Well said, I could not agree more, unfortunately it all boils down again to the Big Boys jumping on the bandwagon to upt ones insurance just because one is Diabetic, this is where the label of Diabetic becomes frightening, as it is life changing for situations such as this.
The Diabetic world should review, take a look not at the arbitrary at whim numbers that decide on ones diagnosis they are chosen at whim and random, instead, look at the whole picture of a person, even if their blood finger tests are lets say high normal, or slightly too high and there is discordant situations, or perhaps just one number over a so called Arbitrary cut off level, common sense should kick in by the Doctors, to view the persons lifestyle, how they are eating, exercising and if they are more or less doing what would normally be recommended if higher than normal sugars, pre diabetic for example, they should use same as New Zealand, PRAGMATIC approach, wait and see, don't give a label diabetes just because one is slightly higher, or sitting on a cut off or one number over, instead, recommend further lifestyle changes, then review say in six or twelve months time, as a label is for life diabetic, it affects,dentistry, opticians, travel insurance, general insurance, driving, employment all these areas can cause huge extreme anxiety and stress that may be unwarranted, just because a doctor is not considering the whole picture of a person time of diagnosing, and anyway, I my opinion its not the doctors who diagnose its the politics and pharmas, for this sole reason, if a doctor says your diabetic, consider, this MAY MAY NOT BE THE CASE, you may just be pre diabetic for example especially if your just on the border line or hovering up or down either way.
More so if one has controlled situation of their high sugars, its one thing not to have control, and another to have control and more so if your doing that without any medication.
