*drumroll*

I got my A1c results today.  7.2!!!!!  That’s still a little higher than I’d like to be but for getting it down from 12.6 just three months ago…and some of that time was still without ratios, some was just on injections and less than a month was actually on the pump.  I was hoping to be in the low 8 range so this is really exciting for me.

For anybody that’s unfamiliar with the hemoglobin A1c, it’s a test given to estimate overall how your sugar has been doing over a period of about three months.  7.0 is considered controlled by the American Diabetes Association but below 6.0 is normal.  A non-diabetic would likely be in the 5s.  So, to be best controlled and to reduce the risk of complications as much as possible it’s better to be in that normal range, not just “controlled.”

Even though the pump makes it SO much easier it is still frustrating some days but getting this new number kind of renewed any lost resolve to basically step on the diabetes and not let it get away from me.

My diabetes pet peeve for today is running out of strips for the good meter you prefer to use and having to use your back-up meter until you get new strips.