Guest guest Posted September 4, 2011 Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 Way to go! It took you a few words to describe something that was not easy. At least, not in the beginning, I'm sure. Keep up the good work! Dave " ...In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. " [ 16:33] a1c Just wanted to let everyone know that my a1c in January was 13. Now it's 6.4. Because of this list, I have become more conscious of what I'm eating and why. My thanks to you all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 4, 2011 Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 Hi Penny, That's great! Becky a1c > > > > > > Just wanted to let everyone know that my a1c in January was 13. Now it's > 6.4. > Because of this list, I have become more conscious of what I'm eating and > why. > My thanks to you all! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 4, 2011 Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 Hi Penny, That's great! Becky a1c > > > > > > Just wanted to let everyone know that my a1c in January was 13. Now it's > 6.4. > Because of this list, I have become more conscious of what I'm eating and > why. > My thanks to you all! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 4, 2011 Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 Hi Penny, That's great! Becky a1c > > > > > > Just wanted to let everyone know that my a1c in January was 13. Now it's > 6.4. > Because of this list, I have become more conscious of what I'm eating and > why. > My thanks to you all! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 I wonder if this is because of the studies in recent years that showed that tight glucose control raised mortality rates among Type 2s with heart problems. Might be worth looking up, although I think I also read that the research methodologies might have been flawed. My A1c a month ago was 7.6 and I personally would be ecstatic for one below 6.5. I have been trying for years and it has never happened, but maybe some day ... Jen > > Today I made another visit to my indocrinologist, Dr. Welch, who was > alarmed at my reading of the A1C taken today, which was 5.8. She > expected it to be much higher. I remember on my first visit to her > when my A1C was 5.7 she stated she would be quite pleased if it was > 6.5 or higher near 7.0 or even a little higher. > On the other hand I was quite pleased with the 5.8 reading, and I > still wonder why she was so distressed, since it seemed to me to be > quite good. She just said I needed to run a higher A1C due to my > medical problems. I thought running high A1C's and glr's was the root > cause of things like heart trouble, kidney problems and such. She was > so alarmed she immediately placed me on a CGM continuous glucose > monitor, and gave me a loan of a one touch glucose monitor to keep > track of my glr and foods and liquids I consume daily for a week. > Maybe she can explain why to me next visit. Apparently, she does not > trust the readings of my prodigy audio code monitor, which is > incompatible with the software on her computer. Any how this one touch > monitor is supposed to be compatible with the readings on the CGM and > the software on her computer system. I will let you know what the > results are next week, when she will have some readings she can trust. > > Harry > promote fairness/class warfare loot the future and bribe the present > and blame others, the weather and did I mention Bush? vote Democrat. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 Many doctors believe that someone with other vascular problems have a high chance of further vascular problems if the A1C runs below6.5. Many diabetics have heart attacks if they have a low blood sugar. _____ From: blind-diabetics [mailto:blind-diabetics ] On Behalf Of dave Bond Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 5:44 PM To: blind-diabetics Subject: Re: A1C Is this One Touch meter a fully audible meter, Harry? Or are they assuming you, as a blind person, don't check your blood sugars anyway and no doubt have someone sighted help you all the time? I'd ask this doctor exactly why she thinks A1C readings above 6.5 are beneficial to you. Dave " ...In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. " [ 16:33] A1C Today I made another visit to my indocrinologist, Dr. Welch, who was alarmed at my reading of the A1C taken today, which was 5.8. She expected it to be much higher. I remember on my first visit to her when my A1C was 5.7 she stated she would be quite pleased if it was 6.5 or higher near 7.0 or even a little higher. On the other hand I was quite pleased with the 5.8 reading, and I still wonder why she was so distressed, since it seemed to me to be quite good. She just said I needed to run a higher A1C due to my medical problems. I thought running high A1C's and glr's was the root cause of things like heart trouble, kidney problems and such. She was so alarmed she immediately placed me on a CGM continuous glucose monitor, and gave me a loan of a one touch glucose monitor to keep track of my glr and foods and liquids I consume daily for a week. Maybe she can explain why to me next visit. Apparently, she does not trust the readings of my prodigy audio code monitor, which is incompatible with the software on her computer. Any how this one touch monitor is supposed to be compatible with the readings on the CGM and the software on her computer system. I will let you know what the results are next week, when she will have some readings she can trust. Harry promote fairness/class warfare loot the future and bribe the present and blame others, the weather and did I mention Bush? vote Democrat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 sorry, Harry, not Jerry, oops 'Be Blessed ~Sugar A1C Today I made another visit to my indocrinologist, Dr. Welch, who was alarmed at my reading of the A1C taken today, which was 5.8. She expected it to be much higher. I remember on my first visit to her when my A1C was 5.7 she stated she would be quite pleased if it was 6.5 or higher near 7.0 or even a little higher. On the other hand I was quite pleased with the 5.8 reading, and I still wonder why she was so distressed, since it seemed to me to be quite good. She just said I needed to run a higher A1C due to my medical problems. I thought running high A1C's and glr's was the root cause of things like heart trouble, kidney problems and such. She was so alarmed she immediately placed me on a CGM continuous glucose monitor, and gave me a loan of a one touch glucose monitor to keep track of my glr and foods and liquids I consume daily for a week. Maybe she can explain why to me next visit. Apparently, she does not trust the readings of my prodigy audio code monitor, which is incompatible with the software on her computer. Any how this one touch monitor is supposed to be compatible with the readings on the CGM and the software on her computer system. I will let you know what the results are next week, when she will have some readings she can trust. Harry promote fairness/class warfare loot the future and bribe the present and blame others, the weather and did I mention Bush? vote Democrat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 Harry, It is not unusual for someone to do a blood sugar and find it reading in the normal range. But, it may be dropping at the time and if you did another blood sugar 10 minutes later, it could have dropped to 60 in that sort of a time period. _____ From: blind-diabetics [mailto:blind-diabetics ] On Behalf Of Harry Bates Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 6:27 PM To: blind-diabetics Subject: Re: A1C No the loaner glucose monitor, the one touch is not audible, and it is a good thing I have my wife, a former nursing student to take my glr's and chart my food and drinks. She is also my salt police and liquuid police, since I am on restricted salt and liquid consumption due to my congestive heart congestion problem as well as my diabetes. You make an excellent point, and I will ask her the next time I see her. I trust Dr. Welch and I have only had one or two low glr readings since I have been under her care. This brings up another concern of mine, since I am now an insulin dependent diabetic, formeerly a type2 diabetic on oral meds only. At this point in my life I have had low sugar reactions in my body with glr of 91 and 83, which is strange, since these are glr's quite in the normal range, but that old feeling of a low reaction in my body is a familiar one, and any time has one of the reactions, they should take an immediate glr, glucose levelreading.harry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 Harry, It is not unusual for someone to do a blood sugar and find it reading in the normal range. But, it may be dropping at the time and if you did another blood sugar 10 minutes later, it could have dropped to 60 in that sort of a time period. _____ From: blind-diabetics [mailto:blind-diabetics ] On Behalf Of Harry Bates Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 6:27 PM To: blind-diabetics Subject: Re: A1C No the loaner glucose monitor, the one touch is not audible, and it is a good thing I have my wife, a former nursing student to take my glr's and chart my food and drinks. She is also my salt police and liquuid police, since I am on restricted salt and liquid consumption due to my congestive heart congestion problem as well as my diabetes. You make an excellent point, and I will ask her the next time I see her. I trust Dr. Welch and I have only had one or two low glr readings since I have been under her care. This brings up another concern of mine, since I am now an insulin dependent diabetic, formeerly a type2 diabetic on oral meds only. At this point in my life I have had low sugar reactions in my body with glr of 91 and 83, which is strange, since these are glr's quite in the normal range, but that old feeling of a low reaction in my body is a familiar one, and any time has one of the reactions, they should take an immediate glr, glucose levelreading.harry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 Harry, It is not unusual for someone to do a blood sugar and find it reading in the normal range. But, it may be dropping at the time and if you did another blood sugar 10 minutes later, it could have dropped to 60 in that sort of a time period. _____ From: blind-diabetics [mailto:blind-diabetics ] On Behalf Of Harry Bates Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 6:27 PM To: blind-diabetics Subject: Re: A1C No the loaner glucose monitor, the one touch is not audible, and it is a good thing I have my wife, a former nursing student to take my glr's and chart my food and drinks. She is also my salt police and liquuid police, since I am on restricted salt and liquid consumption due to my congestive heart congestion problem as well as my diabetes. You make an excellent point, and I will ask her the next time I see her. I trust Dr. Welch and I have only had one or two low glr readings since I have been under her care. This brings up another concern of mine, since I am now an insulin dependent diabetic, formeerly a type2 diabetic on oral meds only. At this point in my life I have had low sugar reactions in my body with glr of 91 and 83, which is strange, since these are glr's quite in the normal range, but that old feeling of a low reaction in my body is a familiar one, and any time has one of the reactions, they should take an immediate glr, glucose levelreading.harry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 My doctor says that 6 is good for me. Bec ky A1C > > Today I made another visit to my indocrinologist, Dr. Welch, who was > alarmed at my reading of the A1C taken today, which was 5.8. She expected > it to be much higher. I remember on my first visit to her when my A1C was > 5.7 she stated she would be quite pleased if it was 6.5 or higher near 7.0 > or even a little higher. > On the other hand I was quite pleased with the 5.8 reading, and I still > wonder why she was so distressed, since it seemed to me to be quite good. > She just said I needed to run a higher A1C due to my medical problems. I > thought running high A1C's and glr's was the root cause of things like > heart trouble, kidney problems and such. She was so alarmed she > immediately placed me on a CGM continuous glucose monitor, and gave me a > loan of a one touch glucose monitor to keep track of my glr and foods and > liquids I consume daily for a week. Maybe she can explain why to me next > visit. Apparently, she does not trust the readings of my prodigy audio > code monitor, which is incompatible with the software on her computer. Any > how this one touch monitor is supposed to be compatible with the readings > on the CGM and the software on her computer system. I will let you know > what the results are next week, when she will have some readings she can > trust. > > Harry > promote fairness/class warfare loot the future and bribe the present and > blame others, the weather and did I mention Bush? vote Democrat. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 My doctor says that 6 is good for me. Bec ky A1C > > Today I made another visit to my indocrinologist, Dr. Welch, who was > alarmed at my reading of the A1C taken today, which was 5.8. She expected > it to be much higher. I remember on my first visit to her when my A1C was > 5.7 she stated she would be quite pleased if it was 6.5 or higher near 7.0 > or even a little higher. > On the other hand I was quite pleased with the 5.8 reading, and I still > wonder why she was so distressed, since it seemed to me to be quite good. > She just said I needed to run a higher A1C due to my medical problems. I > thought running high A1C's and glr's was the root cause of things like > heart trouble, kidney problems and such. She was so alarmed she > immediately placed me on a CGM continuous glucose monitor, and gave me a > loan of a one touch glucose monitor to keep track of my glr and foods and > liquids I consume daily for a week. Maybe she can explain why to me next > visit. Apparently, she does not trust the readings of my prodigy audio > code monitor, which is incompatible with the software on her computer. Any > how this one touch monitor is supposed to be compatible with the readings > on the CGM and the software on her computer system. I will let you know > what the results are next week, when she will have some readings she can > trust. > > Harry > promote fairness/class warfare loot the future and bribe the present and > blame others, the weather and did I mention Bush? vote Democrat. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 My doctor says that 6 is good for me. Bec ky A1C > > Today I made another visit to my indocrinologist, Dr. Welch, who was > alarmed at my reading of the A1C taken today, which was 5.8. She expected > it to be much higher. I remember on my first visit to her when my A1C was > 5.7 she stated she would be quite pleased if it was 6.5 or higher near 7.0 > or even a little higher. > On the other hand I was quite pleased with the 5.8 reading, and I still > wonder why she was so distressed, since it seemed to me to be quite good. > She just said I needed to run a higher A1C due to my medical problems. I > thought running high A1C's and glr's was the root cause of things like > heart trouble, kidney problems and such. She was so alarmed she > immediately placed me on a CGM continuous glucose monitor, and gave me a > loan of a one touch glucose monitor to keep track of my glr and foods and > liquids I consume daily for a week. Maybe she can explain why to me next > visit. Apparently, she does not trust the readings of my prodigy audio > code monitor, which is incompatible with the software on her computer. Any > how this one touch monitor is supposed to be compatible with the readings > on the CGM and the software on her computer system. I will let you know > what the results are next week, when she will have some readings she can > trust. > > Harry > promote fairness/class warfare loot the future and bribe the present and > blame others, the weather and did I mention Bush? vote Democrat. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 Thank goodness for our spouses serving as police! If your body is used to high blood sugars, something in the 80s will feel low and uncomfortable. I used to run way too many lows, often ending up in the 30s and 40s. So, readings in the 50s and 60s did not bother me. Now, since I've managed to get an even tighter grip on my control, with readings rarely lower than 60, I really feel them when I drop into the 60s, and even the 70s. Dave " ...In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. " [ 16:33] Re: A1C No the loaner glucose monitor, the one touch is not audible, and it is a good thing I have my wife, a former nursing student to take my glr's and chart my food and drinks. She is also my salt police and liquuid police, since I am on restricted salt and liquid consumption due to my congestive heart congestion problem as well as my diabetes. You make an excellent point, and I will ask her the next time I see her. I trust Dr. Welch and I have only had one or two low glr readings since I have been under her care. This brings up another concern of mine, since I am now an insulin dependent diabetic, formeerly a type2 diabetic on oral meds only. At this point in my life I have had low sugar reactions in my body with glr of 91 and 83, which is strange, since these are glr's quite in the normal range, but that old feeling of a low reaction in my body is a familiar one, and any time has one of the reactions, they should take an immediate glr, glucose levelreading.harry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 Thank goodness for our spouses serving as police! If your body is used to high blood sugars, something in the 80s will feel low and uncomfortable. I used to run way too many lows, often ending up in the 30s and 40s. So, readings in the 50s and 60s did not bother me. Now, since I've managed to get an even tighter grip on my control, with readings rarely lower than 60, I really feel them when I drop into the 60s, and even the 70s. Dave " ...In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. " [ 16:33] Re: A1C No the loaner glucose monitor, the one touch is not audible, and it is a good thing I have my wife, a former nursing student to take my glr's and chart my food and drinks. She is also my salt police and liquuid police, since I am on restricted salt and liquid consumption due to my congestive heart congestion problem as well as my diabetes. You make an excellent point, and I will ask her the next time I see her. I trust Dr. Welch and I have only had one or two low glr readings since I have been under her care. This brings up another concern of mine, since I am now an insulin dependent diabetic, formeerly a type2 diabetic on oral meds only. At this point in my life I have had low sugar reactions in my body with glr of 91 and 83, which is strange, since these are glr's quite in the normal range, but that old feeling of a low reaction in my body is a familiar one, and any time has one of the reactions, they should take an immediate glr, glucose levelreading.harry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 Thank goodness for our spouses serving as police! If your body is used to high blood sugars, something in the 80s will feel low and uncomfortable. I used to run way too many lows, often ending up in the 30s and 40s. So, readings in the 50s and 60s did not bother me. Now, since I've managed to get an even tighter grip on my control, with readings rarely lower than 60, I really feel them when I drop into the 60s, and even the 70s. Dave " ...In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. " [ 16:33] Re: A1C No the loaner glucose monitor, the one touch is not audible, and it is a good thing I have my wife, a former nursing student to take my glr's and chart my food and drinks. She is also my salt police and liquuid police, since I am on restricted salt and liquid consumption due to my congestive heart congestion problem as well as my diabetes. You make an excellent point, and I will ask her the next time I see her. I trust Dr. Welch and I have only had one or two low glr readings since I have been under her care. This brings up another concern of mine, since I am now an insulin dependent diabetic, formeerly a type2 diabetic on oral meds only. At this point in my life I have had low sugar reactions in my body with glr of 91 and 83, which is strange, since these are glr's quite in the normal range, but that old feeling of a low reaction in my body is a familiar one, and any time has one of the reactions, they should take an immediate glr, glucose levelreading.harry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 yep sounds good sugar 'Be Blessed ~Sugar A1C > > Today I made another visit to my indocrinologist, Dr. Welch, who was > alarmed at my reading of the A1C taken today, which was 5.8. She expected > it to be much higher. I remember on my first visit to her when my A1C was > 5.7 she stated she would be quite pleased if it was 6.5 or higher near 7.0 > or even a little higher. > On the other hand I was quite pleased with the 5.8 reading, and I still > wonder why she was so distressed, since it seemed to me to be quite good. > She just said I needed to run a higher A1C due to my medical problems. I > thought running high A1C's and glr's was the root cause of things like > heart trouble, kidney problems and such. She was so alarmed she > immediately placed me on a CGM continuous glucose monitor, and gave me a > loan of a one touch glucose monitor to keep track of my glr and foods and > liquids I consume daily for a week. Maybe she can explain why to me next > visit. Apparently, she does not trust the readings of my prodigy audio > code monitor, which is incompatible with the software on her computer. Any > how this one touch monitor is supposed to be compatible with the readings > on the CGM and the software on her computer system. I will let you know > what the results are next week, when she will have some readings she can > trust. > > Harry > promote fairness/class warfare loot the future and bribe the present and > blame others, the weather and did I mention Bush? vote Democrat. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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