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Originally Posted by Lloyd  I had someone comment in chat (elsewhere) "I'm sorry you have diabetes so bad you have to use insulin".
I likely could have handled it better, but what I said was effective.
"I have an A1c of 4.9. What's yours? Who has it bad?" | I think that the response was appropriate.  Congratulations on a totally sweet (figuratively, not literally!  ) A1c value!
A well-meaning friend was talking to some doctors about my D. "Oh, he should have it controlled by now! He's doing something wrong!"
Yeah, I still have dips and spikes. Far more than I'd like, in fact. Working on it. But I dropped my A1c from 12.9% to 5.3% in four months... so... uhhhh....
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Eddy
DXed 2007/04 = advanced-stage DKA, A1c of 12.9%, and BMI of 21.3
post-DX A1c = 5.4% @ 2008/07; 5.2% @ 2008/04; 5.3% @ 2007/12; 5.3% @ 2007/08
c-peptide = 0.0% @ 2008/07
current BMI = 26.0 (86kg on 182cm); want to get back to 23-24
basal = 3U human N @ 0630, 5U detemir @ 0630, 8U detemir @ 1130, 18U detemir @ 2030 (still tweaking @ 2008/07/07!)
bolus = 1:15 I:C ratio; varying mix of aspart, human R, human N
not a low-CHO eater... not even close!
last updated 2008/07/07
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