For the last few weeks I’ve been putting off getting my quarterly blood work done. The reason, as ridiculous as this may sound, was that I didn’t want…
Tag: HbA1c
As someone who has controlled her blood sugars with diet and medications for over twenty years, type 2 diabetes remains a mystery to me.
Although…
Although I’m no longer upset about my last A1c I haven’t been able to get it out of my mind.
I’m a target oriented person. I need…
I feel like a failure.
I got my latest blood test results yesterday and I was so disappointed with my hemoglobin A1C that I just can’t get over it.…
Whenever I run a race, no matter what the distance, I always want to do better than before. I want to set a new personal record. It doesn’t …
My HbA1c has been around 7% (6.8%-7.2%) for the last few years. Last year I tried terribly hard to get it down. I cut out almost all carbs, checked my…
After putting it off for a week I went to do my blood test on Monday morning. This morning I got the results and I feel like I a failure. I was expecting…
Last Monday I went to the doctor for my quarterly visit to get new prescriptions and paper work for my 3 month blood work.
I could have gone on Tuesday…
When I went on the Paleolithic Diet 4 months ago I was amazed at the reduction in my insulin requirements. I found myself using less and less insulin,…
Until this year, the glycated hemoglobin or hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) test was used only for monitoring patients once they had been diagnosed with diabetes. In January 2010, however, the American Diabetes Association Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes added the measure of HbA1c 6.5% as a criterion for the diagnosis of diabetes, in addition to the fasting glucose test...