If 9.8 HBA1C is off the planet then I must be 90% dead by now and there is not much hope for me. Why do you quote things like this it is hardly encouraging for those of us who are really struggling?
Sorry Jude,
There is no value in pretending/being nice. it is a rotten disease high multiplied by time can cripples us and sends us blind and will kill us.
Our only defense is good control.
So if something does not work do not delay find something that works for you,
I started on diet and exercise and then 1/2 tab per day and then 1 tab per day (I can''t remember what they were)
Then I went to a mixed fast and slow insulin jab once per day then to 4 jabs per day and then increased dosage to totl 130 units per day. I adjusted the dosage on sulin and I could keep my Hb1AC right on 7
My changes in demand came after a return from overseas trips where my control was all over the place because of no proper routine.
My new specialist wanted me off jabs and he changed my diet and put me on 4 diabex tads per day and my next 3 month Hb1AC was 6.3.
The balance is difficult with jabs, lows can make us pass out and we are dangerous to ourselves and others on the roads (7 is a 3 month average indicator but it can be anywhere above and below 7.) so 7 is too low to aim for with any confidence with jabs (according to my new specialist) that is why he wanted me on tabs.
My eyes are good and my kidneys are good but my nerve damage in my feet is severe.and considering my age 71 my GP thinks I have done well.
It is like a hot plate on a stove, if you put your hand on it,and it is too hot, it will burn you. Encouragement will not help, if it is too hot it burns you.