"Jinx the Minx" > wrote in message
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> Cheri > wrote:
>> "Jinx the Minx" > wrote in message
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>>> 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.
>
Great to hear, and good for you. I have never achieved under 6, but I know
some who have.
Cheri