qbix said:
I recently had it taken again at the hospital and it was 41. Great. Or so I thought...
The diabetes doctor told me that I had to try and bring it up to about 50. Does this sound right to you? I am now starting to question my diagnosis, is it correct?
It is well within the recommended limit for those considered to be at risk of hypos and whilst high for most people, including type 2 diabetics, 50 is still below the NHS recommended upper limit of 59. It is unfortunately a compromise between having high glucose levels and being in danger of a hypo.
In otherwise healthy people, the recommendations are 20 - 41. In type 2 diabetics, 48 is considered good control, though for the life in me I can't see why they don't encourage type 2's to try to get below 41. Type 1s with their different regime and medication have to play it safe somewhat. The upper limit is 59.
I'm not type 1 but it does strike me as too much of a generalisation because it seems to be an average of different levels of active lifestyles. Retired people, sporty people, HGV drivers etc all surely would require different 'safety' margins?