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Thread: Eyes, exercise and the future

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11-08-2007, 12:04 PM

Evermont

Senior Member

I am a: Type 2

Join Date: Oct 2007

Location: Vermont

Posts: 1,484

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alice

You can still have diabetic complications with low A1C's...that is one mystery they haven't figured out yet...except the disease in general handicaps the body in almost every function.

I read here somewhere that you if you're high half the time, and low half the time, your A1C will be normal... but you're control is not good so complications are possible. So a 3 and an 9 average out at 6, just like 6 and 6 average out at 6. Makes sense to me.

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T2 Dx 9/2007 A1c 8.8, 12/2007 6.0, 4/2008 5.7, 9/2008 6.1
No meds, daily 81mg aspirin and multivitamin, nutrition & exercise.

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