[temperance]

It would be nice to be able to track A1c on glucose buddy

[temperance]

Wonderful idea! Integrating it with the A1c calculator would be good but the saved estimates would have to be separate from actual lab values. I think I will start tracking mine the way you suggested though.

[shakeywith]

Hi all,

Excellent product which is so easy to use & I would agree that the recording of this after each blood test would be very useful.

[sfisher272]

Let me throw in my 2 cents here. Another problem with the GB AIC calculator is that I can't get it to give me an estimate, as yet, because it apparently wants 3 months of data to perform the calculation. I've only been using GB for the past 2 months. Why not use an initial A1c test result to start off the estimator? At least until we can accumulate enough data. Secondly, Wouldn't using real A1C results during the valid date Range of the test mean that the estimates made by the calculator would be closer to the real result as it wpouldn't have to calculate the AIC for the part where the range overlaps? Of course this is guess work on my part.

-Steve

[dano]

Steve;

You can calculate your Current A1c if you need to with this link.

[spongeb0biwan]

Just a quick note here about A1C calculations using your GB logged readings. How accurate this is (as compared to A1C testing done by your doctor or lab) is HIGHLY dependent on when exactly you take your readings

For example, I tend to take my readings shortly before it is getting towards time to eat (being concerned somewhat about low blood sugars), instead of taking them within a couple hours after I eat. As you are aware, the A1C done by the lab, measures ALL blood sugar levels throughout the whole 24 hours of every day, for approximately the past 90 days.

Therefore, as you can see in my case, those blood glucose levels that the lab A1C takes into account, are not being tested for or logged on my GB. Consequently, the A1C I get here on my GB, is about 1% lower then the actual A1C I get from my lab.

Alternatively, if a person tends to take their readings shortly after they eat, for the most part, they are probably likely to get a somewhat higher A1C from the calculation here at GB, then they will on their actual lab A1C.

Perhaps this is already obvious to everybody, but I thought it would be worth noting just in case.

[dano]

A 1% deficit is a very good return, on the A1c calculations, based on an average blood glucose level wouldn't you say?

[spongeb0biwan]

A 1% deficit is a very good return, on the A1c calculations, based on an average blood glucose level wouldn't you say?
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Regards;

Danny "

Yes, Danny, a very good return indeed! I am very pleased with that kind of estimate. As an example, my GB calculated estimate A1C of 6.5% in early June, compared to an actual A1C lab testing in early June of 7.6% (which was a drop of almost 3% from my previous A1C lab testing of 10.4% in early February at which time I was finally put on insulin therapy after struggling to lower my blood glucose for almost a year on oral medications only).

When I was anticipating the results of my A1C lab test in early June, I was completely aware that it would most likely not be the 6.5% GB calculated estimate I obtained at that same time, for the precise reason I mentioned in my original post on the topic. And that is, that for the most part (probably 95% of the time) I tend to test just before eating as opposed to after eating (and Jan, I had to look up the word "postprandial" in the dictionary..lol). The only time I do a "postprandial" test, is if I have some particular interest in learning something about how what I ate affects my blood glucose or how well the insulin dosage "combated" what I ate, or something on that order.

The point is that the GB app as well as its A1C estimate calculator have been very helpful to me in working at obtaining my A1C (lab) goals. Through some additional tweaking in diet and insulin dosages and times, my next goal is an A1C lab test of 6.5% or better at my next scheduled lab test probably sometime in early October. It just requires the honesty of factoring in the reality of when the majority of testing is done to give a realistic result.

P.S. In saying how helpful the GB app has been to me, I forgot to mention just how many different programs I previously tried, (even including homemade spreadsheets requiring tons of time and effort) to effectively log my tests and be able to massage the data, in this journey to gain control of my diabetes. GB has made this all a simple process for me now. Thanks for a great app.