To answer the original question, I've never had a FBG test requested by my GP or endocrinologist, so don't think the result is particularly relevant to my control. (Lets face it, if I happen to do a test in the middle of the night and it's in the teens, I'll bolus to correct, so I could easily manipulate a FBG test to look perfect just by injecting a couple of hours before the test.)
I do feel that T2s on insulin have a hard time here, as most of the T2 threads seem to assume that you can attain normal blood sugars if you just low carb your T2 into submission, and I really don't think that's the case for all. And it seems that once you're on insulin you've got all the disadvantages of T1 and T2 at the same time, and relatively little advice to help? As for those with RH, LADA, T3 etc, I thank the medical gods that I have a relatively common type of diabetes, the thought of having uncontrollable hypos (yes, I know some T1s have this but it seems more common in RH and T3) fills me with fear and trepidation.
Where medical science is concerned, the last thing you want is a rare illness, (worst case is one named after a doctor or pair of doctors
).
And finally, to finish going completely off topic (sorry mods), does anyone remember the TV series "Being human".
http://beinghuman.wikia.com/wiki/Types_0-5
Depending on which anti-supernatural organisation you belong to, I'm either a ghost or a vampire.