Re: Digest Number 1011
I think we would be amiss to mention though, that we should NOT be following our
A1C as our guideline. It is a 2-3 month average useful only to tell our Dr’s we
are holding our BG’s down. That A1C could represent a person with swings from
50-220 and still show a good A1C for the Dr. As stewards of our own care, we
must do our own glucose readings and adjust our lifestyles to what our readings
show.
Remember when we go above 140, we have a cumalative chance of developing the
complications commonly contracted from Diabetes. This means for every minute
you have a swing over 130, you accumulate a minute of time to do damage. Think
about a minute of 250 reading…this means several minutes at 240, perhaps 20
minutes at 230, half an hour at 220…all accumulating. Need I go on?
I don’t mean to be a killjoy here, but we really need to think of this on a
daily basis, or everything will avalanche on you.
Chris
PS. for the person who wanted info on Butchers Broom, it apparently contracts
and strengthens the veins, This is as much reliable info I have managed to get.
It has a lot of anacedotal confirmation of its effectiveness….;O)
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 17:42:58 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
From: "Windwarrior"
Subject: A1C Conversion
A different A1C conversion would be to multiply such numbers by 18 (ie 4.0
A1C would be 72 in meter readings) Or you can divide the meter number by 18
and get the "A1C" reading would be for a particular singular reading (ie
180 meter reading would convert to an "A1C" reading of 10 for a single
reading obviously)
Jeff
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A Grassroot Movement is like a lawn; there is a bigger picture we all like to
see…. but underneath there are many small roots. Each root has an influence
on the entire picture. We too can have an effect, we just need to figure out
the efficient way to do it.
If interested, check out my list..
Chris