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03-11-2005, 02:55 PM
|  | Senior Member | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Manassas, in the Old Dominion
Posts: 6,538
| | | A1c At Home Test this weekend
I have my monthly A1c home test tomorrow; My last four results were:
November 14, 7.7
December 12, 6.9
January 10, 7.1
February 13, 7.1
If nothing else, I am consistent.  Somehow, I am thinking I should be lower this reading, maybe about 6.7. We'll see. 
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03-11-2005, 05:10 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: North-Central Indiana
Posts: 3,732
| | | I was thinking about buying one of the home A1c so I know before my Dr. appt that way I am less nervous. Does anyone know how accurate they are???
~Sandi
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03-11-2005, 05:27 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: CT
Posts: 4,588
| | Duck, good luck with your A1c...hope all goes well and you have good news to share with us  .
Let us know 
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03-11-2005, 05:38 PM
| | Senior Member | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Manassas, in the Old Dominion
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Originally Posted by camjen1 I was thinking about buying one of the home A1c so I know before my Dr. appt that way I am less nervous. Does anyone know how accurate they are???
~Sandi | We've agreed here that they are accurate--Some members have tested with the home kit and been tested at the doctor's office and the readings were comparable. Quote: |
Originally Posted by am1977 Duck, good luck with your A1c...hope all goes well and you have good news to share with us .
Let us know | Tomorrow after noon. I REALLY want to do it now, but I am trying to stay on a schedule. |
03-11-2005, 08:31 PM
| | Senior Member | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Manassas, in the Old Dominion
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| | | Okay, I couldn't wait!
I had to change my insertion set tonight, so I decided, "what the hay?"
Drum-rolllllllll...
6.1
Woohoo! That's the lowest I have ever had, and it translates to exactly 140 mg/dL. Now where are those donuts?
(just kidding about the donuts) |
03-12-2005, 06:22 AM
| | Member | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Atlanta
Posts: 231
| | Duck, I did home A1C tests at the one month and two month marks after pump start. They showed a 0.6% and a 1.2% (raw number) smaller A1C. I gave blood last Tuesday at my endo's office (5 vials worth  ). I am anxious to see if the downward trend continues or if the number stays that low. I am hoping to have a good talk with my endo when I see him Tuesday. Most importantly, I will thank him for giving me my life back due to the change after pump start. I also owe a great thanks to the folks here who encouraged me to go ahead and try the pump.!!! This truly is a great place for advice and support!!! |
03-12-2005, 06:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Brent44a Duck, I did home A1C tests at the one month and two month marks after pump start. They showed a 0.6% and a 1.2% (raw number) smaller A1C. I gave blood last Tuesday at my endo's office (5 vials worth ). I am anxious to see if the downward trend continues or if the number stays that low. I am hoping to have a good talk with my endo when I see him Tuesday. Most importantly, I will thank him for giving me my life back due to the change after pump start. I also owe a great thanks to the folks here who encouraged me to go ahead and try the pump.!!! This truly is a great place for advice and support!!! | I am very curious to know what the endo's office says your A1c is compared to the Home A1c Kit. My next endo appt. isn't until June 1, tho I am trying to get in with my PCP sooner. I hope these home kits are as accurate as they say, but if nothing else, they do give me some type of month-to-month tracking mechanism for my A1c's...Maybe they're high, maybe they are low, but as long as they are consistent! (kinda like our meters)
The endo who finally capitulated and helped me get on my pump retired six months after I started going to him...At our last visit, I told him he would go down in history as one of the MOST important people ever in my life because of the pump. I understand your sentiments about your endo, Brent.  |
03-12-2005, 04:24 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Gales... Rain... Sleet... Snow.. you name it, I've got it! (UK peep!)
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| | Great News about the A1c
Does anyone from the UK know if you can get them here? I went into Boots when was in town and they hadn't heard of them...
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03-13-2005, 07:31 AM
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| | That's a good A1c, duck . You are obviously doing good work, keep it up! 
__________________ I’ve faced myself
To cross out what I’ve become
Erase myself
And let go of what I’ve done
Put to rest
What you thought of me
Well I cleaned this slate
With the hands
Of uncertainty
So let mercy come
And wash away
What I’ve done
I’ve faced myself
To cross out what I’ve become
Erase myself
And let go of what I’ve done
Linkin Park~ "What I've Done" |
03-14-2005, 09:32 AM
|  | Junior Member | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Stuck in Atlanta,,Rather be in South Carolina.
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Originally Posted by duck Drum-rolllllllll...
6.1 | W00T!!!
Outstanding work.
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03-14-2005, 09:46 AM
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Originally Posted by buzzborne Great News about the A1c
Does anyone from the UK know if you can get them here? I went into Boots when was in town and they hadn't heard of them... | If not, they are all over the place on eBay...Sometimes the internet is wonderful!
Thanks everyone! My wife and I are discussing whether or not I should try to lower the A1c even more, or be happy that I am exceeding the ADA's recommendations...Then again, it is QUITE a task just getting to 6.1. Hmmmmmm... |
03-14-2005, 09:56 AM
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Originally Posted by duck My wife and I are discussing whether or not I should try to lower the A1c even more, or be happy that I am exceeding the ADA's recommendations...Then again, it is QUITE a task just getting to 6.1. Hmmmmmm... | Good job on that A1c! Perhaps you should just maintain the status quo that is working for you so well for a month or two before trying to go lower. You could get so many hypos that it could backfire on you... I find now that my control is getting better with the pump that I am getting a few of them now and then... they kind of sneak up on you slower when pumping than with MDI - harder to sense it coming on! |
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