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Message: <blockquote data-quote="VashtiB" data-source="post: 2376917" data-attributes="member: 511345">Hello [USER=523478]@davd[/USER]It is an interesting question but I don't think there is a straight forward answer. Many people smoke and don't get lung cancer others don't smoke and get it. Human bodies are very complicated.My take on it is that many people live well into their 80s or even older. I would like to avoid those complications caused by diabetes. The best way to achieve that is to keep my levels as low as possible. It may be that I could take after my mother who does not look after her diet and has been diagnosed with diabetes and is in her 80s with no complications or I could be like may younger brothers who already have ulcers on their legs. I love carbs. I miss them but I want to be as healthy as possible. While the thought of losing a limb would be horrible- I could just about cope with that. My father lost an arm in an accident before I was born and it never stopped him doing anything. I fear particularly the loss of my sight. As a lawyer I could not practise without my sight but in life my big love is reading and I dread being old and infirm but not being able to read.The decision is yours- you need to make a decision that you can live with. I hope you make an active decision rather than just drift letting the levels just gradually rise. I don't think you are that old. All that said my decision may be different if I am diagnosed with a terminal illness- a number of my clients have had terminal illnesses and died so it is something I do speculate on from time to time.</blockquote>

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