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06-18-2008, 12:39 PM
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| | | old school...need a little assistance.
i am so old school when it comes to blood sugar monitoring...i use the readings of 5.2, 6.1, and so on...what is the comparison to the posts i have seen that read 70 -120 range? Is there a chart that compares the two?
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06-18-2008, 12:46 PM
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| | | It's a factor of 18. 5.2 = 93.6. |
06-18-2008, 12:47 PM
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| | | There's also a converter you can use under "site navigation" to the right of the screen.
__________________ 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)  |
06-18-2008, 12:50 PM
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| | | thanks guys and girls. |
06-18-2008, 02:36 PM
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| | I'll use the converter as well. Wanted to know but did not want to ask. 
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type 2 40 years
Avandia, Glipzide & Metformin
Grandmother to 4 wonderful children
I have diabetes, It does not have me!
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06-18-2008, 03:35 PM
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| | | You're not old school -- you're Canadian, eh!
(Actually I think most of the world uses this system, except for the U.S.)
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06-18-2008, 04:01 PM
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| | | I'll add a question on this topic...if ok.
I always use the term "points"...when referring to my meter number. Such as 98 dropping down to 60, therefore, "I dropped 38 points in an hour"...or such.
What is the "real" name for these number units? What are they exactly? Or, did I intuitively guess correctly? |
06-18-2008, 04:12 PM
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| | | the lower ones are milimoles of glucose per Litre of blood (mm/L)
the other american ones are miligrams per decilitre I *think* but im not sure how everything works in americania
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06-18-2008, 04:24 PM
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| | Actually, it is micrograms per deciliter on those USAmerican reported large numbers.
(I'm not sure how everything works in America either, Patrick. I live smack dab in the middle of it, and trying to figure it all out sometimes hurts my soul.  The units for that are not micro- or mili- anything, but mega-something.) |
06-18-2008, 04:35 PM
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| | | Thanks...I've never heard a doctor talk about micrograms...maybe they're confused also? |
06-18-2008, 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted by slipperyelm  Actually, it is micrograms per deciliter on those USAmerican reported large numbers. | Milligrams per deciliter.
One mole of glucose is 180 g. One millimolar means 0.001 moles (180 milligrams) per liter... or 18 milligrams per tenth of a liter, a.k.a. deciliter.
1.0 mmol/L = 18 mg/dL Quote:
Originally Posted by slipperyelm (I'm not sure how everything works in America either, Patrick. I live smack dab in the middle of it, and trying to figure it all out sometimes hurts my soul. The units for that are not micro- or mili- anything, but mega-something.) | It's pretty simple, really: Avoid anything that resembles SI units, lest we be directly-compatible with the rest of the world.
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DXed 2007/04 = advanced-stage DKA, A1c of 12.9%, and BMI of 21.3
post-DX A1c = 5.4% @ 2008/07; 5.2% @ 2008/04; 5.3% @ 2007/12; 5.3% @ 2007/08
c-peptide = 0.0% @ 2008/07
current BMI = 26.0 (86kg on 182cm); want to get back to 23-24
basal = 4U human N @ 0630, 7U human N @ 1130, 7U human N @ 1630, 17U detemir @ 2030
bolus = 1:15 I:C ratio; varying mix of aspart, human R, human N
not a low-CHO eater... not even close!
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06-19-2008, 05:20 AM
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| | | ahhh, the insanity of grade 12 chemistry..MOLES!! |
06-19-2008, 05:41 AM
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Originally Posted by fit226 ahhh, the insanity of grade 12 chemistry..MOLES!! | Eh Maths I was hopless at.  |
06-19-2008, 07:06 AM
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| | Nah - moles make sense ... I might have 5 mmols/dl glucose; 3 mmols/dl HDL cholesterol; 6 mmols/dl LDL cholesterol and 12 mmols/dl Triglicerides ... but under a g/dl system, the average molecular weight of the individual molecules has to be determined ... and then the answer given in grams ... thus the conversion factor for glucose is 18:1; the various types of Cholesterol are somewhere in the 40:1-50:1 ratio; the Triglycerides are something else ... and all the numbers look Huge ...
By using mmols - there's a good rule of thumb ... NONE of them should be over 10 
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06-19-2008, 07:54 AM
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| | | Maybe the shock factor is the reason the U.S. measures BG as we do. LOL. I mean, a 300 BG SOUNDS so much worse than a 16.6. Same amount of glucose in the blood, but 300 just looks a lot more serious. Heh.
My two cents (and I realize it's not worth that much. LOL.)
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A1C, 5-1-08: 5.6!!
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