Is A1C something where you want to be in the normal range, or something where lower is probably better within that range, or even a bit below it? My A1C is a bit high within that normal range, and I wonder if I should be concerned.
(My hematocrit is also a bit high within the normal range, but I am not concerned.)
For me I wanted to be below pre-diabetes. Pre-diabetes is sort of a made up diagnosis. It’s a point where many docs will push meds “to prevent diabetes” but I’m unclear on how well those meds work for prevention. Type 2 diabetes is strong in my family, and I’m not ready to go there, although I probably can’t prevent it totally.
Yes, people will tell me I can prevent diabetes with diet & exercise, but I know thin people who have it. And diets just make me obsess about food and want the things I “can’t have”. My A1C is actually lower even though I gained a few pounds.
My son and I have COVID, so we are each upstairs in our rooms while my wife and daughter are downstairs.
My daughter installed what she calls a pulley system to transfer things from upstairs to downstairs. It is a string (shoe lace style not sure what that is called), tied to a basket that we can pull to raise/lower things. She was very proud, and it is adorable.