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<blockquote data-quote="JonW444" data-source="post: 2694952" data-attributes="member: 587702"><p>A year ago I was diagnosed with prediabetes. I worked at losing weight, bought one of those small testing kits and it showed that I was out of the prediabetes zone. I tested myself every week or two for a year, sometimes after food, sometimes first thing in the morning, sometimes any time of day. All results for the year were lower than 7mol/L, some in the low 4's, most mid 5's, a few 6's. I felt happy that things were going OK.</p><p></p><p>So, a few weeks ago I had a few blood tests ordered by my GP , one was blood sugar levels, and it came out as being HbA1 of 42 - prediabetes! I don't see how all tests for the year can be wrong unless the kit is effectively useless!?! It's pretty disappointing.</p><p></p><p>Are the home test kits just a waste of time?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JonW444, post: 2694952, member: 587702"] A year ago I was diagnosed with prediabetes. I worked at losing weight, bought one of those small testing kits and it showed that I was out of the prediabetes zone. I tested myself every week or two for a year, sometimes after food, sometimes first thing in the morning, sometimes any time of day. All results for the year were lower than 7mol/L, some in the low 4's, most mid 5's, a few 6's. I felt happy that things were going OK. So, a few weeks ago I had a few blood tests ordered by my GP , one was blood sugar levels, and it came out as being HbA1 of 42 - prediabetes! I don't see how all tests for the year can be wrong unless the kit is effectively useless!?! It's pretty disappointing. Are the home test kits just a waste of time? [/QUOTE]
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