A1C
The results are in – and awesome!
The results are in. I had my blood draw last week in preparation for my meeting with my CDE today, and I am so stoked and proud to say that my A1c is down to 6.3%. Boo. Ya. That my friends, is almost a full percentage point down from my last, less cute number, and [...]
How long?
Working in the diabetes industry, I talk about MY diabetes a lot. I’m sure most of you can tell that I’m very open about having diabetes – it tends to be one of the first things out of my mouth whether I’m meeting new friends or working. I went through a tough time as a [...]
Snapshots.
Ah yes, the waiting game. Today is the day I go to my CDE’s office, give blood, and wait the painstaking next five days until I can call in and get the results of my A1c. There’s a lot riding on this one personally for me – the last one wasn’t where I’m comfortable with [...]
When is “I heart my CDE” day again??
Big sigh of relief – my endo appointment has made me feel so much better about my recent, unchanged (did I mention stagnant, aggravating, un-budging, and stubborn?) A1c. My CDE knows me pretty well, as it was the first thing he addressed after walking in the room. He knows that I’m hard on myself about [...]
6.6% Silver Lining…
Well, the results are in. My endo appointment isn’t until later today, but me being the impatient, nosy person that I am (is it considered nosy if you’re pokin’ around your own business? Digression. Ahem), I stalked called my doctor’s office to get the results of my latest A1c early. There’s nothing that makes me [...]
Holding pattern.
Every 3 months, like clockwork, I head to my CDE’s office for a blood draw for that one test. The test that tells you if you’ve been naughty or nice. The test that tells you if you are at risk for complications, or safely under the radar. The test that gives you an average of [...]
The Friday Rundown: A1c test while you watch Sunday football? You betcha!
Friday! Woo hoo! Hope everyone has an awesome weekend lined up. Mine will involve a birthday party, bike shopping, and hopefully a few other adventures to top of this so-far great week. And, if I wanted it to, this weekend could involve an A1c test in the comfort of my own home. Yep, that’s right. [...]
Logging and jogging…
Yesterday I stacked up three (count ‘em!) doctor’s appointments in a row because all of those docs happened to be in the same building. I went to see my CDE first (along with my 5 pages of excel data as noted below), then the hand doctor for a post-op, then the knee doctor for a [...]
I didn’t get an “Analyst” title for nothin…
Endo appointment is tomorrow morning and the dreaded A1c shall be revealed – wish me luck! (Also wish my doctor good luck because this is one of 5 pages of Excel spreadsheet logging….he’s lucky I didn’t run a pivot table on this data).
A1c coming up – The Summer Edition
Ahhh here we go with the nerves again! A1c results will be revealed on Thursday, and I really don’t know what to expect! I’ve had some great days recently, and some really crappy ones (what’s new in diabetes, right?). More than ever, I’ve been feeling the pressure to get within goal of under 7%, but [...]
