hba1c

I've been told my blood sugar control is 'too good', it averages between 5-8mmol/l, but I feel sick and get headaches/thirsty/tired/blurry vision when it gets to the 7-8 range, so try and keep it at 5-6, because I feel my best then. The diabetic nurse said my background BG was 'very tight' and...

Hi there, I've found out in three weeks pregnant with an hba1c of 97. This pregnancy was not planned and as you can see my control has been shocking. Meeting with diabetic nurse tomorrow. She asked GP to inform me this pregnancy was incredibly high risk prior to meeting her. Any advice...

With a more-is-better mindset common in society, frequent commercials encouraging checks of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1C) levels, and ads for new diabetes medications to lower HbA1C in adults with Type 2 diabetes, Mayo Clinic researchers were not too surprised to find overtesting occurring...

Hi all, We have just found out I am 4 weeks pregnant and I have been to my first antenatal clinic today. I feel really overwhelms and bombarded with things to focus on. Although I am very early on I can't seem to get my sugars down and am super conscious that they need to be. Just looking for...

Had appointment with nurse at GPs today. HbA1c is 48. Up from Januray. December 2014: 64 (diagnoses, big infection) March 2015: 55 August 2015: 47 January 2016: 46 The appointment was better than the others, although didn't have time to discuss everything. She actually some things, like...

Hi, I have been told that I am pre diabetic. I have an annual stroke review in December and have bloods taken in late November. When I actualy had the review I was told to make a GP appointment as my blood sugars were high, I made the appointment for January 7th. On January 4th I had to go to...

I read of people on here with amazing HbA1c values. I wondered what would be your three top tips for achieveping these values. I know everyone is different but I would be interested. I keep going back to Pumping Insulin and Think like a pancreas, and they remind me of good strategies. Now I...

Just got my HbA1c, in a very casual manner. She said it's gone down again, which suggests it's gone down before. I didn't know. It didn't bother the doctor that I did know and needed to ask. This is what I got today. HbA1c December 2014: 64 March 2015: 55 August: 48 January 2016: 47

In a study released online in The BMJ, researchers from Mayo Clinic report a national trend toward overtesting glycated hemoglobin (HbA1C) levels in adult patients with Type 2 diabetes. Overtesting causes redundancy and waste says the study team, adding unnecessary costs and time burden for...