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<blockquote data-quote="Bluetit1802" data-source="post: 1510057" data-attributes="member: 94045"><p>Maybe a lucky fluke. Without a continuous monitoring system you have no idea what happens overnight, what your levels are between tests, how high the actual peak is, how long you stay higher than your base after eating, whether your choice of food in a particular meal peaks later or even twice, and so on. (We can and do peak twice with certain meals). Your 8 tests consist of only 3 post meals when you would expect to be higher, and 5 pre-meal/fasting/bedtime tests when you expect to be lower. That isn't averaging like with like. To get an average close to your HbA1c you would have to test half hourly at least!</p><p></p><p>Some members here do report they can estimate HbA1c from meter tests, but how they manage this I have no idea.</p><p></p><p>Me? I have learnt to take very little notice of my HbA1c and wouldn't care if I never had another one. My red blood cells just do not comply with the accepted norm. I just rely on my self testing and part time Libres, watching for upwards and downward trends.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bluetit1802, post: 1510057, member: 94045"] Maybe a lucky fluke. Without a continuous monitoring system you have no idea what happens overnight, what your levels are between tests, how high the actual peak is, how long you stay higher than your base after eating, whether your choice of food in a particular meal peaks later or even twice, and so on. (We can and do peak twice with certain meals). Your 8 tests consist of only 3 post meals when you would expect to be higher, and 5 pre-meal/fasting/bedtime tests when you expect to be lower. That isn't averaging like with like. To get an average close to your HbA1c you would have to test half hourly at least! Some members here do report they can estimate HbA1c from meter tests, but how they manage this I have no idea. Me? I have learnt to take very little notice of my HbA1c and wouldn't care if I never had another one. My red blood cells just do not comply with the accepted norm. I just rely on my self testing and part time Libres, watching for upwards and downward trends. [/QUOTE]
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