A1C issues

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Permalink Reply by Mark on October 30, 2009 at 9:06pm

Rick,
Labs oftern produce inaccurate results. As much Q. C. that goes on, it happens. My doctor usually will have me come back in to repeat the test. I wish I could maintain my A1C as well as you do.

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Permalink Reply by Frank Olsen on November 1, 2009 at 2:14pm

My Endo, who uses the fast A1C test where you get the result while your there, said that he suspected his tests were wrong even though his staff had calibrated their test and he asked me to be a guinea-pig and check his machine against the full blood draw lab A1c. It turned out the lab results were 5.9 against the fast test result was 6.5.

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Permalink Reply by rainbowgoddess on October 30, 2009 at 11:26pm

I went from 5.9 to 6.4 in the last three months. While it could be lab mixup, I think it's more likely because I'm having fewer episodes of hypoglycemia. I used to go low at least once every day. Now it's more like once every three to five days.

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Permalink Reply by Zoe on October 31, 2009 at 9:42am

First of all, yes, Rick, you are seeing the dark side..lol 6.8 is NOT 12! Second, I'm just wondering, have you been seeing a rise in your daily numbers? I'm thinking that A1C's are pretty predictable from what we see daily, though I haven't tested that theory and maybe a few decimal points are hard to predict. I was 7.2 in May before I really got a handle on dosing and management. I'm going to take the free A1C at Walgreen's (who knew I'd be so excited about getting poked and draining blood..lol) and anticipate being somewhere in the 6 range.
Anyway, it's just a number (this from the girl who weighs herself daily!)

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Permalink Reply by rainbowgoddess on October 31, 2009 at 10:32am

I'm not Rick. Why are you replying to me?

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Permalink Reply by Zoe on October 31, 2009 at 5:04pm

Sorry, I always just click on the last "reply to this" rainbowgoddess.

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Permalink Reply by Gerri on November 4, 2009 at 12:34am

Geesh, Rainbow. It's pretty obvious that Zoe is replying to Rick.

I've often replied to a poster directly & it's shown up elsewhere on the page. This seems to happen when they are numerous replies to replies. Let's see if mine shows up in the proper place or someone will act annoyed for no reason.

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Permalink Reply by Brenda on November 4, 2009 at 11:25am

My ears perked up with "free A1C at Walgreen's"!! I didn't know there was such a thing!! Can you provide more info?

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Permalink Reply by MelissaBL on October 31, 2009 at 12:35pm

Well, this is a really obvious question, I suppose, but do you think you're having spikes in your day that you aren't noticing? A 6.8 is an average in the 160s, so unless you're riding around 160 all day, you've got to be going up over 200 at some point in your day. I'd try to figure out where, I think.

Also, it's not uncommon for changes to show up later. Like, after 3 months of a great exercise plan, I saw no change, but my A1c 3 months after that (when I had stopped exercising again) was much better. Could the summer issues have lingered a little longer?

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Permalink Reply by Jim Wright on November 1, 2009 at 2:27am

As Zoe said, 6.8 is NOT 12!

Not perfect but far from panic worthy. Think about it - what has changed over the past few months, other than the obvious food and exercise choices - changing hours at work? Sleep patterns?

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Permalink Reply by Terrie8 on November 1, 2009 at 2:38am

Your higher A1c is most likely from the Prednisone that you have been using for your RA, Rick. You were on a high enough dose to kick your sugars up. Pred. makes it more difficult to control the blood sugars. Your A1c will be Better the next time around, since you discontinued the Prednisone(Right?). Good Luck!! :)

The others are right. 6.8 is not that Bad.

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Permalink Reply by rick phillips on November 3, 2009 at 12:51pm

Thanks to everyone who responded. I think Terrie may have hit the nail on the head. Prednisone was a very difficult drug for me. So difficult in fact I forgot about it. Terrie however remembered and that likely answered the question.

Of course everyone could have the correct answer as well. We are sitting four weeks out and really who knows after these days. Again thank you so much for the comments.

rick

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