hbA1c result

You have done really well getting your Hba1c down so low. However, as a Type 1 on insulin please be careful trying to reduce it into the 5's. This can result in hypos and also loss of hypo awareness if you run your levels too low.

Many of the members who get down into the 5's are Type 2's and usually not on insulin.

I was just going to warn you of the same thing as Sue said - wondering if you'd seen my earlier post and maybe hadn't realised I'm type 2 and not on meds so it's safer to aim low. You've done really well and should be proud of your achievement because you've had to do all that injecting as well as reorganising what you eat! Well done!
DG

Congratulations, bet your smile was even more contagious!
Love your signature by the way.

Good news CR!

Nigel

CR741

Please don't be offended by what I say but your hba1c is very low for someone who is insulin dependant. I would take a guess that a lot of your daily bg levels are going somewhere between 4 and 7 or even lower and that although you may have decent hypo awareness now, you will find over the next year or so, that your hypo warning signs will start to change and you will only pick up them when your bg levels fall between 2 - 3mmol. As a consequence you will find yourself having to test your bg levels very frequently probably about 6-8 times a day just to keep yourself ok and out of hypo land. It will be similar to trying to walk on a thin tightrope which you could very easily fall off of.

I certainly would not want to get my hba1c any lower than 6.7 unless advised to by a consultant. Because of the way bolus/basal affects bg levels, many consultants are getting more and more concerned about hypoglycaemia and are now recommending insulin dependant diabetics to get their bg levels up a bit so that their hba1c is around the high 6's or low 7's.