[Diabetes-talk] HBA1C calculators.

[d m gina]

I agree going to the doctor every three months is a must, and this old 
lady won't stop doing that.
I always felt I had to believe in my meter because if I didn't then why 
bother to test.
It sure would help the fingers if I didn't loll.
thanks for sharing your thoughts.

Original message:
> I wouldn't trust any such calculator since accuracy depends upon the 
> details of data entry -- when and how often readings were taken, for 
> example. I don't even believe in the usefulness of meter averages.

> Mike Freeman
> sent from my iPhone


> On Apr 2, 2012, at 7:46, d m gina <dmgina at samobile.net> wrote:

>> Thanks Mike, I sure would appreciate it.
>> Now I would love it if it were for the IPhone.

>> Original message:
>>> This one is quite simple. You type in your figures and press the button.
>>> The multiplication thing is purely applicable in the context of persons
>>> living outside of the USA. I will have a look to see if I can find a
>>> HBA1C calculator where you don't need to do the calculations.

>>> Michael Park.
>>> I am not an expert, because "ex" means "has been" and "spert" is "a 
>>> drip under pressure".

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>>> On 2012/04/02 02:45, d m gina wrote:
>>>> I need something a bit more simple, where I can put in numbers or what
>>>> you need to do and it would convert it for me.
>>>> If it gets to complicated then I don't understand.
>>>> Glad this works for you.

>>>> Original message:
>>>>> Hi there.

>>>>> I am also sending copies of this email to some of my diabetic friends in
>>>>> South Africa, as well as to a South African diabetes forum to which I
>>>>> belong and although I am addressing a South African audience, have still
>>>>> tried to give this post a bit of an international flavour for the
>>>>> benefit of everyone else.

>>>>> Not quite sure how useful this is going to be to folks on the community,
>>>>> but I have discovered a tool which can give you a fairly good idea of
>>>>> what your HBA1C is going to be before you even go to the doctor. The
>>>>> tool can be found on the Accu-chek web site for the United States and is
>>>>> situated at
>>>>> https://www.accu-chek.com/us/glucose-monitoring/a1c-calculator.html#

>>>>> I went searching for this tool in response to a question put by someone
>>>>> who belongs to one of the other international diabetes forums to which I
>>>>> also belong.

>>>>> The only thing that you should bear in mind if you are going to use this
>>>>> tool, is that you will have to convert our MMol/L to mg/dl which is the
>>>>> measuring unit peculiar to the United States only, as far as I can
>>>>> ascertain. In order to convert MMol/L to mg/dl, simply multiply our
>>>>> numbers by 18 so that a reading of 6.0, for instance, would translate
>>>>> into 108 in US terms and 6.5 would translate into 117.

>>>>> I have tried using the calculator, using my sugar averages from old
>>>>> diaries and the reading compares well with HBA1C's I recorded in the
>>>>> past.

>>>>> What you should note is that the HBA1C figures in the USA work out to
>>>>> the same as the unit we use here, so that if your HBA1C would be say,
>>>>> 6.0 here, it will also be 6.0 in the United States.

>>>>> If you do not live in the United States and you cannot do the sums, I
>>>>> would recommend a programable unit converter called Converber the
>>>>> portable version of which can be downloaded from
>>>>> http://www.portableapps.com

>>>>> You will have to program the unit conversions for diabetes into the
>>>>> program, but that is a relatively simple task to do. If you are stuck on
>>>>> how to do this, please feel free to write me and we can perhaps arrange
>>>>> to chat on Skype on the net and help you to do the conversion.

>>>>> If you are stuck regarding getting the program, I think I have a copy
>>>>> here which I can send you.

>>>>> Finally, the Accu-chek web site is screen reader accessible, and in
>>>>> particular, and for the benefit of NVDA users, it is also NVDA friendly.

>>>>> --
>>>>> Michael Park.
>>>>> I am not an expert, because "ex" means "has been" and "spert" is "a
>>>>> drip under pressure".

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