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🔬 Optical imaging technique unlocks hidden glycemic history for diabetes and cancer research

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-optical-imaging-technique-hidden-glycemic.html

#laser #optics #health #diagnostic #diabetes #a1c #redbloodcell #medicine

For those that don’t know if this is good or not: Depending on the institution, above around 5.6% is abnormally high but not diagnosis threshold for diabetes. 6.5% is diagnosis threshold. Goal for a diabetic, once diagnosed, is to be below 7%. So having 6.3% means I’m achieving goal.

#Diabetes #A1c #ReliOn #CGM #GMI

I decided to compare one of those store bought A1c take home tests (ReliOn brand in this case) with a lab A1c test. After my lab blood draws, I came home and used the tester.

ReliOn: 6.5%
Lab: 6.3%

So they are reasonably accurate.

But with a CGM, my GMI was also 6.5%, so not really a good point to using a take home A1c test if you have a CGM.

#Diabetes #A1c #ReliOn #CGM #GMI

My 24 hour GMI is 5.7. I’ve probably not had an HbA1c below 6.0% since I was a kid. I don’t think I can sustain what granted me this day, it’s probably a fluke. But my recent trends should show an HbA1c between 6.0% and 6.5%.

#Diabetes #CGM #Libre3 #GMI #HbA1c #A1c

I hate that some blood glucose tracking apps will report an estimated A1c as anything called A1c, even estimated. Many apps and tools transitioned to calling this Glucose Management Indicator, or GMI, in order to get away from the confusion of why a measured A1c is different from an estimated A1c.

mySugr appears to be changing their app. Which is a great step, especially for an app designed for logging finger sticks, not CGM data. In fact, they're not even going to call it GMI, apparently. Rather, Diabetic Management Indicator (DMI) because their math and estimates will be way different from a CGM based estimate.

This really needs to be done on all similar apps. There's always inevitably someone asking in one of the communities why their A1c is different between the doctor's office and their app.

To those that may not realize: HbA1c is a measurement of glycated hemoglobin, and the blood panel test will directly test this. GMI, on the other hand, is an estimated A1c based on blood glucose trends through some form of measurement, typically CGM, and depends on the accuracy of the measurement.

#Diabetes #Apps #CGM #HbA1c #A1c #GMI #mySugr

I’ve already gotten my c-peptide result back.

It’s still low normal. But slightly higher than last year.

My #Mounjaro dose last time was 7.5mg. This time I’m on 15mg. #GLP1 and #GIP work to stimulate insulin secretion. And that’s all I got.

I’m skipping the #diabetes autoimmune panel. Insurance isn’t going to cover the $400 cost and it won’t change anything.

For now, everything just keeps going.

No #A1c yet. I’m expecting an increase, unfortunately.

#T2D

I have a bit of a "sweet tooth" so I was a tiny bit concerned when I had my A1C tested about 6 months ago and it came up 5.7, 0.1 above the normal range and some PA wanted to diagnose me as pre-diabetic based on this solitary data point.

So I decided to just watch how much sugar and starch I ate for a while and retest, and that came back today with 5.2, solidly in the green. I also lost a few pounds.

I am not a doctor, but my opinion is that making a diagnosis based on a single data point is probably not the best way to do it.

Also I'm going to continue to moderate my sugar intake. I think I feel better in general this way.

#A1C #glucose #health #diabetes #prediabetes