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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 99312" data-source="post: 2362708"><p>It's pretty simple to understand the rationale behind me doing it isn't it? It's right there in the opening post. </p><p></p><p>When I started at 7.2, ate 21g and took 10u, I fell to 3.3. </p><p></p><p>When I started the next day at 5.5, ate 21g again, if I fell by the same amount then I could be having a severe hypo. You don't have to be a maths genius to figure it out. You say don't let the numbers control you which doesn't mean anything - of course 'the numbers' control us, it's up to you if you choose to ignore that or not. You are free to do that, I'm not interested in browbeating anyone to do anything they don't want to do. </p><p></p><p></p><p>That doesn't make sense either. Any given hba1c could be as a result of good or bad control, the hba1c number alone doesn't tell you that. Few people in the health service seem to grasp that though. </p><p></p><p></p><p>I think there is always a danger that some people who have been fortunate end up thinking that their good fortune is directly as a result of stuff they did. Like people who smoke for decades and never get lung cancer, or who drink to excess for decades but never get liver failure (until they do, suddenly). </p><p></p><p>There are people with excellent control who develop retinopathy which doesn't even respond to laser. Then there are people with mediocre control who never get retinopathy. These are the outliers, and then there are the majority who need to watch what they do and yes, the numbers. We do all need to watch our numbers. At least, I will continue to watch mine. </p><p></p><p>Now I have figured out the mystery I made this thread to solve, thanks to the poster who taught me about the foot on the floor phenomenon which led me to do more reading about it, I now know better how to manage all this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted member 99312, post: 2362708"] It's pretty simple to understand the rationale behind me doing it isn't it? It's right there in the opening post. When I started at 7.2, ate 21g and took 10u, I fell to 3.3. When I started the next day at 5.5, ate 21g again, if I fell by the same amount then I could be having a severe hypo. You don't have to be a maths genius to figure it out. You say don't let the numbers control you which doesn't mean anything - of course 'the numbers' control us, it's up to you if you choose to ignore that or not. You are free to do that, I'm not interested in browbeating anyone to do anything they don't want to do. That doesn't make sense either. Any given hba1c could be as a result of good or bad control, the hba1c number alone doesn't tell you that. Few people in the health service seem to grasp that though. I think there is always a danger that some people who have been fortunate end up thinking that their good fortune is directly as a result of stuff they did. Like people who smoke for decades and never get lung cancer, or who drink to excess for decades but never get liver failure (until they do, suddenly). There are people with excellent control who develop retinopathy which doesn't even respond to laser. Then there are people with mediocre control who never get retinopathy. These are the outliers, and then there are the majority who need to watch what they do and yes, the numbers. We do all need to watch our numbers. At least, I will continue to watch mine. Now I have figured out the mystery I made this thread to solve, thanks to the poster who taught me about the foot on the floor phenomenon which led me to do more reading about it, I now know better how to manage all this. [/QUOTE]
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