Maintained HBA1C, Occasional Hypers

[Hamza7130]

Hi!
I have been living with diabetes for one year. My A1C was 103 on diagnosis. Now after one year, it has come down to 42. I have been maintaining it in 40s since last 9 months. My average fasting sugar remained b/w 90 to 110 and post parandial 130 to 180. Lately, for last two months, I have experienced some increase in sugar levels l, like occasional going over 200 mg/ dl after meals or 120s in fasting. So, i thought this time around, i will probably have higher a1c this time. However, to my Pleasant surprise it was among lowest of recorded results i.e 42. Can these higher end readings be reason of some error in my glucometer or there is some other answer to this.

 

[trophywench]

To check if your glucometer is still OK, ring the manufacturer and request some 'Control Solution' - this is a liquid which when used on a test strip in the machine, should always produce a result of X - if it does, the meter is OK, if it doesn't, the meter isn't working properly.

Unless your BG goes high and stays high for a long time it will not affect your HbA1c reading very much at all - so from the information you've given us, I'd reckon it can't have stayed that high for very long when it's gone up. Non diabetic people can have post prandial levels not much below 180 - or 10.0 in UK measurements - so as long as it isn't after every meal I wouldn't worry.

 

[Drummer]

I think the key work there is 'maintaining' - as after keeping my BG normal I can now eat something high in carbs and not be high 2 hours later - the problem is that I am always a bit heavier, and my weight is the problem these days.
At least I have not increased over lockdown, unlike many, but once a pound goes on it takes so long to reduce again.