Type 2 diabetes using insulin.

[john.steer]

My diabetes nurse told me Diabetes UK recommended running blood sugars between 8-10 to avoid hypos. This seems high to me. She also told that at my age (83) I won't get complications. This too seems doubtful.

 

[Melgar]

Hi and welcome to the forums here @john.steer . It seems that many health care practitioners recommend running blood sugars on the higher end to avoid hypo events as you get older. I have seen a number of posts here expressing surprise at this advice. The rational, however, is that a hypo events in older folks is a far more dangerous situation to get yourself into than running blood sugars at a higher level. Highish blood sugars between 8-10 mmol/Ls would take sometime to cause damage and therefore the lesser ‘evil, than the potentially more dangerous scenario of a serious low sugar event.

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