ChristosTofari
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
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- Insulin
Been diagnosed type 1 for a week now and my doctor said I was 164 and was the highest he's seen oops
Mine is low much to the amusement of the doctors who tell me I need to get it higher 5.7% dcct 39 ifcc = 6.5Re: What are your H test results?
Hi Darren. By H results, I assume you mean HbA1c? This is one of the key tests and looks at your average blood sugars over 3 months (sort of anyway!) Without wanting to sound picky, this test is measured as a %, NOT in mmol so I wonder if you're getting mixed up? The mmol tests are the one-off blood sugar tests we can do on our meters. It's worth clarifying your results so you can compare properly with other tests in the future and see how you're getting on. My Hba!c was 8.2 when I was diagnosed, but fortuinately down to 5.9 when I was tested 4 months later.
Good luck!
Mine is low much to the amusement of the doctors who tell me I need to get it higher 5.7% dcct 39 ifcc = 6.5
6.8% as of today. A bit disappointed as my last one was 6.5%.
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I'm type 2 and wanted to try without medication. Well I don't think I need to lower it any more. Very happy with that and thanks to lots on this forum.
HBA1c represents the ammunt of glycationed hemoglobin in your blood. Since these blood cells are replaced after 3 months the HBA1c can tell how your blood glucose has been. You're meter will give you a current blood glucose value, not a 3 month average. There's a lot of guides where you can learn about what your blood sugar should be, 7-8 mmol/l is on the high side. 1 "point" (should be unit) extra says you've got a higher blood sugar, beware that your blood sugar does fluctuate and the meter isn't a precision instrument.im type 2 and still confused by what meter readings actually represent ,obviously I understand a high / low reading but as an example a reading of say 7 and next time you test a reading of 8 what does that extra 1 point actually mean health wise ?
Depending on your meter, if you dig around it might even give you a 90 day average which is very roughly the same kind of thing as what hba1c does, though subtly different. Your meter might even give you an "estimated hba1c" - some do.
Ahhhh you've allowed yourself to be fooled there Spiker
While it may seem so (the 90 day average), they are not the same thing - even if you are testing 24 times a day... a glucose blood test is only relevant for the moment of the test (and perhaps a 15 minutes lead time), whereas the haemoglobin is in constant creation / circulation.
My latest HbA1c result (46) is a prime example... according to my meters 90 day average and the hba1c converter app, my HbA1c should have been around 55!
That's why I said "roughly the same kind of thing but subtly different". I didn't want to confuse the poster with too much complexity.Ahhhh you've allowed yourself to be fooled there Spiker
While it may seem so (the 90 day average), they are not the same thing - even if you are testing 24 times a day... a glucose blood test is only relevant for the moment of the test (and perhaps a 15 minutes lead time), whereas the haemoglobin is in constant creation / circulation.