Post by Barry on Jul 3, 2014 0:24:35 GMT
I was about to scream WHAT? And then I realised you were quoting in mmol not %.
My HbA1c readings are consistently 7-8% which might sound a little high but any lower and I get light headed and feel a potential hypo coming on (never actually had one). Each person's body finds a slightly different level. As it is, Novomix 30 keeps me good and balanced as long as I eat carefully.
Sorry - I don't know how to convert mmol/litre (?) to %. However before my local surgery went metric, the HbA1c figure, as measured at the begining of the year, was 6%. I believe the new figure, taken three weeks ago, records a lower blood sugar level.
After my condition was dignosed, my doctor put me on Glicizide. This was a real pain in the ass to use: one half-tablet to be taken 30 minutes before eating. As someone who likes to travel to some far-flung places, this regime was not especially practical. Can you imagine camping in the Omani desert, and being told you would eat in twenty minutes and then to find you didn't actually sit down to eat until an hour later? By that time the Glicizide had been wasted. And there was a risk of "hypos" when using it as well (not that I ever had one, or got close to having one). Boy, was I glad when the medics decided I didn't need to be on medication, as I seemed to be managing my condition well by eating carefully.