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Chronic Health Conditions Discussion and Support

I_UndergroundPanther

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3. The A1c

Reply to Peregrine Took (Original post)

Tue May 30, 2023, 03:01 PM

May 2023

Measures your overall blood sugar levels based on the turnover of your red blood cells. When the old cells die off at around 3 months you can detect the average by testing the sugar level of the new cells.
So 2-3 months could be a little soon,based on the turnover of the blood cells.

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Medicare only pays for one AC1 test every 3 months? [View all] Peregrine Took May 2023 OP

Yes. It kind of makes sense since an A1C is a measure of blood sugar over 90 days. rsdsharp May 2023 #1

A1C. hippywife May 2023 #2

The A1c I_UndergroundPanther May 2023 #3

Excellent that 90 days is the magic number. Good for the doctor. jimfields33 May 2023 #4

Frequent A1C testing doesn't tell you much Warpy May 2023 #5