It looks awesome to me! Congratulations!My latest HbA1c is 44 (6.2%) and about 75% TIR with Low 2% and Very Low <1%. My best was in 2023 @ 43, but my endo was unhappy about Lows > 5% (hypos are the reason I was given a pump).
Interestingly my Dexcom 7 (and previously Dexcom 6) almost always overestimates my level by 3-4 points. Exercise and low carb are critical for me to be able to keep in the low 40's. I'd like to get below 40 with very few hypos, but that will almost certainly require giving up my occasional treats of peanut butter on wholegrain toast!
Type 1: What are your HbA1c test results?
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My recent HbA1c is 42. I know that it sounds great but slightly worse than my two previous years where I got 39 and 38. For the past 9 months I'm most of the time on very low carbs and virtually no insulin. This perhaps elevated the results. TIR is pretty much 99% except occasional beer drinking, ice creams or cycling .My recent lowest was 2.6 mmol/L after cycling - scary, I know...but stupidly I thought that if I don't take insulin for weeks, I'm safe with hypos (not true, especially on low carbs). Cholesterol is of course higher than normal so need to discuss with my GP ( who will insist on statins and I will politely refuse).
HbA1c
Current result: 46 mmol/mol (6.4%) on 01/05/2025
Previous result: 162 mmol/mol (17.0%) on 21/01/2025
using less and less insulin apparently honeymoon stage the libre2plus estimated a1c: 41 mmol/mol so it wasnt that far off.
DSN complained too tightly controlled :O (increased chance of hypo's) apparently honeymoon stage using less and less insulin both long acting adown a few units a day from 18 to 15, alongside fast acting ratio changed from 1:10 told to 1:15 ... tried 1:20 today CGM whining hypo's a fair bit, but fingerprick test all good always +4 lowest 4.2 when the libre thought 2.8 :O short time ago libre 3.2 fingerprick 4.2. side of tip of fingers starting to get a little sore think i'll wait til current cgm reads<3.5 . will reset alarm to 3.9 when next cgm attached
Current result: 46 mmol/mol (6.4%) on 01/05/2025
Previous result: 162 mmol/mol (17.0%) on 21/01/2025
using less and less insulin apparently honeymoon stage the libre2plus estimated a1c: 41 mmol/mol so it wasnt that far off.
DSN complained too tightly controlled :O (increased chance of hypo's) apparently honeymoon stage using less and less insulin both long acting adown a few units a day from 18 to 15, alongside fast acting ratio changed from 1:10 told to 1:15 ... tried 1:20 today CGM whining hypo's a fair bit, but fingerprick test all good always +4 lowest 4.2 when the libre thought 2.8 :O short time ago libre 3.2 fingerprick 4.2. side of tip of fingers starting to get a little sore think i'll wait til current cgm reads<3.5 . will reset alarm to 3.9 when next cgm attached
