[Diabetes-talk] HBA1C calculators.

Tue Apr 3 03:31:12 UTC 2012

Ok I understand what you are saying. 
I test four times a day. 
Dar 

On Apr 2, 2012, at 7:59 PM, "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com> wrote:

> 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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> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of d m gina
> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 1:23 PM
> To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
> 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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>>>>>> http://db.tt/dhfrtNIv
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>>>>>> For ministry needs, write us at biblical.counselling2008 at gmail.com
> 
>>>>>> Please consider making a donation to NVDA, insuring that blind people
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