On Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at 10:15:49 AM UTC-10, Jinx the Minx wrote:
> 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.
I found out that I had diabetes when I applied for insurance and was denied because my A1c was 7.2 mmol/l. Had I been a 7 there would have been no problem. My guess that a tenth of a point change has a great impact on the insurance and healthcare industries.