Ok, I'm confused!

Your doctor.

But there's room for explanation.  Normal fasting blood sugar is usually under 100.  A non-diabetic's blood sugar probably is under 100 most of the time even after eating, unless the meal is really big and full of carbs.

Many doctors give a leeway to diabetics to have elevated blood sugar, even if the person is on meds for diabetes.  This is why you'll find separate goals for diabetics.  That is, a different range of what is normal blood sugar exists for us versus the actual normal range for non-diabetics. 

I'm not a doctor but this way of blood sugar control doesn't make sense to me.  It's like a doctor saying normal blood pressure is 120/80 but for you, well, we'll accept 145/100.

Be nice to your mom!     But introduce her to HealingWell! 

Well, you can still share whatever you know with her.  The following is a good site that has different kinds of information:

http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/

Good luck!

 

My guess is that your Mom has misunderstood what her doctor has told her. Some possibilities of what her doctor may have really been saying.

Her doctor may have been talking about post meal testing saying that so long as she was under 200 at the 2 hour mark not to "panic".

Her may also have been talking about fasting. Some diabetics experience "dawn" phenomenon to the extreme and will have regular fasting glucose readings in the mid to upper 100's.

If she is on insulin it is possible he may have been talking about when to take a bed time dose. Some doctors say 150 is the cut off, others say 200, and some choose the cut off based on what is a typical fasting reading.

Maybe what you should do, if at all possible, is to go with your Mom to her next appointment and talk to the doctor, or if that is not possible call her doctor and talk to him about it explaining that you are concerned because she thinks so long as her blood sugar is under 200 she has it under good control and she is under the impression that is what you told her.

If you don't mind me asking, how old is your Mom and does she have any other health problems?

I misunderstood your post, Potsie, when I agreed to what I thought was something else.  I got rid of the other posts, so let's forget all this.