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<blockquote data-quote="sugarless sue" data-source="post: 203676" data-attributes="member: 1210"><p>To put this thread in context of the Forum,</p><p></p><p> Firstly it is in the ‘Discussion ‘area of the forum. This area is read by most members. The most experienced, knowledgeable and well controlled members answer these threads and try and help to educate and support the less knowledgeable and often confused newer members.</p><p></p><p>Perhaps if this type of input is not required here this thread should be moved to’ General Chat ‘?</p><p></p><p>The Ethos of the forum has always been to give a rounded view on how best to control your own individual Diabetes and part of that is pointing out that, unlike the usual information from HCP’s , a fasting test only gives you a baseline, it does not give you any indication of how well you are controlling your Diabetes. This information has now been pointed out by probably the most experienced and knowledgeable member on the Board for the benefit of new members who, because this thread is always near the top of the Board, will read this and think that they are doing well because they only check their fasting level once a day, that’s if they have been lucky enough to get test strips !</p><p></p><p>Helping members understand why their Bg is high in the morning and giving help and support to let them self empower and learn about their diabetes is just as important as ‘back patting’. This Forum has always been praised for it’s knowledge and information, let’s not forget that, we are here to educate as well as support.</p><p></p><p>Ebony, not one thinks that fasting levels are not important but without the knowledge to work out why they are at a certain level the number itself becomes ...well...just a number.</p><p></p><p>To return to the topic of the thread my fasting level was 5.2 mmol/L a fairly normal fasting level for me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sugarless sue, post: 203676, member: 1210"] To put this thread in context of the Forum, Firstly it is in the ‘Discussion ‘area of the forum. This area is read by most members. The most experienced, knowledgeable and well controlled members answer these threads and try and help to educate and support the less knowledgeable and often confused newer members. Perhaps if this type of input is not required here this thread should be moved to’ General Chat ‘? The Ethos of the forum has always been to give a rounded view on how best to control your own individual Diabetes and part of that is pointing out that, unlike the usual information from HCP’s , a fasting test only gives you a baseline, it does not give you any indication of how well you are controlling your Diabetes. This information has now been pointed out by probably the most experienced and knowledgeable member on the Board for the benefit of new members who, because this thread is always near the top of the Board, will read this and think that they are doing well because they only check their fasting level once a day, that’s if they have been lucky enough to get test strips ! Helping members understand why their Bg is high in the morning and giving help and support to let them self empower and learn about their diabetes is just as important as ‘back patting’. This Forum has always been praised for it’s knowledge and information, let’s not forget that, we are here to educate as well as support. Ebony, not one thinks that fasting levels are not important but without the knowledge to work out why they are at a certain level the number itself becomes ...well...just a number. To return to the topic of the thread my fasting level was 5.2 mmol/L a fairly normal fasting level for me. [/QUOTE]
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