Cheri > wrote:
> "Jinx the Minx" > wrote in message
> news
>> 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.
>>
>
>
> Great to hear, and good for you. I have never achieved under 6, but I know
> some who have.
>
> Cheri
>
>
I used to be on multiple types of insulin, and now I take no meds for it at
all. I use very, very strict diet control.