.Was your mother told that should be the maximum level and to try to get below it?
I'm really interested because I'm trying to gain info to give to our CCG....
I know if my hubby was told to just hit a set % with health, he too would do it. However, if he was told to get it below - then he would be asking "how low under would be good?"
She is very food dependent - if she doesn't eat food that satisfies her within 30 minutes of her stomach time, she can't do anything but fixate on getting food.
She, personally, tries to stay right at 7 - because the things she wants to eat would tend to put her above 7, and she already feels deprived. I expect her doctors told her 7 or below (which is the old standard for good control - the current standard most placs is 6.5% - as a cap).
That creates a constant tug of war for me, since she doesn't understand that 7 is not an acceptable value for me, nor is ignoring my carb cap for special occasions. And when my spouse and sister-in-law (both diabetic, as well) join in, I look like the weirdo.
I try to take care of my own dietary needs and be unobtrusive about how I'm eating, but when someone asks me a direct question I answer honestly. Then the you're such a special snowflake chime in begins: "I'm diabetic too, and I don't eat that way" ( (Particularly amusing when it comes from my spouse who constantly raises a ruckus about places not having sugar-free desserts available - while she stuffs her face with mashed potatoes and rice, then eats the non-sugar free dessert on top of it since they didn't meet her needs). "I'm gonna die anyway, I'm not going to be misearable between now and then" (eating this way doesn't particularly make me miserable, but neuropathy, transplants, blindness and amputated limbs certainly would).
Not that poking fun at my successful efforts to contrlol my diabetes annoys the bejeebers out of me, or anything. **where's that sarcasm tag when I need it**
