Comment by Shawnmarie on January 10, 2013 at 11:50am

How low is "too low?" Are you having an excessive number of hypos? I see from an earlier blog post he said 6.4 was too low. I'd be questioning his reasoning if that's the case.

Comment by Shawnmarie on January 10, 2013 at 11:50am

And congrats on 27 years of success!!

Comment by Dee Meloche on January 10, 2013 at 12:41pm

I have been searching online for articles that claim a low A1C lines you up for cardiac problems and I so far haven't found any.As a matter of fact I found an article that said that the opposite was true.That the higher an A1C is the higher the risk of complications.I am a little bit confused.I have about 3 low blood sugars a week. Thankyou for your compliment.All my hard work is paying off.

Comment by Brian (bsc) on January 10, 2013 at 3:02pm

That is great work. There is really compelling evidence that lowering your blood sugar (and your A1c) reduces the chance of heart disease. The DCCT study in the 1990s should have put all these questions to rest, but there are still deniers. The latest is the ACCORD study which found increased mortality in their intensive treatment arm. There was an immediate interpretation that it was low A1c that was the problem, but every examination of the study has refuted that claim. Despite that, we still hear about doctors that just don't understand. You may have run into one.

ps. If you have an A1c of 4.5%, then your doctor is actually right, your are running too low.

Comment by Dee Meloche on January 10, 2013 at 3:26pm

I don't recall him telling me what my current A1C is but he said it was lower than the last.

Comment by KML on January 10, 2013 at 4:09pm

That's Awesome!

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