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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EllieM" data-source="post: 2609290" data-attributes="member: 372717">Not sure I agree about the cpeptide (but I'm not a medical professional either).The hba1cs are easy tounderstand.  They reflect your average blood sugar over the last 3 months and that has gone down from 11.7mmol/L to 9,6mmol/L[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.diabetes.co.uk/hba1c-units-converter.html[/URL]The cpeptide is much more difficult to interpret, though I can confirm  it does measure how much insulin your body is producing.[URL unfurl="true"]https://labs.selfdecode.com/blog/c-peptide/[/URL]This article suggests that a normal range is 260-1270pmol/L if fasting and 3000-9000pmol/L after a meal.  (Though I suspect the after meal result assumes you aren't eating a low carb diet).The lowish (?) cpeptide might explain why [USER=41673]@teddybear74[/USER] is on insulin, though I have no idea whether the decrease is because of a change in diet, reduced insulin resistance or actual failure of their insulin producing cells. (Or something else).[USER=41673]@teddybear74[/USER] these are very good questions to ask your medical professionals. Do you have a follow up appointment to discuss the results?</blockquote>

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