Question on diabetes type 2 . Comments advice appreciated.?

Question:

I have had type 2 for 6 years and thought it was all under control , my blood sugar level was always 6 in the mornings and ranged up to 10 during the course of the day. I had HB2ac tets every 3 to 6 mths and it was always average 6. My doctor always used to say that was good and I must be doing things right ! , now with that in mind I was never above eating something sweet on the odd occaision and so long as as I knew that my next blood test ( HB2ac I think thats what its called ) would be 6 I was content !!
Then I got a new blood glucoe meter and was shocked to find readings that started at 10 in the morning and climbed steadily during the day up to 19 on a couple of occaisions !
Back to the docs clutching my new glucose meter ( after having another blood test ) . Well the doc was not in the least interested in my readings but pointed to the computer screen where my blood results were displayed as 7 and said " Nothing wrong there ! I am happy at that .! Any comment ??

Answers:
Sounds to me like your glucose meter is out of calibration. I'm pretty sure a well worn tech like you checked the strip calibration numbers before using them. There should have been a solution to test the calibration of the strips as well. If you have a friend with a glucometer, compare against that too. If everything checks out okay and your meter still gives high readings compared to the other meters, including your doctor's meter, worry not... just go get another one.

BTW it's HbA1C.

The conversion from mmol/l to mg/dl can be found here:
http://www.brist.plus.com/convert.htm... in case someone here gives you the usual, "those numbers are way too low, etc"

For some really helpful tips that will help get you even lower, visit this very helpful webpage I tossed together:
http://www.geocities.com/seabulls69/type...

Your HbA1C should be under 6 (mine's 5.8 and the doc wants it even lower... imagine) and your fasting glucose should be 5 to 6.1. I seldom worry about the post prandial numbers as they tend to do as they will. I rarely go over 170 for long. Sounds like you're managing well, Pete.

Question on diabetes type 2 . Comments advice appreciated.?

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