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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 99312" data-source="post: 2362651"><p>I am not saying 8-10 is dangerous today, you could probably be at 8-10 24/7 for years and have no problems I imagine. I wouldn't advise it though. Nor am I saying such levels give blurry vision. I don't know what my levels were when I had blurry vision as I never asked (diabetes was all new to me and I never thought to ask, and they never thought to tell me). I had originally gone to the doctor due to feeling unwell and also urinating loads frequently. I can assume my blood sugars were extremely high, probably 20+ or something. They put me on gliclazide and metformin and my blurred vision went away, except I now can't read anything remotely small without glasses.</p><p></p><p>If you are happy with your personal situation then that is all that matters, and the same goes for me. In my experience, DSNs can set a low bar which they believe (or at least tell you) is perfectly good, but in reality it may not be. There is a good reason why some diabetes experts recommend the best way to avoid long term complications is to get as close to normal blood sugars as possible. Non-diabetics aren't spending hours each day at 12-13. If you think that will work out well for you then good luck with that, I hope you're right. You cannot draw any conclusions that those numbers are not doing you any harm just because your vision is perfectly good today because the damage causes no symptoms until it's at an advanced stage, hence the diabetic eye screening programme. </p><p></p><p>Some DSNs are not very knowledgeable about this disease, that is my experience. I had one when I was type 2 who informed me I had 'reversed' my diabetes and she looked at me blankly when I tried to explain to her that the only reason my hba1c was in the normal range was that I was having to half starve myself and eat ultra low carb etc. and that if I had truly 'reversed' it then I'd be able to eat at least somewhat normally. But they seem to be trained not to think, but just to follow a script, so hba1c = good, all is good. It's very stupid. So we have to think for ourselves. Of course I was proven right not too long after because for someone who had allegedly 'reversed' their diabetes, I ended up needing to go on insulin for life.</p><p></p><p>I even had to fight to be referred to the hospital in 2019 because a stupid GP was angry with me for testing myself when I suspected I had high blood sugar. "You shouldn't test yourself, you don't need to, you're type 2! Your hba1c is normal!" He even told me I didn't have diabetes! This is the standard of healthcare we have to deal with. It's a lottery whether you get someone who knows what they're doing or not.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted member 99312, post: 2362651"] I am not saying 8-10 is dangerous today, you could probably be at 8-10 24/7 for years and have no problems I imagine. I wouldn't advise it though. Nor am I saying such levels give blurry vision. I don't know what my levels were when I had blurry vision as I never asked (diabetes was all new to me and I never thought to ask, and they never thought to tell me). I had originally gone to the doctor due to feeling unwell and also urinating loads frequently. I can assume my blood sugars were extremely high, probably 20+ or something. They put me on gliclazide and metformin and my blurred vision went away, except I now can't read anything remotely small without glasses. If you are happy with your personal situation then that is all that matters, and the same goes for me. In my experience, DSNs can set a low bar which they believe (or at least tell you) is perfectly good, but in reality it may not be. There is a good reason why some diabetes experts recommend the best way to avoid long term complications is to get as close to normal blood sugars as possible. Non-diabetics aren't spending hours each day at 12-13. If you think that will work out well for you then good luck with that, I hope you're right. You cannot draw any conclusions that those numbers are not doing you any harm just because your vision is perfectly good today because the damage causes no symptoms until it's at an advanced stage, hence the diabetic eye screening programme. Some DSNs are not very knowledgeable about this disease, that is my experience. I had one when I was type 2 who informed me I had 'reversed' my diabetes and she looked at me blankly when I tried to explain to her that the only reason my hba1c was in the normal range was that I was having to half starve myself and eat ultra low carb etc. and that if I had truly 'reversed' it then I'd be able to eat at least somewhat normally. But they seem to be trained not to think, but just to follow a script, so hba1c = good, all is good. It's very stupid. So we have to think for ourselves. Of course I was proven right not too long after because for someone who had allegedly 'reversed' their diabetes, I ended up needing to go on insulin for life. I even had to fight to be referred to the hospital in 2019 because a stupid GP was angry with me for testing myself when I suspected I had high blood sugar. "You shouldn't test yourself, you don't need to, you're type 2! Your hba1c is normal!" He even told me I didn't have diabetes! This is the standard of healthcare we have to deal with. It's a lottery whether you get someone who knows what they're doing or not. [/QUOTE]
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