[Diabetes-talk] HBA1C calculators.

Tue Apr 3 01:59:17 UTC 2012

I trust my meter. I'm just saying that the averages calculated by the meter
are meaningless in that they do not take into account things like time of
day readings are taken. Really, there ought to be at least four averages --
those for readings before each meal and at bedtime. And then one ought to
calculate a further average of all readings. By analyzing *these* five
averages, one could get a legitimate idea of what one's A1C might be.

Mike

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Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 1:23 PM
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Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] HBA1C calculators.

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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