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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bluetit1802" data-source="post: 1058754" data-attributes="member: 94045">As I mentioned above, an HbA1c test looks at your red blood cells and calculates an average of sorts of how much glucose has attached itself to them over their life-time. As red blood cells live approximately 3 months, it gives a sort of average of your glucose levels over the past 2 to 3 months, weighted towards the last 3 or 4 weeks. Your drug reaction certainly will have affected any finger prick testing at the time and also any a fasting blood glucose test as they are just snap shots of what was there at the time, but the reaction won't have had any significant effect on the Hba1c.An HbA1c of 57 isn't drastic and unlikely to have given you symptoms. Many type 2s are symptomless on diagnosis. Your BS levels have to be quite high before they appear. I've never ever had any symptoms.</blockquote>

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