my family doctor, the hospital specialist and the D nurse have all expressed concern over my A1c (its 6.2 btw). the specialist even told me to have a diabetes 'holiday' (from testing so much) actually i only test 4 times a day, with extras if i 'dont feel right'. he also said he would prefer my A1c to be 6.8.
i queried this with the nurse on the phone today, she explained that people who consistantly manage their Bg's at lower levels to achieve lower A1c's are far more likely to develop hypo-unawareness in say 10 years time.
for the record i (touch wood) never have had a BG lower than 3.4 (still touching wood). but these medics just wont have it. they insist i'm obviously putting myself at risk with an A1c of 6.2!!!
i wonder what they would say about a lot of the even lower A1c's seen on DF!
just thought i'd share.
