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Thread: Fast or Not Prior to Test? A1C

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05-16-2008, 05:18 AM

Evermont

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I am a: Type 2

Join Date: Oct 2007

Location: Vermont

Posts: 1,183

Last time I got blood tests I asked why they had me fast. It was not for the A1c which they were doing, and there was no fasting blood sugar test. They specifically told me that the fasting was for the cholesterol tests.

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Diagnosed Type 2 on Sept 11, 2007 - A1c 8.8, Dec 2007 A1c 6.0, Apr 2008 A1c 5.7
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