Just Want to Chime In About New A1C...

[Delphinus]

I was 14.9 when diagnosed.

My current results are an A1C of 8.1.

And I am sure had I gotten blood work done in the past three weeks, it would have been much slightly lower still since my understanding and knowledge has increased ten fold since.

Those were my results from about 3 weeks ago, from blood work done around a month ago.

I couldn't have gotten that far without rapids, testing, and most of all, this place. This forum is like a good BG meter.

Had I continued to use an NPH only, I wouldn't have been able to get this far, either.

[foxl]

Goin' DOWN! Keep working at it -- excellent news!

[CountYourselfIn]

Good job man! :o

[sarahspins]

Was that from a blood draw just 4 months or so after dx? That's really very good progress! I wouldn't be surprised at all if your next is in the lower 6's :)

[DannyK]

Way to go Buddy....

Keep up the good work ;)

[adiantum]

WooHoo... what a downer ....well done mate :)

[soso]

Great work man... keep it up.. there will be no stopping you! (not that we want to...)

[Marcia K in Fl]

It is a beautiful thing to see the numbers go DOWN!

Congratulations and keep it up!:D

[jillrapp]

Congratulations :) It feels good to see your work pay off doesn't it? Way to go!

[sumi]

That's a pretty impressive drop Jason!! Nice going.

[DeusXM]

Congratulations - according to the 1000s rule, you've increased the time when you may see complications occur after diagnosis from 8 years to 27. Good work - still more to do, but a massive improvement!

[Subby]

A great improvement, Jason, well done. May the trend continue.

[Delphinus]

Thanx everyone.

It was a blood draw from just over five months from my Dx.

[shiftzor]

Congrats! Keep learning and good luck. :D

[Jabra1871]

Congratulations.

may i ask what NPH is, and additionally what you switched to?

[Delphinus]

Congratulations.

may i ask what NPH is, and additionally what you switched to?


NPH insulin is an insulin which has a slower course of action and is typically used by diabetics for their background/basal insulin plans. Some people find NPH insulins work better when given in one single shot at a specific time during the day, and some prefer to split dose it, and take at two set times during the day. I find split doing works better for me as well.

I still use an NPH insulin, but I added rapids to give me better control.

I have used Humulin R(regular), Humalog(rapid) in the past, and am currently using Humulin N(NPH) for my basal plan, and Novorapid(rapids) for my bolus injections.

[davef]

Well done Jason, keep up the good work.

Congratulations!