Well as a person who participated in the ACCORD study, Mrs. D nailed it right on the head. And last month I spoke to one of the people who ran the study At Cornell Weill in NYC and one of the findings was that people who had a1c in the 7's did not die (to put it simply) like everybody expected them to. The study concluded that having an a1c of 7 or so did not present with a higher mortality rate than people with a1c in the 6's. It simply made no difference. At least this is what I was told.

I never knew (when I entered the study) that it was about mortality rates. I only found out AFTER THE STUDY WAS OVER by reading the Journal of the American Medical Association and I happened to notice an article on the ACCORD study. When I read EXACTLY what the study was about, you could have knocked me over.

But I did get my diabetes under control and I lost weight and continue to eat healthy until today so in my case, it was a good study for me to be in.

Melody