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<blockquote data-quote="jjne" data-source="post: 2426134" data-attributes="member: 544975"><p>As I say please be careful when reading the chart that Ronancastled posted.</p><p></p><p>"Dangerous" is too strong a term for an average blood sugar level of 11mmol/l or 200mg/dl IMO. It certainly isn't ideal but you're not going to drop down dead any time soon.</p><p></p><p>Just to put things into perspective, I received an indicator card with one of my meters. It states the following (these are measurements you get througha glucose meter but you get the idea - as I say you are at 11.0 or 197 on this scale):</p><p></p><p>1.1 through 3.9mmol/l (20 through 70mg/dl) - Low. (You should never see this as a type 2 unless something goes badly wrong).</p><p></p><p>4.0 through 7.0mmol/l (72 through 126mg/dl) - Normal.</p><p></p><p>7.1 through 10.0mmol/l (128 through 180mg/dl) - Borderline.</p><p></p><p>10.1 through 13.8mmol/l (182 through 248mg/dl) - High.</p><p></p><p>13.9mmol/l (250mg/dl) and up - Dangerous.</p><p></p><p>I was well into dangerous in the above scale a couple of months ago. I am now hovering in the borderline range almost exclusively.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jjne, post: 2426134, member: 544975"] As I say please be careful when reading the chart that Ronancastled posted. "Dangerous" is too strong a term for an average blood sugar level of 11mmol/l or 200mg/dl IMO. It certainly isn't ideal but you're not going to drop down dead any time soon. Just to put things into perspective, I received an indicator card with one of my meters. It states the following (these are measurements you get througha glucose meter but you get the idea - as I say you are at 11.0 or 197 on this scale): 1.1 through 3.9mmol/l (20 through 70mg/dl) - Low. (You should never see this as a type 2 unless something goes badly wrong). 4.0 through 7.0mmol/l (72 through 126mg/dl) - Normal. 7.1 through 10.0mmol/l (128 through 180mg/dl) - Borderline. 10.1 through 13.8mmol/l (182 through 248mg/dl) - High. 13.9mmol/l (250mg/dl) and up - Dangerous. I was well into dangerous in the above scale a couple of months ago. I am now hovering in the borderline range almost exclusively. [/QUOTE]
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