"Todd" > wrote in message
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> On 02/15/2013 02:06 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>> I don't know what a college lectue is.
>>> >
>>> >A "college lecture" sounds like you are in a college class
>>> >and are being bombarded by tons of extremely thought out
>>> >scientific research. The guy is a force of nature. Good
>>> >sport about a ton of questions too.
>
>> Stuff like that never happened when I was in college!
>
> Most were insufferable, pompous blow hards, but on occasion
> I really scored. Loved those classes
>
>
>>> >Going to ask him to show me how to take my pulse in my foot too.
>
>> Why?
>
> It is an indication of the state of your circulation in your
> feet. As in, if its poor, better seek help before something
> falls off. A good solid pulse is what I am looking for, not
> the pulse rate.
>
>>> >
>>> >I go into to see him in a month with my first a1c. Going to give him a
>>> >bad time about the legitimacy of the a1c -- seems
>>> >my T2 blood cells don't last a long as T0's [1], which throws the a1c
>>> >reading into chaos. Chuckle, Chuckle. As I said, he is a good sport.
>>> >Hopefully he knows the proper "fudge" factors to throw into
>>> >the a1c that compensate for the lower lifespan of T2's. As I
>>> >said, he is a good sport.
>
>> What does that mean?
>
> That means if a1c is based on the average lifespan of a healthy
> person's (T0) red blood cells (~120 days) and a T2's blood cells
> don't live as long (~84 days), some adjustments need to be
> made to the reading.
>
>> If you have certain blood disorders,
>
> Such as T2
>
>>your A1c will be
>> meaningless and you should have a frutosamine test done instead.
>>> >
>>> >Thinking of asking him to throw a "Fructosamine" test as it does not
>>> >depend on blood cell life and is not affected by anemia [2].
>
>> Yes. That should be done instead.
>
> Agreed. It will validate any adjustments to the A1C. It is
> cheaper at my local lab than a1c too ($28 vs $36).
>
> -T

I always hated school.