Comments on: I Need to Win at Diabetes

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 03:03:53 +0000

Cherise – Absolutely. I always just went with the number and started over instead of using some intelligence to think about what I was doing and not doing to do better.

Sue – At times I get tired of my pump, but I wouldn’t trade it for injections.

Bryan – Wait for my next post. I will discuss a little bit about my current diet and why it’s working on all fronts.

Karen – I think the A1c is a nice feel good test/report. If you’re doing things right it just confirms what you see every day. If you aren’t doing well, then it reinforces the need to get your ass in gear. One thing I truly believe and have had my doctor tell me is that in order to get your A1c really low, you need to have too many low blood sugars to average out the highs that are impossible to avoid. I am going to be so happy come May and get that A1c below 7. All the hard work will be so worth it.

Thank you all for your comments and insights!

By: karend1

karend1 — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:55:33 +0000

It never gets easier that is for sure. Don’t beat yourself up. My bgs have been all over the place this past year, but my A1C was still below 7.0. That is why I don’t dwell on that number as it can be acheived with a ton of bloodsugar lows and many many hours of highs.

One day at a time, I guess.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:24:08 +0000

This really is an essential issue to understand for those who are carrying too much weight and eventually leads to diabetes, yet it continuely gets overlooked as people are pushed towards fruit, vegetables and especially starchy carbohydrates by the national guidance system.

By: Sue

Sue — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:01:12 +0000

After having diabetes for 40 years this year, responding to this blog is harder for me than controlling my diabetes. (This is my 1st blog post, and at 55 years old, another new challenge.) Last August when my hcp started going over the few bs results that I shared with her, she started to explain what changes we could consider. I interrupted her and said forget about it. Tell me about the pump.
My a1c was almost always below 7 and now what challenging fun I am having to see it in the 5 range! I never wanted to hear about the pump because I hated testing! Now, I am so curious to see how it’s going, that I test from 6-10 times/day. My life is so much better as I can now sense highs & lows so much better and for the most part, eat when and what I want. The pump and simplifying lows with glucose tables are my heroes.

By: Cherise

Cherise — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:42:53 +0000

It takes a lot of determination and dedication to maintain good blood sugar numbers. I am not taking the same challenge as you but I’m not making anymore excuses. After all, I owe it to myself, right?