... I am 74 years old and I have been type 2 for 4 years now and have controlled my diabetes with diet and exercise without medication. This seems to not be working any longer, as my numbers are above the normal range. A1C in high 7s Has anyone else had this problem and finally had to go on medication? Thank you (2 replies)

... How many hours does it normally come back to normal range for health people? ... (5 replies)

... You've given lab results for everything, except for the actual blood sugar number. While your a1c may be in the normal range, that doesn't mean that you don't have some glucose impairment. Higher glucose may or may not affect your cholesterol. ... (12 replies)

... don't really think I'm pre diabetic, my blood work shows total cholesterol at 161 which is normal range, HDL is 48, triglycerides which is 95, LDL is 94, my A1c is 5.2, which are all normal. my insulin says 38 which is marked as high , it shows it should be 23, which isn't that high. ... (12 replies)

... e numbers will be higher when you test, and some lower. You can't expect perfect control every. You can expect better numbers as time goes by though. Because the a1c is an average of the last 3 months, some of that is from before your weight loss and better control. ... (1 replies)

... s on a pretty regular basis, and I'm wondering why my A1C would be at a good number, if my daily sugars aren't doing as well? ... (1 replies)

... with a normal range of 4. ... (7 replies)

... Your a1c converts to an average glucose of 112. This test measures the hemoglobin that has sugar stuck to it. What are your levels 2 hours after a meal? ... (2 replies)

... diabetic and have a question about the A1c test. I recently had it done for the first time and my level was 5. ... (2 replies)

... BG is in good range , but your A1C is slightly higher.. ... (1 replies)

... I'm sorry to say that by your a1c alone you do qualify to be considered diabetic. Just because your fasting is ok, doesn't mean that your 2 hour pp is normal. Do you test 2 hours after meals? ... (8 replies)

... My brother, son and my dad are all in the 6-ish range. When my brother was trying to get a pump, which he was denied for, his doctor wanted him at 5 or under. He put him on a strict diet of like 1200 calories a day, no processed foods, no fast food, REALLY strict. And my brother is tall and slender, runs miles a day, in very good shape. Well, when my brother did all of... (8 replies)

... knows it all and contradicts himself. I live with it day to day. Even my son told us later on that he remembers from the last dr. visit that the dr. wanted the A1C to be in the 7's. Now he's saying because he came down from 8.7 to 8 that 8 is fine. They don't want the kids in the 6 range. ... (4 replies)

... lower. I told him that his regiment doesn't work unless there is exercise at EVERY meal. It doesn't happen!! School is too sedentary and it doesn't work. His A1c was 8 today, down from 8.7 the last time. He was telling me that he doesn't want the A1c to get down in the 6 range. ... (4 replies)

... my 6 year daughter took test on monday morning at 11:30 a.m. and did not eat since sunday night between 8 and 9 at night so she fast for about 12 plus hours. When we got to the doctor they poked her finger and did the stripe test and the numbers was 109, they did tell me she was in normal range cuase normal is between 65 to 120 but the nurse said she thought she it was kind of... (3 replies)

... Thanks for your reply, I am going to a class on wednesday evening and I will be tracking it for 3 months and go back mid January for another A1C test, this morning I did a fasting blood sugar reading and it was 98mg/dl so hopefully I am on the right track. (5 replies)

... HbA1c of 5.5% is usually considered to be in the high end of the normal range. High HbA1c indicates diabetes (the higher it is, the worse the control). Low HbA1c is usually non-diabetic, but some diabetic people have short high blood sugar spikes that do not raise HbA1c levels to what is usually viewed as the diabetic range. (3 replies)

... What actually was your a1c? Was it "normal" for someone with diabetes, or in a non-diabetic range. The two aren't necessarily the same thing. And if you have wide fluctuations of sugar levels, it is possible to have a reasonable a1c, but still get damage from the higher blood sugar levels. (3 replies)

... insulin resistance. You may not need to do anything more than watch your diet at that point, but an A1c of 6. ... (4 replies)

... exercise changes now, because your A1C is definitely getting up there. I'd bet you'd start to feel better in changing your diet. ... (2 replies)