Or at least that's what my doctor thinks.
I had an endo appointment this morning, and everything seems to be looking good. A1c is holding steady at 6.9%. My meter averages look okay, although they could be a bit better. I've lost 3 pounds. I'm cutting back late night/early morning basal rates to avoid overnight lows and borderline wake up numbers like the pesky 78mg/dL that has greeted me almost every morning this week. I'm going to start using Symlin again at a lower dosage, but if it causes the same problems I'll stop. As we walked out of the office I thought to myself, "I'm pretty good at this whole diabetes thing." After the years of terrible doctors in the beginning of my life with Diabetes, I never thought that I would be able to achieve what I have. I have had 3 consecutive A1c's under 7%, and I usually walk out of my appointments with a smile. Although my management is solely my responsibility, I did not do this all on my own. The DOC has played a huge role in my ability to achieve what I have in the past year. Thank you so much!
My next appointment is in November, and I hope by then I'll be able to share an even better A1c report. I'm aiming to get closer to 6.5%, and with your help I know anything is possible.
PS.
I apologize for such scattered posting these past few months, I haven't had much to say. Although I have not been commenting, I have been reading a lot of DOC blogs. I hope everyone is well! I'll be back soon. Who knows, I might even jump on the vlog bandwagon just to switch things up...
9 comments:
Great to hear from you Jillian!
Jillina -
You are a ROCKSTAR!
k2
I'm impressed - great job, Jillian!
Congratulations on great numbers! Always great to have someone in the OC report good news!
Jillian,
Awesome job.
Wendy
I think we're on a pretty similar endo visit schedule! Way to go on the A1c!
Sorry I missed you at the quilt. Work interfered, which is a horrible excuse. My participation in all things blogish have been spotty as well, but that's summer for you.
What are your school plans for fall?
congratulations jillian, that is such a great number!!
Sweet job on the A1c!! Takes work. And don't worry about the posts, if you ever post less than I do, then you might think about posting a little more. ;)
Sorry I'm late. Congrats on the great numbers!
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