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I just did a blood test - the one before Dinner - and I was surprised to see 7.7 mmol/l appear on the metre.
This I believe is the ideal target of less than 48 mmol/mol - @ 47.1
Can someone tell me how this has come down from 113 mol/mol recorded on the 5th Oct at the Dr surgery ?
I have cut out all cakes - biscuits - cream teas etc...
Can this reduction have happened so quickly ?
Any help greatly appreciated
John in Cornwall
 
JohnH said:
I just did a blood test - the one before Dinner - and I was surprised to see 7.7 mmol/l appear on the metre.
This I believe is the ideal target of less than 48 mmol/mol - @ 47.1
Can someone tell me how this has come down from 113 mol/mol recorded on the 5th Oct at the Dr surgery ?
I have cut out all cakes - biscuits - cream teas etc...
Can this reduction have happened so quickly ?
Any help greatly appreciated
John in Cornwall
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John. Try and get it out of your head that a single reading on your meter will equate in any way to your HbA1c result. I'm glad you've got a reading in single figures, this is very encouraging, and hopefully you will begin to see many more as the Metformin and your efforts with diet and exercise kick in.
If it helps, have a look at the photos below.
This is from my Codefree, the first is a normal 'spot check' reading,( taken after I'd had a piece of cake!). This is the figure to concentrate on for now.

If you then click the right hand arrow, it takes you to the screen shown in the second photo. (note the 7 in the bottom left hand corner) This is your average reading over seven days.
When you've been using your meter for a fortnight, click the right hand arrow, and click again, and you get to the third photo, which is the average over 14 days.( little 14 in the bottom left corner) These average figures are the only ones that can give you a rough estimate of your HbA1c, (and in my opinion, the estimate can be so rough as to be virtually meaningless.)
Frankly, I would ignore the average figures for the time being and work on getting your snapshot figures within range, which is between 4 and 7 first thing in the morning and before meals, and not above 8.5 two hours after a meal
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Robin said:
John. Try and get it out of your head that a single reading on your meter will equate in any way to your HbA1c result. I'm glad you've got a reading in single figures, this is very encouraging, and hopefully you will begin to see many more as the Metformin and your efforts with diet and exercise kick in.
If it helps, have a look at the photos below.
This is from my Codefree, the first is a normal 'spot check' reading,( taken after I'd had a piece of cake!). This is the figure to concentrate on for now.

If you then click the right hand arrow, it takes you to the screen shown in the second photo. (note the 7 in the bottom left hand corner) This is your average reading over seven days.
When you've been using your meter for a fortnight, click the right hand arrow, and click again, and you get to the third photo, which is the average over 14 days.( little 14 in the bottom left corner) These average figures are the only ones that can give you a rough estimate of your HbA1c, (and in my opinion, the estimate can be so rough as to be virtually meaningless.)
Frankly, I would ignore the average figures for the time being and work on getting your snapshot figures within range, which is between 4 and 7 first thing in the morning and before meals, and not above 8.5 two hours after a meal
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Ahhh - Thanks - I'm beginning to get a clearer picture now....with the ammount of sweet stuff i've eliminated I'm sure that levels will come down - Thanks for a super reply..
John
 
What Robin said!

My son's Hba1c (test done at diabetes clinic) hovers around the 48-50 mark, but this is a measure of the average glucose level over the previous 2-3 months. Sometimes it bears a relation to the average 30 day blood glucose shown on his meter, but this is made up of all the tests he's done over the last 30 days (he typically does 10 or 12 fingerpricks a day). If he only did a single test each morning when he tends to be in the 4's and 5's, his average would be that of a person without diabetes. However if the only test he did in 30 days was the one this afternoon of 20mmol (under dosed his insulin for a pizza lunch!), his average would look pretty terrible! But his Hba1c will still be 48-50. Hope that explains it a bit 🙂
 
JohnH said:
Ahhh - Thanks - I'm beginning to get a clearer picture now....with the ammount of sweet stuff i've eliminated I'm sure that levels will come down - Thanks for a super reply..
John
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John try not to get stuck into paralysis by analysis. This could cause undue stress, which cause higher bg readings. This diabetes is a long term condition which needs a long term approach, if you try and do everything too soon you risk burnout. This happened to me and I got into a real mess. Take things gradually and the impact will be lessened and results will steadily improve.
 
Hi John, I agree with @Owen - forget about your HbA1c completely for now and just concentrate on building up knowledge of your tolerance for your different meals. At this stage, it's all about building experience so that, eventually, you will recognise patterns and be able to gradually adjust and improve - but think in terms of weeks and months (even years, I'm still learning after 8 years!) not days. You'll get an HbA1c test at the doctor's in a few months, but until then, just forget about it - even when we've been at it for years we find it very difficult to guess what the result might be! 🙂

So, for now, just keep making records in a food diary. A few months down the line and you will be surprised at how much you have learned 🙂
 
JohnH said:
I just did a blood test - the one before Dinner - and I was surprised to see 7.7 mmol/l appear on the metre.
This I believe is the ideal target of less than 48 mmol/mol - @ 47.1
Can someone tell me how this has come down from 113 mol/mol recorded on the 5th Oct at the Dr surgery ?
I have cut out all cakes - biscuits - cream teas etc...
Can this reduction have happened so quickly ?
Any help greatly appreciated
John in Cornwall
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congratulations John on your good work , I'm only new to the forum but just stopping bye to wish you well ,
Regards James
 
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