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06-29-2007, 01:43 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 7,244
| | | A1C at diagnosis
What was your A1C at diagnosis? Mine was 9.6.
What A1C denotes pre-diabetes? A coworker (diagnosed with "borderline" diabetes 5 years ago, diet and exercise control)just had an A1C of 6.8 and doc told her she was pre-diabetic, to continue her diet and exercise. I would have thought an A1C of 6.8 would denote full-blown T2 diabetes. Your thoughts please?
__________________ T2, diagnosed 8/31/06.
Byetta 5 mcg
HCTZ 12.5 mg every other day for BP
Enalapril 20 mg 1 daily (ace-inhibitor)
Lower carb dieter (approx. 75 total carbs/day, more on weekends), taking chromium, multivitamin and fish oil tablets Initial A1C 8/06: 9.6
11/06: 6.2.
03/07: 5.3
06/07: 5.4
10/07: 5.3
05/08: 6.2 (right after dealing with shingles and bronchitis)  |
06-29-2007, 01:49 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Southern USA
Posts: 1,500
| | | Mine was 11 something...can't remember specifically.
My mother just had an a1c done about two months ago and it was 7...they are still telling her that she doesn't have type 2, just insulin resistance. She's taking metaphormin, but they keep telling her that this resistance will probably go away and she won't need the meds any longer. It makes no sense to me.
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Incorrectly dx'ed type 2 7/00 
Correctly dx'ed type 1 5/01
MDI
Lantus 2x daily & Humalog
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06-29-2007, 01:51 PM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: north wales, uk
Posts: 629
| | | 9.8
man i dont want to go back there again! |
06-29-2007, 02:00 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: illinois
Posts: 3,316
| | | mine at dx was 9.2...trish |
06-29-2007, 02:05 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Douglasville, GA
Posts: 2,574
| | | I've no clue, because my (first) doc was a nimrod!! But guesstimating, somewhere between 10 and 13.
The first one I had, 18 months in, was a 6.9 my average was about 140 at that time. So yea, I'd say that's (6.8) considedred "full blown" T2. In my book anyway.
__________________ Age: 43
Type 2 - Dx'd 08.16.05
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[ A1c ]
6.9 - 01/07
6.0 - 05/07
5.9 - 09/07
6.4 - 3/08  
[ Meter ]
UltraSmart/Ultra2/Contour
[ Meds ]
Metformin 1000mg 2x, Novolin N 20u 2x, Novolin R 1:10
Lisinopril 20mg 1x, Lovastatin 40mg 1x, Aspirin 81mg 1x, Albuterol as needed
[ Other Conditions ]
Coccidioidomycosis aka Valley Fever Dx'd 1.17.94
- Asthma
- Chronic Bronchitis
Hypertention
Hyperlipidemia
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06-29-2007, 02:10 PM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Orlando, FL
Posts: 7,846
| | | I think it was 10.8. It's been awhile...
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06-29-2007, 02:25 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Columbus, OH
Posts: 362
| | | 10.0
My fasting BG of 303 lead to the A1c test being ordered. I shudder to think what my post meal numbers were running during that time. Looking back, I was probably severely full-blown D for nearly a year before being Dxd. |
06-29-2007, 04:01 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: West Virginia
Posts: 538
| | | It was 11.4 at diagnosis.
I would also have to think that a person who watches their diet and exercises, and still has an A1c of 6.8, would be diagnosed as having type 2 diabetes. |
06-29-2007, 04:28 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Yorba Linda, CA
Posts: 35
| | | I was 13.9, still wonder how I functioned, no wonder I was always so tired. |
06-29-2007, 04:40 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Ottawa, Canada
Posts: 3,293
| | I don't know! I was never told. In fact, I learned about A1C YEARS after I was told I was diabetic. After my last pregnancy, I went back for bloodwork and was told I was still in the grey area so therefore... I had diabetes. I wish I knew what was my A1C back then!!!!!  |
06-29-2007, 05:21 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rothesay, New Brunswick Canada, eh
Posts: 7,119
| | It wasn't invented yet  |
06-29-2007, 05:50 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: NC
Posts: 7,297
| | | I have no idea. I don't even believe I was given an A1C until several long years after diagnosis.
Heck, I remember the tablets to check urine for ketones and reading bg's from a color chart (then I got my first Ames monitor).
__________________  Rest In Peace Jack- 5/1/08. You may be gone from us but you will never be forgotten. Our love goes with you.
Pumping ain't easy but it's well worth the effort to me.
I am a person. I WILL NOT allow myself to be defined by a number!!!!
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06-29-2007, 06:59 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Minneapolis, MN
Posts: 102
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Originally Posted by partvalentine  I was 13.9, still wonder how I functioned, no wonder I was always so tired. | Aww... And here I was hoping to have the highest...
I was up around 13.4 or 13.5 when I was diagnosed just after arriving in the ER with heavy DKA and a side order of pancreatitis. As you said, no wonder I'd been feeling so awful. |
06-29-2007, 07:18 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 1,047
| | 13.2 and most afternoons I felt as if I were slipping into a coma.
5.4 nowadays. |
06-30-2007, 07:43 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Portland, Oregon
Posts: 406
| | | I'm pretty sure they were not doing A1c's when I was diagnosed. My initial Bg was 327.
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