One of the other features of my Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM), which tracks my blood sugar throughout the day, is the ability to extrapolate from those readings to estimate my HbA1c.
My HbA1c was 40mmol/mol (5.8%) when last I had it measured, on May 5th, just under two weeks ago, but down from the danger zone I was at in December – 79mmol/mol (9.6%). You may recall I was kind of hoping for a better result – something more like the mid or even early 30’s.
Well, today my CGM finally had enough data to give me my first estimated A1c. I do need to bear in mind that it really is just an estimate, and until it gets a full 14 days of date even that will be very rough at best.
But at the moment, as you can see, it’s reading as 34 mmol/mol (5.3%)! At this stage, getting down from 40 to the early to mid-30’s would feel absolutely fantastic!
I’m honestly a bit surprised to see it’s so low given the readings I’ve been getting, but then I remember that I’ve set my blood sugar boundaries very strictly.
Either way, I’ll take the estimate as a solid indicator that I’m actually doing the right things! 😊
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