Welcome to Diabetes Forums!
You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features.
Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today!
If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact contact us.
|
 | | 
10-24-2007, 05:34 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: B.C., Canada
Posts: 1,879
| | | A1C Results
Hi everyone! I got the results of my latest bloodwork today and I'm so happy and excited because my A1C was 5.6! My friends in "real life" are happy that I'm happy, but they don't fully understand what an A1C this low really means. I wanted to tell all you guys because you guys "understand." 
__________________ 
Happiness isn't getting what you want.....
It's wanting what you've got.
Last A1C - 5.9
|
10-24-2007, 05:51 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: NC
Posts: 7,314
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by tanyatype1  Hi everyone! I got the results of my latest bloodwork today and I'm so happy and excited because my A1C was 5.6! My friends in "real life" are happy that I'm happy, but they don't fully understand what an A1C this low really means. I wanted to tell all you guys because you guys "understand." | Fabulous work !!!!!!!! 
__________________  Rest In Peace Jack- 5/1/08. You may be gone from us but you will never be forgotten. Our love goes with you.
Pumping ain't easy but it's well worth the effort to me.
I am a person. I WILL NOT allow myself to be defined by a number!!!!
|
10-24-2007, 06:01 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Posts: 607
| | | Outstanding!!!
Mark
__________________
Dx May 2007
A1C @ Dx = 7.0
9/15/07 = 5.1 (Biosafe home test kit)
10/9/07 = 5.4
1/18/08 = 5.4
6/11/08 = 5.3
11/4/08 = 5.6
No meds - just diet and exercise |
10-24-2007, 06:10 PM
| | Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: OK, USA
Posts: 197
| | | There are truly only two words that fit a number like that.
Woo
and
Hoo! |
10-24-2007, 06:20 PM
|  | Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Nebraska
Posts: 158
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by tanyatype1 Hi everyone! I got the results of my latest bloodwork today and I'm so happy and excited because my A1C was 5.6! My friends in "real life" are happy that I'm happy, but they don't fully understand what an A1C this low really means. I wanted to tell all you guys because you guys "understand." | I'm insanely jealous. That's my goal next month, something under 6.0.....way to go.
How didja do that? 
__________________
Wildbill
"I am wounded,
but not slain.
I will lay me down to rest awhile,
then rise and fight again".
Sir Andrew Barton
|
10-24-2007, 08:03 PM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: B.C., Canada
Posts: 1,879
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by Wildbill I'm insanely jealous. That's my goal next month, something under 6.0.....way to go.
How didja do that? | Thanks guys!
Wildbill, I check my bg about 8 times per day and use my pump's helpful tools. I'm not scared of having a mild low, so I push the limits of my insulin use. I think I've learned so much over the last couple years and I just try, try, try.
__________________
Happiness isn't getting what you want.....
It's wanting what you've got.
Last A1C - 5.9
|
10-25-2007, 05:52 AM
|  | Super Moderator
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 7,261
| |  Good job!
__________________ T2, diagnosed 8/31/06.
Byetta 5 mcg
HCTZ 12.5 mg every other day for BP
Enalapril 20 mg 1 daily (ace-inhibitor)
Lower carb dieter (approx. 75 total carbs/day, more on weekends), taking chromium, multivitamin and fish oil tablets Initial A1C 8/06: 9.6
11/06: 6.2.
03/07: 5.3
06/07: 5.4
10/07: 5.3
05/08: 6.2 (right after dealing with shingles and bronchitis)  |
10-25-2007, 05:54 AM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Ottawa, Canada
Posts: 3,293
| |
Quote:
Originally Posted by tanyatype1 I wanted to tell all you guys because you guys "understand." | And we do!
Congrats!!! Those are excellent numbers! It means you're doing well and found what works for you. Here is to health and excellent A1C numbers!  |
10-25-2007, 05:59 AM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: St. Charles, IL
Posts: 549
| | Hooray for Tanya! 
__________________   |
10-25-2007, 06:51 AM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Manitoba, Canada
Posts: 1,767
| | | Congrats T!!! That's fantastic!
__________________
~ Bethany ~
Type 1 since I was 3 (1981) - 26 years now
Pumping as of Sept. 13, 2007 - Paradigm 522 with NovoRapid (Novolog)
(Previously on Levemir and Humalog)
CGMS as of Apr. 2008
Laser treatments (scatter) on both eyes - Jul. 4, 2007-Sept. 12, 2007 |
10-25-2007, 07:06 AM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rothesay, New Brunswick Canada, eh
Posts: 7,140
| | Awesome! How'd you do it?  |
10-25-2007, 07:17 AM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 4,838
| | | Congratulations on a fantastic A1c! Keep up the hard work, it's obviously paying off!
Karen |
10-25-2007, 08:09 AM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Texas
Posts: 788
| | |
Last edited by palefacegirl03 : 10-25-2007 at 08:09 AM.
Reason: needed more party,lol
|
10-25-2007, 09:44 AM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: B.C., Canada
Posts: 1,879
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by xMenace Awesome! How'd you do it? | Thanks again you guys for all your kind words ~ they really mean a lot to me!
Hey Menace, in thinking about your question, I thought about one thing that I did differently this round. I made sure that when I went to bed at night that I didn't have any insulin on board, and that my bg's were in the 5's. If I did have insulin on board, then I set my alarm for an hour after the insulin was due to be gone, to check my bg and correct if necessary. I didn't just go to bed trusting that the insulin would take care of the carbs that were still being digested - especially if the food that I ate was higher fat. It did suck waking in the middle of the night, almost every night, but like everything else it becomes habitual, and I'd be back to sleep in seconds. I think that doing this really helped to lower my A1c. Now if I could just stop having an evening snack......
__________________
Happiness isn't getting what you want.....
It's wanting what you've got.
Last A1C - 5.9
|
10-25-2007, 10:03 AM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rothesay, New Brunswick Canada, eh
Posts: 7,140
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by tanyatype1 I made sure that when I went to bed at night that I didn't have any insulin on board, and that my bg's were in the 5's. If I did have insulin on board, then I set my alarm for an hour after the insulin was due to be gone, to check my bg and correct if necessary. I didn't just go to bed trusting that the insulin would take care of the carbs that were still being digested - especially if the food that I ate was higher fat. It did suck waking in the middle of the night, almost every night, but like everything else it becomes habitual, and I'd be back to sleep in seconds. I think that doing this really helped to lower my A1c. Now if I could just stop having an evening snack...... | This seems to be where my energy has been focussed lately too. My problem is I'd love to stay awake until 2am every night eating nachos and drinking beer! |
| |
| Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off | | |
|  | | » Site Navigation | | Diabetesforums.com | | | Resource Directory | | | Contact Zone | | | |
