On Tue, 6 Nov 2018 20:15:45 -0000 (UTC), 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
>>> that’s the value JK said was “the norm”. It’s 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
>>
>>
>>
>
>I’m no doctor but I am a T2, and I agree with that! My last A1C was 5.4.

Guidelines have recently been revised based on long term studies of
risks and benefits. The suggestion used to be lower HbA1C levels in
thinking that it would help reduce microvascular complications.
Studies have not borne that out, thought so...

T2 goals are now between 7.0 and 8.0.

http://annals.org/aim/fullarticle/26...nt-adults-type