At 17 your fasting blood sugar should be under 120--not around 150. I've been told the goal is to keep the A1C levels below 7.0. Are you overweight? If you are, losing a few pounds can change (lower) your blood sugar levels quite rapidly. Learn about "metabolic syndrome". Losing weight takes a lot of concentration on eating good healthy foods. High blood sugars can cause a host of other things, including yeast infections. At seventeen there is so much life ahead of you! Learn all you can from the Daily Strength site and take good care of your self!
Best wishes.

are you seeing a doctor for this? They should be running more tests to make sure...did you fast for this?

and the average blood glucose is correct...There is a formula to figure what an A1C works out to : 28.7 x "your a1c" - 46.7 = the average blood sugar

Hi and welcome. I agree, you need to be under a doctor's care, if overweight, lose weight and eat healthy. Also learn about diabetes and pre-diabetes. One can be diabetic for years and not know it, but it is not a good situation, as you lose insulin producing cells as time goes on.

On the plus side, you are very young. There is probably time to get yourself into a good position, health wise, in controlling your sugar.
So please take care of yourself and let us know what you find out, okay?

You'll get a A1c test likely every 3 months to monitor your average blood sugar. Believe me, many complications can arise from diabetes, especially if it's mismanaged. The most important point I can give to you is to be careful with your diet and eat in moderation. We're in this together and feel free to state your comments, questions, and concerns.

Also, keep in mind that anything below a 5.7 is normal on an A1c test. Between 5.7 and 6.4 is known as a "pre-diabetic" or "borderline-diabetic" and anything 6.5 or over is diabetic. If you're going down and have a 7, that's at least going in the right direction.

ok so if i use the formula that i see here my A1C was 6.4
28.7 x "your a1c" - 46.7
so with that
28.7x6.4=183.68 -46.7 = 136.98

so is that good or bad

that is not that bad Ray, anything under 7 make a lot of doctors happy lol.

Yes I am overweight and I will be seeing a doctor soon. The blood test was by suprise I got it taken between 1:30 and 2 I had ate at 10. I have been eating a lot better since moving in with my mom. I was going to an Endo but he always made me feel bad and he cancled my appointment back in february.

17 is a whole lot easier, IMO, than 71.
Exercise/hard work is the answer, and a good diet; knocked my high a1c down to 5.9 , now its at 6.2....I have trouble with exercise..
No one should make the patient "bad bad".
In the medical profession, there is a need for "patient friendly"..
This is lacking quite often - my experience ...
Only thing you can do is find a better "specialist".
Good luck
The medical profession needs to be improved...this will take a ton of time...

My dad wants me to be with his doctor. so I'll see where this takes me..I also lost 3lbs this week just by walking the dog and not eating out.

I wish you the best. Your body should probably been able to handle the meal, and your BS be lower, but I am no expert. I'm sure your doctor will ask you for a fasting BS.

Regardless of where you fall in the continuum, it is important that diabetes is a progressive disease. The earlier you learn about managing it, the more probable you will stave off complications.

A lot of the people on here have lived with this far longer than I have and know much more about it than I do, so please keep coming back to our little community. :-)

I know a lot about most of my family have it.

ahh if most of your family has it then chances are greater that you might, though proper diet and exercise minimize it.

The A1c measures how many red blood cells have sugar molecules stuck to them. That's what happens with diabetes, and when red blood cells have sugar molecules stuck to them then they can't do what they're supposed to do, carry oxygen for one thing. The percentage of red blood cells that have sugar molecules stuck to them shows that there has been enough sugar in the blood on average to be able to have that many affected red blood cells. Red blood cells do get replaced so if you eat less sugar the new cells will have less of them that are knocked out by sugar molecules, and if you have more sugar then more new red blood cells will get affected.

An average bs level of 150 is different than a fasting bs level. yes, the fasting level, when we wake up in the morning is good if it's about 100 for us.
For diabetics the goal is to keep the A1c under 7, because surveys showed that over 7 is when we get more complications.

A very, very, good read, e..................
I think that a symptom may be cold extremities when there is too little oxygen in the blood...
Also, a lack of energy feeling...

The red blood cells carry oxygen to the cells, and if they are knocked out cuz have a sugar molecule attached, then they can't do that, so yes, a lot of poor circulation symptoms. Also the condition causes actually damage to the blood vessels, and if the blood vessles are damaged then they don't carry the blood through them to the cells properly.