Your A1C

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Permalink Reply by kathleen thornton on October 15, 2007 at 6:56pm

I finally have one! It was 9.3, but it was my first one. Plus my sugars have been way down ever since, so I am positive the next one will be low. But ask away.

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Permalink Reply by Libby on October 15, 2007 at 7:00pm

My very first was 7.3, got that down to 5.8 through low carb and exercise and since I got on insulin my most recent was 5.6.

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Permalink Reply by Karin on October 15, 2007 at 8:41pm

I like to know what others are doing. So here it is. My first was 12.7 - Now I am always somewhere between 6.6-6.9, I have just recently added Lantus, so we are hoping to be closer to 6! :-)

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Permalink Reply by Chrissie in Belgium on October 15, 2007 at 11:24pm

Mine was 5.2, and I work my butt off fto achieve it.

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Permalink Reply by Emily Whiting on October 16, 2007 at 2:00am

Before the pump (which i got on in April) it was 7.7 (or 7.6) and my last one was 5.6. I will be getting another one done on Monday and will get the results on Wensday so let ya'll not then. But I have been a rollor coster for the last 2 months so we will see.

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Permalink Reply by Daena on October 16, 2007 at 2:14am

When I was diagnosed, it was 13.8. Two months and hundreds of insulin shots later, it was 5.4. Another two months and hundreds of shots more, it was 5.3. Tomorrow it's off to the endo's (and I get to skip a full day of classes to do this), and I will get to see my very first A1c after starting Metformin. I expect it to rise, but who knows?

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Permalink Reply by Doris Ann Dickerson on October 16, 2007 at 3:15am

Mine was 8.1. Gotta exersise more!!!

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Permalink Reply by Jenny on October 16, 2007 at 6:06am

My last A1c, which was taken 2 weeks ago was 5.8% which is up from the previous one which was 5.6%.

I'm baffled. I test 5-6 times a day and my meter averages for both fasting and 2 hours after eating are under 100 mg/dl! When I test at one hour, I rarely see anything over 120 mg/dl. My morning fasting is usually 92 mg/dl or less.

I trust my testing over the A1c. I wonder if perhaps because this test went down to another hospital because there were some specialized tests included in the order, the blood sat around and that changed the A1c. The last couple A1cs were done locally. Whatever the explanation, I trust the meter readings over the A1c, especially since I've been normal for long enough now that I'm starting to feel that "yukky" high feeling when I hit the 130s. In the past, I only started feeling that way when I was well over 170 mg/dl. And of course at diagnosis, I felt fine at 250!

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Permalink Reply by Noturningback on August 7, 2008 at 8:51am

Hi Jenny!

Love your website. I'm just curious if your blood sugar rises in the early morning - dawn phenomenon? I have had the same type of readings post meals but, it seems to want to rise to 125 mg/dl at around 8am and sometimes earlier at 4am! I can't get my fasting number down as of the last two weeks.

~Danielle

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Permalink Reply by Jan on April 9, 2009 at 11:07pm

My A1c chart says an average BS of 120 is about 6.0, so that sounds right. But an A1c of 5.8, with stable non-variable blood sugar numbers is a thing of beauty and you should be very proud of yourself! Very envious of these numbers as they are unachievable for my Type 1 niece. We do get 5.8 A1cs rarely, and 6.1 usually. But there is a lot of variation in the numbers, 60/285, usually something like that. Last was 6.4. I have to buy your book; have seen your website and it is great.

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Permalink Reply by Mandy on October 16, 2007 at 6:26am

I just celebrated my A1c I got on Saturday that was 5.7! Now I'm feeling the pressure for my next test...

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Permalink Reply by David K on October 17, 2007 at 9:45pm

5.8 and a lot of effort to do it. Lots and Lots of Diet and Exercise - 4 miles per day average. I am lucky to control it by Diet and Exercise alone. I am not a saint - just sane and know that this disease can cause some real complications if you take it lightly.

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