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Andy12345

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hi, i was booked in to have a liver test of some sort for the statins, but the phlebotomoist took my hba1c test as it is way before the 3 months is up and i hadnt fasted, is that ok? she said i didnt need to but im certain they made me fast for the first one, also if its a 3 month average as i believe would the fact that 3 weeks of that 3 months i was in the twenties before diag make this test higher than it would have been if taken after all the measures lowered it? i suggested i dont want it yet but she looked at me like i was crazy so i let her do it... there are 2 questions in there somewhere, any advice greatly received as always, Thanks
Andy
 
HbA1c doesn't need fasting.
It gives a broad picure of what your blood glucose levels have been during the last 3 months or so since all your erythrocytes[ red cells] have been renewed. It's biased towards the most recent 2 weeks. Thus if it's less than 3 months since you started to take control of your blood sugar, you will get a higher reading than if it were more than 3 months.
Hana
 
I agree with Hana there is no requirement to fast for the HbA1c blood test.

Fasting is however generally required for a full lipid panel or a breakdown of cholesterol into Triglycerides (trigs), HDL and LDL which you may have had done last time :D
 
Thankyou for your replies, id kinda hoped they would be doing cholestrol test too but oh well :) Thanks
Andy
 
Hi, i got back the test results, i dont understand any of them (not a surprise) but the doc has asked to see me... my hbc number is 56, when diagnosed it was 106 which of course is much better but i cant help feeling disapointed i was hoping for lower and maybe it would have been if they had waited 2 weeks, i really dont know why i feel so bad about it but i do :(
 
Andy12345 said:
Hi, i got back the test results, i dont understand any of them (not a surprise) but the doc has asked to see me... my hbc number is 56, when diagnosed it was 106 which of course is much better but i cant help feeling disapointed i was hoping for lower and maybe it would have been if they had waited 2 weeks, i really dont know why i feel so bad about it but i do :(
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Mine was done today too, 72 down from 130 (had to get help working out what they meant haha). I wish mine could have been 56!!! That is really good and a major improvement. I have no excuse as in T1 and so insulin should do it but you've gotten that down yourself
 
Hi, thanks for the reply, Well done to you for your results :) , its not that im not pleased to be down i was just in cuckoo land thinking i was going to be a medical miracle and they would say your amazing you have cured yourself you are a shining example and from now on we will change our advice and tell diabetics to go low carb, maybee even name a diet or two after me oh and of course take me off all medication maybee even change the name of metformin to andyformin, i supposed i hoped for just a tad too much. :) *sigh*
 
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