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<blockquote data-quote="LooperCat" data-source="post: 2078992" data-attributes="member: 468055"><p>The one thing that bothers me with this study, is that an HbA1c of 6.5% equates to an <em>average</em> of 7.8mmol on our meters. And that’s a lot of time spent (even without massive spikes and hypos to balance them out) with your blood glucose at pretty much double what a non-diabetic runs at. So you may live longer, but the consequences of those levels will manifest themselves in neuropathies, retinopathy, ED, gastroporesis, kidney damage etc. My reasoning is that if the only thing wrong with me is that I can’t make insulin, if I keep my bg regulation at non-diabetic levels, I have no more chance of getting CVD issues than a non-diabetic. It’s hard work to maintain, but I refuse to let this poxy condition do any more damage to my life and body than it already has.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LooperCat, post: 2078992, member: 468055"] The one thing that bothers me with this study, is that an HbA1c of 6.5% equates to an [I]average[/I] of 7.8mmol on our meters. And that’s a lot of time spent (even without massive spikes and hypos to balance them out) with your blood glucose at pretty much double what a non-diabetic runs at. So you may live longer, but the consequences of those levels will manifest themselves in neuropathies, retinopathy, ED, gastroporesis, kidney damage etc. My reasoning is that if the only thing wrong with me is that I can’t make insulin, if I keep my bg regulation at non-diabetic levels, I have no more chance of getting CVD issues than a non-diabetic. It’s hard work to maintain, but I refuse to let this poxy condition do any more damage to my life and body than it already has. [/QUOTE]
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