[spring]

I think a lot of people go through phases like th at.

I'm in my third year of university, and while I never stopped testing, I wouldn't really do anything about the number I saw. I was testing maybe eight times a day, and if it was high, I might have a few units or I might put it off until I was really high. I never skipped shots but I certainly delayed them for a few hours. Rather than stop testing, what I did neglect were a1cs. I went a year and a half without having one done, and when I did it was 8.8. That was enough to get me to start busting my *** on trying to lower it. (Last check it was 7.9. Still not a **** of a lot better but improved nonetheless. I'm afraid it might be higher again :s)

What I find helps me is to think of myself as a personal science experiment... I'm a naturally curious person and so I want to see what type of food or exercise or what have you results in what kind of blood sugar (sometimes to the point of being a bit obsessive..heh ). I also treat it as a bit of a competition to see if I can't get a good hba1c. Every number above ten gets some kind of correction.