from the diabetic team, not an option to stay
on the register as I was never on it or even talked about. I can easily go to a well man clinc for blood, prostrate, feet,eyes
Diet advice not through a diabetic clinic.Lots of the people who have responded to my messages,have done amazing with
there HBA1C tests,but would I be right in saying no many get to leave the program from advice give by there Dr.Maybe
the feeling of being on the program has a comforting effect even if it's not needed
 
Leamill said:
Thank you for your reply,yes its bloody frustrating. The key word is dismissed from the diabetic team, not an option to stay
on the register as I was never on it or even talked about. I can easily go to a well man clinc for blood, prostrate, feet,eyes
Diet advice not through a diabetic clinic.Lots of the people who have responded to my messages,have done amazing with
there HBA1C tests,but would I be right in saying no many get to leave the program from advice give by there Dr.Maybe
the feeling of being on the program has a comforting effect even if it's not needed
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Not so much a comforting effect, more that it could be needed.
For example, in the six years since I 'reversed' my T2, I have seen a gradual increase in HbA1c in last two years. Most recent was 41, so could quite easily go above the tipping point into pre-diabetes level or beyond. I would not know that without the GP monitoring, even though I test regularly at home with a meter.
 
Hello
So after waiting seven weeks for the Lab to reply to My HBA1C of 50 this is the reply
The feedback provided was that HBA1C results of 39 36 35 are all within assay variance tolerances and represents results that do
not indicate Diabetes Mellitus.
The intial result of 50 may have been anomalous which is why diagnosis should never be made upon a single result.
There are a number of reasons why anomalous result may have been recorded,sample matrix issues,adverse drug interaction,sample or reagent stabillty at the time of testing.
Although the assay is regularly calibrated and quality controlled in order to ensure a high quality of testing,it is not always possible to eradicate the effect of these types of variables and statistically a very small number of test results will be anomalous despite assay performance being of a high standard.

So full apologies from the Dr, for blinding following that first reading of 50.I don't believe that the W.H.O. require that second test for Lab performance issues.Do people who are pre diabetic have a second test to confirm at risk of diabetes.
The performance of the team at my surgery was totally wrong,they set me up on the pathway with that first number,not one of
them questioned the following numbers.It was only yesterday after a year of four Hba1c tests, eye tests, feet check ups etc, I am
not diabetic and never have been.
 
Was your health damaged in any way my what your GP did? If not how can you say your GP did the wrong thing?
 
ringi said:
Was your health damaged in any way my what your GP did? If not how can you say your GP did the wrong thing?
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did you not read my posts at all,its called sheer bloody stress from a year of wasted time for me and the cost to the NHS from one
HBA1C test of 50.When my Dr tells me just over a year ago your diabetic,you tend to believe what they tell you.The apologies given to me last night were for the whole team not once thinking about what they were doing with my treatment,not one of them
stopped to think about the second,third,fourth test results,lets get this person on the pathway just what the test told them to do.
 
Much better to find out you are not diabetic after being let to believe you are than the other way round. In your shoes (and most of us would give our right arm to be in your shoes), I would be breaking out the champagne.
 
don't need champagne,just health care professionals who can think out side guide lines, and not follow the first number.Now all
very sheepish about there actions
 
And you got several blood tests for other health markers, which you may otherwise not have had, plus eye and foot checks, so it isn't all bad. I understand your anger, but now is the time to celebrate. You are not diabetic. Congratulations!
 
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