I wouldn't have a lot of confidence in your DSN if she thinks urine sticks are superior to your BG meter.
It looks like you are on track with your BG numbers and if you want to test your blood it's none of her business really.
Sounds like you are doing well. Just be aware that urine is normally around 4hours old on average so not overly accurate as a snapshot of how your levels are at that moment in time. I have wee sticks that are multitest as I am very prone to urine infections and having to call the out of hours coz I was burning up and in pain even though I knew it was probably just wee infection again on the weekend was getting silly so I have my own strips now and Dr gave me antibiotics to keep on "standby". They also test for glucose and if I know I've been high in the night then I test my urine the next day at same time as testing bg using my monitor, the monitor will often say it's okay but the wee sticks will show maxed out +++++ lol also as poster above says your kidneys tend to not spill out sugar into your wee until it's over 10mmol/l in a healthy kidney.
However if that is what your hcp has told you to do and you are happy I wouldn't worry
What would you do with these urine stic
The 74 figure is your HbA1c test which shows how you blood sugars have been over the last 3 months. I'm sure that your next test will be nearer 53 if you carry on with what you are doing now. Well done so far!
Throw it away. You haven't got glucose in your urine. You are normal. Your nurse has confused you. No point in stressing. Bin it.
The 74 figure is your HbA1c test which shows how you blood sugars have been over the last 3 months. I'm sure that your next test will be nearer 53 if you carry on with what you are doing now. Well done so far!
Throw it away. You haven't got glucose in your urine. You are normal. Your nurse has confused you. No point in stressing. Bin it.
I think she is talking about your diagnostic blood test, the HbA1c. This averages blood glucose over the previous 2 to 3 months. The units it is measured in are not the same units our blood meters use, which is always confusing. The HbA1c used to be measured in DCCT % but changed last year and is now measured in IFCC - mmol/mol. Our meters are measured in mmol/l. So in the UK we are dealing with 3 different measuring units. Your nurse gave you a result of 74. This would be the IFCC measure. It converts to 11.6mmol/l. That was your average over the previous 2 to 3 months. She wants you to get down to 53, which converts to an average of 8.6mmol/l over 2 to 3 months. So if you keep up your excellent readings you will easily achieve this, and better.
U seem to be doing really well so don't let it get you uptight, and stress is the worst for your skin so I wouldn't worry about thatthank you Hun . I do hope so I think I will be so much calmer when I have my next blood test . Some days I just very unwell and sick and I keep thinking its all down to my glucose , I have never had spots or cold sores before but I am getting so many and don't know why ! Lol I tell you I could friggin scream xxx
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