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New boy

Hi and welcome mate. If you want to share a few more details? its always interesting to hear from other people and what their story/background is. Cheers.
 
Marti boy said:
Hi all just wanted to introduce myself...Martin
Looking forward to learning although I've been type 2 for 10yrs i feel I'm finally getting on top of it
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Welcome to the forum @Marti boy
 
My HbA1c is currently 44 according to my libre sensor. Not long had bloods done4 weeks they came back 64.they were 80+ the time before So alls looking great. Currently taking 2 metformin + gliclazide in morning and same for main meal. Now changing out the gliclazide and taking alogliptin.
 
pjgtech said:
Hi and welcome mate. If you want to share a few more details? its always interesting to hear from other people and what their story/background is. Cheers.
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Hi pal been type 2 for 10yrs actually got told I was more type1 about 6months ago. They increased my gliclazide to 2 aday as a last resort this failing was to get tested for type 1. Had blood results back last week HBA1C has really improved it came back 60 + which is better than previous 80+.but as she was giving me results my libre sensor was showing 44. So back in 3months to be tested again. So keeping hopeful I've turned a corner
 
Hi @Marti boy welcome to the site feel free to post any questions remember no question so small or to silly
gail
 
Welcome to the forum @Marti boy . It's a good place for information and support. From reading other posts, I wouldn't read too much into the libre HbA1c figure. It is only an estimate and no substitute for an actual test.
Ask any questions, nothing considered silly. I hope your health care professionals can determine whether you are T2 or T1.
 
Welcome to the forum @Marti boy

The estimated HbA1c suggested by Libre is based on a formula which matches pairs of HbA1c and average sensor glucose values in a sample population. It’s not really possible to convert mathematically from sensor glucose, because they are measuring different things - so it’s more of a general indication “people with your average sensor glucose value tend to get an HbA1c around here” than an actual result - if you see what I mean?

My Libre (and later Dexcom) suggestions were generally a bit lower than the lab test I eventually got. Hopefully your next Hba1c will be somewhere in between?

Glad you hear you are feeling like you may have turned a corner. Hope the adjusted meds work out well. Let us know what happens if they make any further investigations to try to confirm your diabetes type 🙂
 
Hi @Marti boy and welcome to the forum - as previously mentioned I wouldn't pay too much attention to the guesstimate of HbA1c on the Libre (mine is usually quite a way out - currently says 40 but I know it's more (will get my latest test result next week) - I hope they get the diagnosis sorted a.s.a.p. - In the meantime fire away with any questions you may have - we're all here to help each other
 
mashedupmatt said:
Hi @Marti boy and welcome to the forum - as previously mentioned I wouldn't pay too much attention to the guesstimate of HbA1c on the Libre (mine is usually quite a way out - currently says 40 but I know it's more (will get my latest test result next week) - I hope they get the diagnosis sorted a.s.a.p. - In the meantime fire away with any questions you may have - we're all here to help each other
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Just keep us updated on your numbers bud.
Much appreciated
 
everydayupsanddowns said:
Welcome to the forum @Marti boy

The estimated HbA1c suggested by Libre is based on a formula which matches pairs of HbA1c and average sensor glucose values in a sample population. It’s not really possible to convert mathematically from sensor glucose, because they are measuring different things - so it’s more of a general indication “people with your average sensor glucose value tend to get an HbA1c around here” than an actual result - if you see what I mean?

My Libre (and later Dexcom) suggestions were generally a bit lower than the lab test I eventually got. Hopefully your next Hba1c will be somewhere in between?
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Mike, sorry to ask: there used to be a pinned post about testing and numbers - what do they all mean [or similar phrasing]. I couldn't find it earlier today. Age seems to be defeating my powers of recall! Perhaps @Marti boy might find that useful. There was also somewhere else a related sort of question that I was going to point to, hence my earlier attempt to search. Misunderstandings about the "numbers" do seem to be relatively frequent; understandably really. Can you help please?
 
Proud to be erratic said:
Mike, sorry to ask: there used to be a pinned post about testing and numbers - what do they all mean [or similar phrasing]. I couldn't find it earlier today. Age seems to be defeating my powers of recall! Perhaps @Marti boy might find that useful. There was also somewhere else a related sort of question that I was going to point to, hence my earlier attempt to search. Misunderstandings about the "numbers" do seem to be relatively frequent; understandably really. Can you help please?
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This one?

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Thread 'Blood glucose numbers - what do they mean?'

Can someone explain the numbers system to measure blood sugar levels please?

It’s a pinned post in the Newbies board
 
everydayupsanddowns said:
This one?

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Thread 'Blood glucose numbers - what do they mean?'

Can someone explain the numbers system to measure blood sugar levels please?

It’s a pinned post in the Newbies board
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Thanks. My metaphorical scotoma from yesterday [a medical term for a blind spot or visual field abnormality]. Sometimes detectable in Politicians, but in their case intentional rather than a simple oversight.
 
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