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Reminder please on result time

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Pamela Giddings

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Hi I am having a fasting blood glucose test tomorrow morning, and I had a hba1c in January this year that came back as 46mmol. Need to know time for fasting be test results please as obviously Easter bank holiday is fast approaching. Have been having a bit of weight loss, and headaches, pin prick sensations in feet and lower legs, and blurred vision and random tiredness. Am honestly thinking of monitoring by at home by finger pricking (might do this anyway) if results are likely to be longer than hoped.
Advice on finger pricking would be great too 🙂
 
Pamela Giddings said:
Hi I am having a fasting blood glucose test tomorrow morning, and I had a hba1c in January this year that came back as 46mmol. Need to know time for fasting be test results please as obviously Easter bank holiday is fast approaching. Have been having a bit of weight loss, and headaches, pin prick sensations in feet and lower legs, and blurred vision and random tiredness. Am honestly thinking of monitoring by at home by finger pricking (might do this anyway) if results are likely to be longer than hoped.
Advice on finger pricking would be great too 🙂
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Hi Pamela, not quite sure what you are asking - do you mean how long will the HbA1c test results take to come back? I think this is likely to be one of those things that varies, depending on where you live, unfortunately, so no clear answer can be given. If it's just a fingerprick test they give you, then that should be available immediately 🙂

I would definitely recommend monitoring your levels at home - it's really the best way (if not the only way) to learn how different food choices affect you personally. People can vary considerably in their tolerances for the same things, so this is why it's important to work out your own particular things that are OK, or should be limited or avoided entirely. Have a read of Test,Review, Adjust by Alan S to understand how this workss and how to do it efficiently and effectively 🙂 If you have to pay for the meter and strips yourself, then the cheapest option we have come across is the SD Codefree Meter which has test strips at around £8 for 50 (High St brands can cost up to £30 for 50 strips 😱).
 
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