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<blockquote data-quote="smidge" data-source="post: 263281" data-attributes="member: 29301"><p>Hey Xyzzy!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> :lol: :lol: </p><p></p><p>No, I think you're exactly right! I think everyone should aim for as low a level as they can safetly do. I aim to get my levels low at the 2hour mark. Sometimes I manage and sometimes I don't, but that's no reason to stop trying. Aiming low means I occasionally drop a bit below 4, but it's easy to correct when that happens - one jelly baby does the trick when you're my size :roll: The trouble is, some of the medical profession are terrified of hypos and so tell insulin users to keep levels relatively high to make sure they never fall below 4. My point is, though, that they instruct pregnant insulin-using women to keep their levels low - they actually tell them to aim for fasting levels between the mid 3s and mid 4s. So why is it OK for pregnant women to aim for fasting levels that low, but not the rest of us? If mid 3s to mid 4s fasting levels are deemed safe for pregnant women, then they must surely be OK for the rest of us to aim for wouldn't you think? I don't think I've explained that very well, so i'll shut up - I know what I mean :lol: </p><p></p><p>Good post by the way!</p><p></p><p>Smidge</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smidge, post: 263281, member: 29301"] Hey Xyzzy! :lol: :lol: No, I think you're exactly right! I think everyone should aim for as low a level as they can safetly do. I aim to get my levels low at the 2hour mark. Sometimes I manage and sometimes I don't, but that's no reason to stop trying. Aiming low means I occasionally drop a bit below 4, but it's easy to correct when that happens - one jelly baby does the trick when you're my size :roll: The trouble is, some of the medical profession are terrified of hypos and so tell insulin users to keep levels relatively high to make sure they never fall below 4. My point is, though, that they instruct pregnant insulin-using women to keep their levels low - they actually tell them to aim for fasting levels between the mid 3s and mid 4s. So why is it OK for pregnant women to aim for fasting levels that low, but not the rest of us? If mid 3s to mid 4s fasting levels are deemed safe for pregnant women, then they must surely be OK for the rest of us to aim for wouldn't you think? I don't think I've explained that very well, so i'll shut up - I know what I mean :lol: Good post by the way! Smidge [/QUOTE]
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