Comments on: Obsession: Diabetes

By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:12:44 +0000

Chris – thanks for the comment! Your comment is very well said and puts some of the little wins into perspective. I think consistency is definitely key and hope to be consistently around 100 (give or take 30-40)

By: Chris Bishop

Chris Bishop — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:58:14 +0000

Tony -

First off, great post. Perfection is the holy grail of all things. Very elusive and for virtually all, just a pipe dream. With diabetes, we may not be able to attain perfection but for me consistency is my Diabetes perfection. little tweaks regardless of how small, make that consistency more of a reality. We all have our bad days with Diabetes, which make Diabetes “perfection” a dream but those tweaks and adjustments and correction when we have those bad days, make consistency more of a reality than what we all wish was possible: Diabetes perfection.

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:22:34 +0000

Thank you Lorraine and Scott for the thoughtful comments!

Scott, I think you hit it perfectly in your comment, “Part of what makes it so hard is that you have to constantly maintain. It’s not a “set and forget” type of thing.”

I am always finding that what worked yesterday isn’t necessarily what will work today or tomorrow. That could be the most frustrating part of diabetes management.

Also, I think that I would probably obsess more if I were managing my daughter versus managing myself. For some reason it’s OK for me to be lax on myself.

We might even put an A1c number on the question. Do you think to get to or below 6.5 you need to be obsessive about diabetes control and management? I really think the answer is yes.

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By: Scott K. Johnson

Scott K. Johnson — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 03:34:07 +0000

Perfect control with diabetes? Yes, you absolutely must obsess.

A full and satisfied life with ACCEPTABLE diabetes management? I think that is achievable, but finding the balance between that perfect control/no life versus acceptable management/full life is the most difficult thing in the world.

Part of what makes it so hard is that you have to constantly maintain. It’s not a “set and forget” type of thing.

Great question Tony!

By: Lorraine

Lorraine — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:19:32 +0000

To answer your question, no, I don’t think you need to be obsessed, though I think I would categorize myself as obsessed when it comes to diabetes management, so who am I to say? Because diabetes is a 24/7 thing, something you can never walk away from, I think you have to have a balance between managing it and living life. I have found that a hard balance and something that I actively work at to achieve for Caleb. I don’t want an obsession to burn him out so that one day he gives too much slack and diabetes management becomes too low of a priority.

There are so many right ways to manage D and I think it will vary from person to person.