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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gloucestergirl" data-source="post: 2202974" data-attributes="member: 54959"><p>I commented on another thread earlier on but the message would apply to him as well as the other person.   I've had diabetes for 25 years and eventually went onto insulin but I would have quite a few hypos but haven't had any for a long time because my diabetes nurse said that the "normal" figures they quote are for younger people but when you get older, I'm 74, then I should aim for 8-9 (roughly 140-160) before meals and 10-12 (roughly 175-200) before bed because, as she said, the damage will already have been done  to a certain extent so it was better to avoid hypos by running sugar a bit higher.  Some people stick rigidly to what they are told to eat and how much to inject but I adjust my insulin, Novorapid and Lantus and I also test a lot and haven't had a hypo for a long time.  I have been given lots of conflicting advice over the years that I control my sugar levels as I think rather than what I have been told. I believe the solution is to aim for slightly higher sugar levels and don't stick strictly to the prescribed diet.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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