Cheri > wrote:
> "Jinx the Minx" > wrote in message
> news
>> Pamela > wrote:
>>> On 00:37 5 Nov 2018, Jinx the Minx > wrote in
>>> news
>>>
>>>> John Kuthe > wrote:
>>>>> On Sunday, November 4, 2018 at 10:16:50 AM UTC-6, Cheri wrote:
>>>>> ...
>>>>>> OK, so how do you know that it was only bad once? Is he testing
>>>>>> every day? Two hours after meals for instance?
>>>>>
>>>>> Uh oh! All of a sudden, Cheri is an EXPERT in diabetic nursing!
>>>>>
>>>>> And Cheri, I'll let you know I did my elective in diabetic nursing,
>>>>> so if you need to know anything in that area of nursing just ask me.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> What do they consider an OK A1c in the
>>>>>> UK for annual test? Not trying to be a smart aleck, just curious.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheri
>>>>>
>>>>> 7 is the norm for an A1c level in the U.S. I don't know about
>>>>> anywhere else.
>>>>>
>>>>> John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 7 is considered diabetic in the U.S.
>>>
>>> Some sites sites say anything over 6.5 is diabetic. It's worrying
>>> someone like John who claims to have trained in diabetic nursing doesn't
>>> know that.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I agree, the threshold is much lower than 7. I just called out 7 since
>> thats the value JK said was the norm. Its little wonder how
>> medical
>> errors are the third leading cause of death in the U.S.
>
> My doc, fairly young from India, wants to have type 2's shoot for 6.5 or
> lower with the A1c, even into the 5's ideally.
>
> Cheri
>
>
>
Im no doctor but I am a T2, and I agree with that! My last A1C was 5.4.