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Hi, New but dont understand the lab information

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Bluetit1802 said:
If, as @urbanracer says your HbA1c is 7.3% this equates to 56 in new UK measurements, so that would be a lot better than 73 and not at all drastic.
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Am in Canada

Beside the Hb A1C it says 0.073 (HI) and then in faint type beside that, <0.06

Perhaps just the way it's done here.

Thank you for helping me try to make sense of these numbers.
They really dont make it easy to understand.
Can understand why many are overwhelmed.

But this is the first forum I have found that both makes sense of it and what is being learned here, put into practise, seems to be helping, at least from the look around i have had so far.

Thanks again!
 
New2Type2 said:
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Am in Canada

Beside the Hb A1C it says 0.073 (HI) and then in faint type beside that, <0.06

Perhaps just the way it's done here.

Thank you for helping me try to make sense of these numbers.
They really dont make it easy to understand.
Can understand why many are overwhelmed.

But this is the first forum I have found that both makes sense of it and what is being learned here, put into practise, seems to be helping, at least from the look around i have had so far.

Thanks again!
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The <0.06 is the standard cut off point (less than 6% is non-diabetic)
 
Figure it all out first, then set your own target :)
Once you hit your initial target, you can lower it until you are totally happy, but don't overwhelm yourself with targets you can't reach initially.
 
Welcome to the forum and no doubt you'll get to grips with all the medical jargon. Just ask on the forum and post new threads if you're confused about anything. Good luck. :)
 
New2Type2 said:
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Am in Canada

Beside the Hb A1C it says 0.073 (HI) and then in faint type beside that, <0.06

Perhaps just the way it's done here.

Thank you for helping me try to make sense of these numbers.
They really dont make it easy to understand.
Can understand why many are overwhelmed.

But this is the first forum I have found that both makes sense of it and what is being learned here, put into practise, seems to be helping, at least from the look around i have had so far.

Thanks again!
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Ah You are in Canada too. I might not have been wrong if I knew that. I am in BC. A1c values in Canada are in percent. This is a UK forum so you will see it expressed as a percent or as a whole number. 2 different systems of measuring being used here. This is the best forum I have found so even if some of the info given as to which metes, some foods, etc don't really apply simply because we don't have them, it is still the best place to be.
 
I am in the same boat as you are pal, I was terrified but as I got more and more info
From here, nurse and doc I am more aware of diabetes and it basically comes down
to lifestyle change, eat healthily exercise and reading the sides of food packaging
all very time consuming but make it mandatory in your shopping days, I have
been where you are and I'm still 15.2 blood glucose. I was over 33.3 blood sugar
once all because I drank some lucozade so steer clear of some people's advice as I
got told it was good for me at the start of my diabetes I nearly was hospitalised as I
can put you in coma. Good luck and eat healthily.
 
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