Re: [IPk] HbA1c
Hi Paula
My consultant is OK with me testing as often as I like, as long as it is of
benefit. It obviously is to me, so I continue as I do. On occasion I have to
give the GP my best steely eye stare and remind him how much money I'm
saving the NHS by being healthy!
Fortunately I haven't suffered from sore fingers, though as it gets colder,
it gets harder to get the blood out. lol!
Regards
Allie
----- Original Message -----
From: "paula" <email @ redacted>
To: <email @ redacted>
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 3:32 PM
Subject: RE: [IPk] HbA1c
>I asked because I test a lot too - I don't count but I suppose 10 to 12
> easily... with before meals, before exercise, before driving, and if I
> feel
> low - I don't see how I could test less without getting into trouble...
> but
> my GP does give me trouble - the pharmacist once said I should be able to
> achieve good control with four tests... I could have hit her - and I'm not
> normally aggressive!
>
> The testing doesn't bother me either - rather is the thing that helps me
> feel in control - but I do sometimes feel like I should be able to manage
> with less tests...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: email @ redacted [mailto:email @ redacted] On
> Behalf
> Of Alison C H Jones
> Sent: 06 November 2007 15:18
> To: email @ redacted
> Subject: Re: [IPk] HbA1c
>
> I suppose I test 12-14 times a day most days and at the moment I'm testing
> at night (only once). I kind of do it without thinking about it, and know
> that it is more than I need to. My GP writes the 'scripts though.
>
> As I say - it works for me :o)
>
> Allie
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "paula" <email @ redacted>
> To: <email @ redacted>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 2:50 PM
> Subject: RE: [IPk] HbA1c
>
>
>> Sorry! I meant Allie! I typed in a rush! Allie how much is "lots of
>> testing?"
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: email @ redacted [mailto:email @ redacted] On
>> Behalf
>> Of Fiona Hunt
>> Sent: 06 November 2007 14:30
>> To: email @ redacted
>> Subject: RE: [IPk] HbA1c
>>
>> Hi Allie,
>> Well done anyway. I can only try to do as well as you.....
>>
>> Fiona
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: email @ redacted [mailto:email @ redacted] On
>> Behalf Of
>> Alison C H Jones
>> Sent: 06 November 2007 13:33
>> To: email @ redacted
>> Subject: Re: [IPk] HbA1c
>>
>> Hi Fiona
>>
>> I'm afraid that I've not found any magic formula. Lots of testing and I'm
>> fortunate that I can usually predict whether I'm on the way up or the way
>> down ,by how I feel, so can have a "micro munch" to stop me going hypo.
>> Quite subtle changes sort of give me a feeling that is a bit like going
>> up
>> or down in a lift, that sort of ground dropping away feeling and if I
>> tune
>> into this I'll stride around the class room more to lower my bloods or
>> have
>> something to eat. Sounds mad when I type it, but it works for me.
>>
>> Of course I'm not always so careful, circumstances are often out of my
>> direct control, but I do what I can.
>>
>> Allie
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Fiona Hunt" <email @ redacted>
>> To: <email @ redacted>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 1:18 PM
>> Subject: RE: [IPk] HbA1c
>>
>>
>>> Very well done, Allie, but how did you manage to get such a low HbA1c
>>> with
>>> virtually no hypos?? Although I have managed to get my BG average down
>>> in
>>> recent
>>> weeks to under 6.0 (and hopefully that means a lower HbA1c than
>>> previously) it
>>> does mean I'm getting more hypos - regularly in the 2s. Eg: according to
>>> my
>>> record book, over the last 7 days, I've had 13 readings under 4.0 in the
>>> last 7
>>> days (BG average of 5.4). Any tips for the me and, I'm sure, others?
>>>
>>>
>>> Fiona Hunt
>>> Type 1; Dx Nov 1993, pumping Paradigm 522 since Mar 2007; previously MDI
>>> novorapid/levemir
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Alison C H Jones <email @ redacted>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Just got a letter with my blood results in. HbA1c 5.9!! my best ever in
>>> 32
>>> years. Big smile on my face this afternoon :o), especially as that was
>>> almost
>>> entirely without hypo. Things really seem to have clicked into place for
>>> a
>>> while back there though it feels as if the wheel is falling off the cart
>>> a
>>> bit
>>> at the mo - think it must be my hormones and life being frantic at the
>>> mo.
>>> Just wanted to share :o)
>>> Allie
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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