Hba1c ? test

[celast]

jUST PHONED RECEPTION AT THE DOCS FOR MY RESULT, ALL SHE COULD SAY WAS IT SAY'S 44MMOL, DOES THAT MEAN I AM A GONNER

 

[catza]

Nope. 44mmol means that you have a HbA1c reading of 6.1 which is better than a lot of members.

Here a link to the HbA1c converter.

http://www.diabetes.co.uk/hba1c-units-converter.html

 

[celast]

Thank you very much,I can sleep tonight.....

 

[xyzzy]

Excellent HbA1c so brilliant news Charles. Sleep well! :thumbup:

 

[lucylocket61]

PS Congratulations :clap: :clap: :clap:

 

[celast]

Thanks everyone,I am beginning to understand things a little bit better now with your help.

 

[Defren]

6.1 is great, congratulations!

 

[Squire Fulwood]

Well that worked well. I will try another way of printing the chart I just tried to post

 

[Squire Fulwood]

No .....I give up

 

[Grazer]

jUST PHONED RECEPTION AT THE DOCS FOR MY RESULT, ALL SHE COULD SAY WAS IT SAY'S 44MMOL, DOES THAT MEAN I AM A GONNER

As I understand it, you've only just been diagnosed and haven't been on a special diet, medication or anything yet. In which case, you're hardly even diabetic, more like pre-diabetic (what used to be called borderline diabetic.) It was the world health organisation I think that classed over 6.5 as diabetic, and between 5.7 and 6.4 as "at risk" Can't find that, but here's a link to a site that suggests key authorities consider between 6.0 and 6.5 to be pre-diabetic:-
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/predia ... -diagnosis
In fact, at your age (without being personal Sir!) your HbA1c isn't massively higher than you might expect of a non-diabetic. - HbA1c increases with age, with one study suggesting it could go up by 0.1 for every year over 60 i think.
Not suggesting that you're not a member of our illustrious club, just that you should be able to manage it very easily with a small change in your diet and lifestyle.
Good luck!