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Originally Posted by Designer Like I said DONT flame me, or tell me what I should or shouldnt do. |
I'm not gonna do that and I think it's great that you feel so much better doing this, but you've got to remember that levels of 13+ over long periods of time is sure to do alot of long term damage. Feeling well and full of energy is all any of us want, but I can't imagine any of us want complications in the future.
Sometimes i feel way better when my bg is 9+ (by accident) and I sometimes think I won't bother bringing it down because I feel better if I don't.
I think it's so hard to stay within the 4 to 7 mmol/l range constantly that when I end up with a bg of 10+ by accident and feel fine, it's because it's so less stressfull I may as well leave it that way.
A normal persons bg naturally stays between 4 and 7, mine seems to wanna stay between 8 and 13 without any effort... so of course its gonna be easier to leave it that way. But it's a problem like you say. And my opinion is that eventually I think you will start to feel groggy from it. You have twice as much suagr running through your blood than you should have, so I don't think you'll stay feeling great for long. But that's just what I think.
I'm confused as to whats giving you any energy at all.... I try to live on as little insulin as possible or as little as I need, but I can't understand how your body functions with none.... but I am easily confused
I agree with Nancy about your body adjusting too. When I was fisrt diagnosed I felt pretty crappy for quite a few months because my body was so used to having a high bg that it must have felt normal that way. I think I'm right in saying also, that when you are running high for a long time and then bring your blood sugar down, you will feel hypo even if you're not, because again your body isn't used to lower levels. Maybe that's what is happening when you're bg is lower?
I think you are in the uk?... There was a documentary on channel 4 not so long ago about a girl who is now nearly completely blind because she refused to take her inslulin as a teenager. She is only about 20 now, so I asume she took little or no insulin for about 6 years. That's alot of damge for such a little space of time. I think running high is just too serious, even if you feel better.
It's a pain coz it's so easy to have a bg of 9 to 13... why can't that be what's normal
