I found it really complicated MrsH... when I tried to learn more about it.. first time when I worked in the labs (one of my first jobs was monitoring HbA1c blood requests.. making sure they were not done any more frequently than every 3 months)... second time when hubby got his diagnosis.
Actually... maybe its the whole ambiguity around the type 2 DM stuff that confused me... I suppose with Type 1 insulin dependent... that ambiguity has gone...
Is scary stuff though...