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<blockquote data-quote="Robbity" data-source="post: 2196752" data-attributes="member: 93179"><p>You're doing extremely well so far, so I wouldn't bother too much over differences between estimated and actual HbA1C results..</p><p></p><p>There are things other that our reactions to food or exercise that can effect our glucose levels, and unless we use something like a Libre sensor for 24/7 readings we're going to miss other highs or lows, so I'm not sure that you'll ever necessarily get compatible values from estimates made from finger prick <strong>spot checks</strong> and the results from your HbA1C which is measuring your <strong>overall levels</strong> for the same period. As far as I'm concerned what I see from regular meter tests are what tell me how I'm doing and what I may need to watch or change, while longer term HbA1C averages actually give <em>me</em> very little useful information and are simply there for my DN and GP to monitor progress or lack thereof.</p><p></p><p>My meter can give me finger prick averages and I use these figures with our <a href="https://www.diabetes.co.uk/hba1c-to-blood-sugar-level-converter.html" target="_blank">diabetes.co.uk HbA1C calculator/converter</a> to predict HbA1Cs and those figures I get are consistently lower than my actual results, but the <strong>patterns</strong> I see are consistent, and I think that's the best I'll get. But this means I can fairly accurately predict my actual HbA1C from my meter averages. Additionally, the 24/7 data from my Libre software has always given me much lower HbA1C estimates than those from finger pricks, though the actual patterns I see are still pretty consistent.</p><p></p><p>And finally, to confuse issues further, HbA1C results may not be all that accurate anyway - [USER=94045]@Bluetit1802[/USER] has had different results from (the same I believe) samples sent to different Labs. And I saw something similar when I had a second HbA1C check done in hospital before a minor operation, which was somewhat higher than the regular check done a few weeks beforehand at the surgery. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite12" alt="o_O" title="Er... what? o_O" loading="lazy" data-shortname="o_O" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Robbity, post: 2196752, member: 93179"] You're doing extremely well so far, so I wouldn't bother too much over differences between estimated and actual HbA1C results.. There are things other that our reactions to food or exercise that can effect our glucose levels, and unless we use something like a Libre sensor for 24/7 readings we're going to miss other highs or lows, so I'm not sure that you'll ever necessarily get compatible values from estimates made from finger prick [B]spot checks[/B] and the results from your HbA1C which is measuring your [B]overall levels[/B] for the same period. As far as I'm concerned what I see from regular meter tests are what tell me how I'm doing and what I may need to watch or change, while longer term HbA1C averages actually give [I]me[/I] very little useful information and are simply there for my DN and GP to monitor progress or lack thereof. My meter can give me finger prick averages and I use these figures with our [URL='https://www.diabetes.co.uk/hba1c-to-blood-sugar-level-converter.html']diabetes.co.uk HbA1C calculator/converter[/URL] to predict HbA1Cs and those figures I get are consistently lower than my actual results, but the [B]patterns[/B] I see are consistent, and I think that's the best I'll get. But this means I can fairly accurately predict my actual HbA1C from my meter averages. Additionally, the 24/7 data from my Libre software has always given me much lower HbA1C estimates than those from finger pricks, though the actual patterns I see are still pretty consistent. And finally, to confuse issues further, HbA1C results may not be all that accurate anyway - [USER=94045]@Bluetit1802[/USER] has had different results from (the same I believe) samples sent to different Labs. And I saw something similar when I had a second HbA1C check done in hospital before a minor operation, which was somewhat higher than the regular check done a few weeks beforehand at the surgery. o_O [/QUOTE]
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