just thought i'd update as my last post said my last A1c was 10.7...i was in a bit of a tail spin seeing as in 12 years hadn't ever had one in double figs, turns out my gp who rang me with the results because they were so high, gave me the wrong figure!!! he just said my 'diabetic blood test results' were a tad on the high side at 10.7 and recommended i see the DSN. i just thought i'd had a bad christmas (hadn't tested a zillion times but did test, and had the odd high number, so was shocked as to where this 10.7 had come from)
anyhoo...i had a phonecall from the nurse at my practice who had some screening questions to ask me, including was i under a consultant (ha, she herself along with the practice's DSN had referred me back into the system after being out of it due to pregnancy, so had been under another clinic. anyway, this referral was early 2011 and was chased 6 months later after hearing nothing...still nothing). so i said i really wanted to be back under a clinic as my latest result was so high, she said it wasn't high at all...was 51 which converted to 6.8! (was is this 51...she said it was american!?)
my gp had read the 10.7 and told me this figure, didn't bother to tell me it was a fasting bg & didn't tell me the A1c result. as i hadn't ever been tested for a fasting bg before (why would i need to, i have a meter for that!) i didn't even consider it. the only reason i had a fasting blood test was for the cholesterol.
out of interest, my mum (t1 37 yrs) was told to have her last A1c first thing in morning, they told her this is to get the most accurate result?? anyone throw any light on this? may post on another topic for opinions. i had always thought A1c was, like xyzzy's last post said (v informative, ta) - over last 3 months with emphasis on last 30 days.
so my last hbA1c was 6.8 not 10.7, phewee.
