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Diagnosis of Diabetes: Putting it All Together

By Dr. Fran Cogen, Health Pro Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Today I had the opportunity to review posts from fellow bloggers on this site. Natalie's blog "A1c is not enough" specifically caught my attention as she noted that her diabetes would not have been diagnosed simply by a hb A1c initially but rather by review of fasting and post-prandial blood sugars. ...
11/16/10 11:35pm

dear Dr. Fran,

 

It made me feel a lot better that someone responded to my post -- I've been a low glycator ever since I got diabetes, and when I had an A1c of 10.1 and then a month later, 10.7, it was life-threatening, but my endo missed it completely. The existence of low glycators needs to be a commonly known fact among endos, but it doesn't seem to be!!

 

Natalie ._c-

Dr. Fran Cogen, Health Pro
11/17/10 12:17pm

Natalie: thanks for your comment!

DrC

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By Dr. Fran Cogen, Health Pro— Last Modified: 09/30/11, First Published: 11/16/10