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Other various tests for diabetes

February 12, 2009 – 8:24 pm

Here are a few other tests (by far not all of them) that are important in either the diagnosis of diabetes, or if you have diabetes they are good to have to keep tabs on things. Random glucose test – This is usually a fingerprick, or done while draining your arm/body of blood for other [...]

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A1c Test

February 11, 2009 – 8:49 pm

Also known as the HbA1c, hemoglobin A1c, or Glycosylated (or glycated) hemoglobin test.  This is a blood test that measures the average blood glucose levels over the past 2-3 months.  Glucose can bind to the hemoglobin which is found in the red blood cells.  This causes some sort of modification of the molecule in the [...]

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What goes up, must come down, oh whyyyy?!

February 5, 2009 – 6:32 pm

That is how my life has seemed to be over the past few months… ok, maybe past few years.  After my last oh so awesome post, not even a day later, I got some bad health juju that kicked me on my arse which is why I have been on the ‘downlow’ (or what ever [...]

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DENIED! – Insurance issues.

January 16, 2008 – 11:55 am

I am not sure why, I will find out later today, but insurance has denied my request for an insulin pump and Continuous Glucose Monitor. I am not surprised about the CGM, but floored they denied me an insulin pump. Do they not realize I have diabetes? My A1c at last check was 9.0, three [...]

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