D365 30/365
Today was my doctor’s appointment with my diabetes guy (he’s not an endocrinologist, but a D.O. who has been living with diabetes since he was 16 and has been pumping insulin since the early 1980’s). He (and his fantastic office staff & nurses) have been helping me get the hang of being on an insulin pump. My first visit at his office was on May 30, 2008.
One of the first things a doctor asks a diabetic is “what was your last A1C?” A1C stands for Hemoglobin A1C – a blood test that gives the doctors an average of your blood sugars over the past three months. It ranges from 4% (representing a blood sugar average of 65 – too low for me!) to a 12% (representing a blood sugar average of 345 – very high for an average!!
At my May 30 dr appointment, my A1C was 8.8% (that equals out to about a 225 average blood sugar – NOT GOOD!!!). It has been about 2 1/2 months since I started pumping (began June 26) and today’s A1C was a 7.2%!!!!!! Okay, that isn’t perfect (7.2 averages out to about a 180 average blood sugar and the ‘normal’ blood sugar range is from 70 to 110) – but it has greatly improved since starting on the pump!!!!!!
My next goal is to a.) maintain the 7.2 A1C and b.) hopefully drop below a 7 (6 would be great but I want to have ATTAINABLE goals). My next A1C should be in the early part of December…. we’ll see what Clark can do for my A1C’s.
October 8, 2008 at 5:19 pm
Pumps are amazing. I’ve worked with 507/508/511 Minimeds for the last 10 years. Cosmo for the last 3 years. Soon I’ll be sitting down with a clinician to become familiar with the OmniPod. I’m going to have to put Animas on my list soon.
Great results! Keep up the good work.
October 20, 2008 at 3:07 pm
My A1c level was 8 on injections but since being on the pump since Feb.08 it has fallen to 6.5.keep up the good work!