A fire has been ignited and I am closer to my personal goal!
Up until recently, I admittedly wasn’t doing the best with keeping glucose levels tight, mainly because I’ve remained in the diabetic dark ages for the majority of my diagnoses. A traditional finger stick glucometer and vial/syringe OTC you can get at Walmart because it’s the most inexpensive option I know of. I came to realize that as I get older this isn’t something I should be skimping out on. All it took was giving my husband and son a scare one night after I bottomed out pretty bad a couple months ago. It had been ages since I had seen an endocrinologist and realized it was time for a change.
It was such a warranted change because I feel really good about how things are going. Finally made the jump to a live glucometer which has given me motivation to really put my ass in gear! Based on my historical finger stick readings, I wouldn’t say things were crazy out of control but with live readings I can see that I really needed to make some improvements.
Doctor had placed my A1C goal below 7%, which is where my GMI initially started at. Now after a few weeks I am down to 6.6! I am personally working towards 6% to 6.2%. I’ve been monitoring my diet, cut back a lot on drinking, exercising 5x a week and I feel a lot better than I have in many years. I am also looking into specific peptides that aid in the prevention of autoimmune destruction of insulin producing pancreatic cells.
Anyway, I know first hand how much this disease can be a discouraging pain in the ass but think it’s important for us to highlight our successes! Feeling really good about things today. ☺️