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<blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 1558180" data-attributes="member: 41816"><p>Hi and welcome <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Can I ask when you are testing? How often, and at what times?</p><p></p><p>The reason I ask is because if you are testing once a day, or at a single particular time, you may be missing the blood glucose fluctuations after food. It would be very rare for someone to sit at 8-10 all day. They are much more likely to fluctuate over a larger range, lower before food and higher after.</p><p></p><p>Here is a chart to show the relationship between prick testing blood glucose levels (mmol/l), and the HbA1c numbers (blue text if you are in UK and % figs if you are in US)</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.diabetes.co.uk/images/hba1c-chart.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The chart shows that if you were sitting at 8-10mmol/l all day, that is the equivalent of approx 47-60 in HbA1c units - which is higher than ideal.</p><p></p><p>My suggestion would be to test before eating and then again 2 hours later, for every meal and snack - for a few days.</p><p>Then you would see the true range of your blood glucose fluctuations.</p><p>If it is higher than ideal, then you have a number of options - adjusting diet (carbs) down, or medication up, or adding in more exercise to burn up the glucose after eating. Obviously, your doc would want to know if your numbers are higher than the agreed range, and will advise on medication.</p><p></p><p>Have you come across the <a href="http://www.bloodsugar101.com" target="_blank">www.bloodsugar101.com</a> website? It is well worth a read, and explains the consequences of high blood glucose, the studies that have been done on this, how to control Type 2 longterm. It was a wonderful source of info for me, back when I joined the forum.</p><p></p><p>Hope that helps!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brunneria, post: 1558180, member: 41816"] Hi and welcome :) Can I ask when you are testing? How often, and at what times? The reason I ask is because if you are testing once a day, or at a single particular time, you may be missing the blood glucose fluctuations after food. It would be very rare for someone to sit at 8-10 all day. They are much more likely to fluctuate over a larger range, lower before food and higher after. Here is a chart to show the relationship between prick testing blood glucose levels (mmol/l), and the HbA1c numbers (blue text if you are in UK and % figs if you are in US) [IMG]http://www.diabetes.co.uk/images/hba1c-chart.jpg[/IMG] The chart shows that if you were sitting at 8-10mmol/l all day, that is the equivalent of approx 47-60 in HbA1c units - which is higher than ideal. My suggestion would be to test before eating and then again 2 hours later, for every meal and snack - for a few days. Then you would see the true range of your blood glucose fluctuations. If it is higher than ideal, then you have a number of options - adjusting diet (carbs) down, or medication up, or adding in more exercise to burn up the glucose after eating. Obviously, your doc would want to know if your numbers are higher than the agreed range, and will advise on medication. Have you come across the [URL="http://www.bloodsugar101.com"]www.bloodsugar101.com[/URL] website? It is well worth a read, and explains the consequences of high blood glucose, the studies that have been done on this, how to control Type 2 longterm. It was a wonderful source of info for me, back when I joined the forum. Hope that helps! [/QUOTE]
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