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Really Confused about A1C Test results

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Hi,
I was diagnosed with type 2 Nov 2017, I went from 17st to 12.5st I'm 6ft 1. In the last year I have run 4 half marathons and am about to do my first full one in April.
I had my A1C test results today and got a reading of 41. Am I still in the pre diabetes range or is this in the normal range?( It was I thing originally approx. 60.
I'm doing loads of exercise and am on a low carb low, low sugar low alcohol diet.
Is this level likely to go lower over time or will it creep up?
 
Hi Alan! You are in the non-diabetic range. Just. And congratulations on your weight loss. Will it go up or down? If you stick to your current regime, chances are it will go down. It took me 6 months to get into non-diabetic ranges, so you have done very well.🙂
 
Hi , welcome to the forum . You’ve done really well.
Pre diabetes range is 42 to 47 so give yourself a big pat on the back. Your levels may well go down more, good luck.
Here is a link for a conversion chart to the not so new and the old measurement of the Hb1ac which you may find helpful esp as some nhs staff still use the old measurement
http://baspath.co.uk/Hba1c_table.pdf
 
Chances are it will go lower.

It's not impossible that given time it might go up, but that could take decades or more (eventually old age creeps up on us all). Don't worry too much about that.
 
I was diagnosed in October 2017 with a Hba1C of 96. In January it was 43.

I was staggered how much your sugar (and weight in my case) can go down so quickly with a few changes.

As others have said 41 is excellent, really genuinely well done! I've thought a lot about how this might change in the future myself lately, but what else can you do? You're eating right you're exercising. If it progresses at least you'll be sound in the knowledge you did everything you can and as others say its actually its more likely it'll go down with the changes you've made.

The way i try and look at it is, how do i feel right here, right now and in most cases I feel lots better than i did before i made the changes. I try and remember life is about quality rather than quantity and if i've shaved a few years off having diabetes then at least i'm now living it where i'm doing the right thing in terms of my health where its preventable and actionable.

Keep up the good work, seems like you are smashing it.
 
Pete my non-diabetic husband has occasionally had his A1c checked - eg when the NHS decided because they hadn't even seen him for 10 years they ought to see if he was alive in order to keep getting the 'per capita' dosh at our GP surgery for him LOL) his A1c was exactly the same as his fingerstick test - 5.5. Oooh how did that happen I asked - it means you're normal and I'm not sure I think so! LOL

5.5 is 37 in new terms so yes you can be lower than you currently are, but whether anyone actually really needs to be less than 'normal' - I frankly have my doubts.
 
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Wow, I am slightly more normal than your husband at 36 @trophywench.:D
 
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