What’s been your experience of your daily Fasting Numbers in respect of your HBA1C reductions?

I've almost given up trying to work out the correlation between A1c and finger prick readings. My last half dozen A1cs have been 29 & 30, which puts me in the non-diabetic camp (I wish!). My bloods since July when I came off insulin and on to one tablet of Metformin a day have been around 6.0 fasting and averaging mid 6s throughout the day, higher, but still within the band I target.

To try and clear it up, I invested in a Libre, which I have on now, and that's showing an average of 5.5 from around 4.5 early morning to a high of 7.something in the evening. To quote the song, Living By Numbers.

Totally agree. My lack of understanding and thence employing countermeasures was, back in September, an unknown and unknowable Landscape, devoid of Signposts, a Compass, a Map or even guiding Stars! What I WAS handed was a Pricker device, no hands-on usage support, Strips 'n Pricks and a quickly handwritten GP A4, which, thinking back I had to ask of her after just alarmed me by saying I'd have to consider going on INSULIN or at the very least another Rx that would mean contacting DVLA!! - This was NOT a good place to be. However, THIS is a good place to be with people that are relaxed about giving out selfless support. And, support from those that are in a more challenging place that I am at.

I'm meeting my GP today. Do you have anything I could raise with her?[/QUOTE]

To be perfectly honest, I'm not sure most GPs have the time to be creative in their thinking with us. We kind of have to do that here. However, I do have a few ideas for your appointment:
1) See if you can get a Rx for a CGM - it's revolutionary. I pay out of pocket and had to ask 4 docs before I finally got the Rx. That will ultimately tell you what's really going on. A1C is far from perfect as estimating average glucose.
2) Ask if you can see your reticulocyte count on the CBC. Very low reticulocytes indicate long-lived RBCs and you get higher A1Cs (relative to true average BG), and high reticulocytes may indicate short-lived RBCs and lower A1Cs.
3) ask if you can have any other glycated protein tests - such as glycated albumin. I've heard it's possibly a better measure of glycation in the blood.

Estragon said:

I just received my HBA1C results from Monday, two days ago. I’ve gone from 89 Sept 20 down to 64. I’m really chuffed!

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Well done- congratulations. It is always great when you work hard and see your efforts repaid with good results.

I hope your doctor was also pleasantly surprised. I'm sure they will be even more pleasantly surprised at your next test to see you've sustained the lower levels and got them even lower.

Wonderful news!