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> Cheri > wrote:
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>>> Cheri > wrote:
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>>>>> Pamela > wrote:
>>>>>> On 00:37 5 Nov 2018, Jinx the Minx > wrote in
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 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.
>
I have been diagnosed for 21 years and did use metformin and insulin for
awhile in the first phase, but then did find diet control. My doc at that
time didn't really have a clue about the importance of diet in diabetic
control. I have used no meds for many years now, just diet. I stay right
around 6.
Cheri
Cheri