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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Eldorado" data-source="post: 1431284" data-attributes="member: 184281">I've just had a weird telephone conversation with a diabetes specialist nurse who contacted me at the request of the diabetes nurse at my local surgery. I'd asked her about the new fast acting insulin, Fiasp. Neither of them are specialists in type 1. Neither of them know about the new insulin.We got into a conversation about levels and hypos.  My latest hba1c results have been 38, 45 and 46. They're so so much better since I've been using the Aviva Expert, although I don't quite believe the 38 result. I said I try to run my BG at around 5-7. How many hypos do I have on average in a week? I said maybe 2-3, but I get good warning signs (at around 3).She seemed to think this was outrageous and that I needed to run my BG higher to raise the level of my hypo awareness to around 5. She kept talking about 'all these hypos'. I said I wasn't concerned about it and it was something I can live with. After all it's easy to correct with a few jelly babies. No big deal! I have to admit I started to get a but ticked off and said I wasn't prepared to start messing about running my BG higher on the basis of 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it'. I've  started to wonder though if I'm wrong and if 2-3 hypos a week is too many. What do you all think? How many hypos might you get in a week and how many is too many? Both my GP and the consultant I see at the hospital annually have been really pleased with my lower hba1c results.</blockquote>

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