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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mcdougall86" data-source="post: 2697224" data-attributes="member: 355831">Hi! Yeah, I have a finger prick tester now, and it’s partly why I’m questioning the diagnosis. My morning fasting readings and post-meal readings seem far too high to correlate with my hba1c unless I’m having significant lows somewhere in along the way. Either that, or perhaps the hba1c isn’t accurate for me because of my other health conditions. I have read that hba1c isn’t always accurate for folk with any spleen dysfunction. I’ve done seriously low carb before, I also put myself on the 800 calorie “Newcastle diet” about 5 years ago. Neither had any impact whatsoever on my hba1c but my doctor didn’t care because I was losing weight, and it’s all he’s ever been interested in. Trialling a CGM might be a good idea though, even if just to see what’s happening across a period of time.</blockquote>

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