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How do you accept Diabetes as a serious condition, when you feel normal?
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Hi Lizzy, annual reviews?If you don't monitor bg how do you know it's below 6?
Your annual review will only tell you what your average bg has been for the past 3 months. If you monitor throughout each day, it might help you see how your body is handling carbohydrates.
No, you are perfectly right, bad idea to wait for complications. Have you got a meter? If not get one. If you can´t get one on prescription buy one with affordable strips and test, test and test. Only way so far as I can understand to see what makes bg go up is to test. And correct diet and exercise accordingly.My highest Measurement has been 59mmol and not had any complications even though I don't monitor but don't want to wait till complications occur before I take action?
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That is called handling a serious disease. A brilliant way to cope.I sometimes feel I treat it as a game. I set targets and try to stick to them. But in reality it is because I am terrified and will do what ever is needed to stop losing my limbs and sight.