Re: high BG

hsc@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I've been reading this group since January - when I was
diagnosed
> as a T2. I haven't introduced myself - will defer that
till I have
> more time - but had a comment/question on the following...
>
> In article <lMDOe.55$Rq3.54@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Alan Hardy <Kemo.Sabe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>mexican wrote
>>> Ozgirl wrote
>>>> mexican wrote:
>>>
>>> snip
>>>
>>> his long term reading is 7.5 and it varies (usually
lower).
>>>
>>The United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study &
>>Diabetes Control and Complications Study
>>both state that HbAic above 7.0 is dangerous.
>>The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
>>updated that HbA1c figure to 6.6.
>>The European Diabetes Policy Group
>>updated the HbA1c from 6.5 to 6.2
>>
>
> Why do we see references to the A1C in the literature from
these
> groups
> as if it were an absolute number - when a stndardized
number doesn't
> exist?
>
> My A1C after diagnosis was 9.3 - the lab reference range
is 4.1 - 6.5.
>
> In May, after 5 months of control, it measured 6.6 - 0.1
above the top
> of the range.
>
> About 6 weeks later - I happened to visit a neurologist
for a pinched
> nerve issue - who took blood work and included an A1C as
well since I
> told him I was a diabetic. This went to a different lab -
whose
> reference range was
> 4.5 - 5.7. My A1C on that was 5.9. 0.2 above its reference
range.
>
> I suspect since both are slightly above their reference
ranges - and
> a few weeks apart, they're measuring the same level.
However, one is
> 6.6, and the other 5.9 - a significant difference.
However, both
> numbers are just above the respective labs reference
range.
>
> What does that say about the absolute measures we see
thrown around
> w.r.t A1Cs - and the whole discussion of the 5% club in
these
> newsgroups?
>
> It all depends on the lab, doesn't it?

If the lab doesn't reflect the average day to day readings
then I say not. Post prandials are a better indicator of
control. I try to keep in non diabetic ranges all day.

.

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