A couple of questions on HBA1c readings.
1)  I keep reading and hearing that A1c is an indication of control over the
last 3 months.  Is this really correct, or is it a convenient round number,
potentially used to keep the number of checks down and so the costs?

I am a member of Diabetes Australia. Every quarter I receive copies
of their publications, and like to brouse through them to see if
there are any items of interest.
This month two items caught my eye.

I just read this article and thought it was interesting.
http://ada.yellowbrix.com/pages/ada/Story.nsp?story_id=44134070&ID=ada
<<Peru, the land that gave the world potatoes, is home to yacon, a tasty root
that scientists say is good for the gut, potentially safeguards against ...

Triple Therapy Better Than Mixed Insulin for Obese Type 2 Diabetics
News Author: Laurie Barclay, MD
CME Author: D?sir?e Lie, MD, MSEd
Authors and Disclosures

Just got back from my fabulous endo guy.  My A1c is 5.2 in a normal range
of 3.? to 6.? (don't remember the decimal, but I think it's 3.4/3.5 and
6.4/6.5 or in that area).  That's down from 5.7 in October.  Oddly, I'd
felt like I'd been slacking off, but I think that what I'd ...

Did anyone watch the Jay Leno show as of tuesday night? (wed. morning,
depending if you are on the east coast?) There was a lady on there
called the "Gourd Lady". She is a local lady from around where I am
from. Actually the town I work in.  She had a gourd painted with Jay's

I keep wondering why I am the only one in this group with Celiac disease(CD)
I did a search on Google and I hope this(I pasted it) shows up if not the
fact is that 1-20
of T-1's has it and according to this, the ratio is the same in T-2's.  As a

Trader Joes sells Bella Vita, a low carb pasta, that has 10g net carbs per
3/4 cup dry serving, which is more than I can eat at once.  I had about a
1/3 cup serving with Newman's Tomato, pepper and spices spaghetti sauce (6g
net carbs per 1/2 cup serving), with about 2 ounces of ...

I am asking for a patient in China.  Type 2.
He is using OneTouch Ultra to monitor his bg.  Before meal his bg is
8-9, not ideal but not scary either.  Two hours after meal it spikes
sometimes to 17.7.

Anoyone have any good tips for diabetics treating colds? They're going
around like mad here and I have never had one that I knew of before being
diagnosed. I never used medicine too much before except for Nyquil and I
don't have a bottle around to check the contents. Thanks.

Did the no-smoking patch work for you?
Or you still polluting the air and puffing away?
PJ

I've been figuring that my bg was under control, but now I'm wondering
if that's really the case.
I was reading the site that's recommended for people newly diagnosed
with diabetes and saw some testing suggestions. I've been testing

In de.sci.medizin.diabetes recently, somebody described an "experiment"
injecting equal amounts of Humalog and (human) NPH.
She is an adult-onset T1 (or T1b?) and has a wierd regime of 18U NPH in
the morning, a few injections of regular through the day, and humalog in

I've been lurking for the last few months.
I read adout peoples' BG figures.
Literature I received from the local hospital's diabetes education
folks tell me that I should control the levels to 4.0 - 7.0 mmol/L