This makes sense!
I got the result of my HB1 (is that what it is called? I get confused
on the name of that test of your blood sugar levels over 3
months…lol) Anyway, it was 6.0, which the doctor said was excellant
control. Well, the thing is-I’m NOT in excellant control-my diabetes
is very brittle and my levels go very high and then very low several
times a day. I had another doctor one time that realized that
my "great" readings were not really that great, they were actually an
AVERAGE of all the highs and lows put together, making it look like a
good reading! If that is true, then it seems to me that these tests
aren’t really conclusive as to how your blood sugar readings really
are running! My doctor (he’s a new doctor btw) didn’t bother to
check my daily readings by reading them from my meter, he just went
by the blood tests, which was an average of a lot of highs and a lot
of lows. Sort of a waste of bloodwork, huh? What do ya’ll think?
June 1st, 2005 at 7:56 am
Molli,
HA1C’s are not a waste of bloodwork, they just need to be put in their
place. It is true they represent an average of BG’s over the last few weeks.
I had fairly low HA1C’s before I began pump therapy and it was due mostly to
my frequent lows cancelling the highs…still I was out of control. You
really have to look at both HA1C and meter readings at the same time and
also notice trends. It is also useful in Type 2 diabetes often giving a hint
of average glucose when there is not much other indication. Bottom
line…you can’t have much faith in a single lab value,,,,,
Scott
June 1st, 2005 at 4:03 pm
Correction….HA1C (in our lab) correlates with the average glucose value of
the last 2-3 months.
See what I mean about laboratorians…..can’t trust ‘em…..
Scott