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hba1c testing

jackvdbuk

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Location
London
Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
Hi ,

have a massive issue with blood tests and remember as a little kid they would do the hba1c test with a blood glucose type large machine? do they still do these or is it always blood tests now? :(
 
HbA1c done at the GP will involve blood taken from the arm but at the hospital will only be a finger prick. . . . Is that what you mean, jackvdbuk?
 
HbA1c done at the GP will involve blood taken from the arm but at the hospital will only be a finger prick. . . . Is that what you mean, jackvdbuk?
yeah so i can skip a blood test for a hba1c if i go to the hospital to get it done?
 
yeah so i can skip a blood test for a hba1c if i go to the hospital to get it done?
Presumably you don't attend a hospital diabetic clinic. If this is the case, you should ask to be referred to one. . . . You can't just nip into a hospital and ask them to do your HbA1c!
 
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