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Yay! latest A1c result...

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markd

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.... is 4.9

Looks like the better weather and the more opportunities for exercise it brings have helped get back below 5 again.

That's over three years now since DX and A1c bounces between 4.7 and 5.3, averaging 5.0 with no sign of any upward trend...

I've put on a few pounds over winter and a rather cruddy spring, so time to get that sorted out next.

There are those that insist that type 2 diabetes is *always, ALWAYS* progressive - perhaps they are correct (but I don't think they always are) but if so, such progression can be immeasurably slow.


Mark
 
That's incredible Mark, well done!

How does you A1CNow HbA1c correlate with the lab measured values?

I was pleasently surprised to find how cheap they were in the States, so I came back with my suitcase half full with them. A1CNow gave me 5.5, a few days after a lab test that gave me 5.2, which is an acceptable margin of error.

The A1CNow test result was the first I'd had post diagnosis (10.2%), so the 5 minute countdown thing was fun, as I was desperate to see any number beginning with 5.
 
Well done mark.

If it is indeed progressive it certainly looks like you are doing all you can to make sure is as slow as possible.

Hope your good results continue :)
 
borofergie said:
That's incredible Mark, well done!

How does you A1CNow HbA1c correlate with the lab measured values?
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This time around, they were identical - don't think I've seen them more than 0.2% adrift, on the occasions where I've been able to compare within a day or two.

They seem to have fallen in price a bit in the US, now the availability is wider - Walmart, Walgreen and Target now sell them. If Walmarts bulk discount arm Sam's Club gets in on the act, I suspect they'll be cheaper still.

I've not seen any of the 10 test versions yet though.

One thing though, I've become less and less convinced of the 'three months' nature of an A1c - I think the oldest month makes only a tiny contribution to the value, I think of A1c more as a two month average.

Mark.
 
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