"Shut Up!!"

I love my Endocrinologist so much! She is great! If you live in the Tampa area.... really, she's awesome. So is her staff... which is sometimes just as important!

Anyways... today I got my A1c done in the office at my quarterly check up and as the little machine shook and jiggled I sat their nervously chatting with the nurse.

She sent me into the exam room before it was ready. I opened up the Diabetes Forecast and pretended to be interested in a healthy dessert recipe....

*Knock Knock!*

"Come in!"

*big smile* "6.7!!!"

"Shut up!!! I mean.... really??"

At this point... we both may or may not have kinda done "The Running Man" together for 15-30 seconds.

My Endo took almost an entire half hour answering my questions about my CGM data charts, tweaking my basils, and explaining to me how to go on a "Pump Vacation" by going back on Lantus shots and Humalog pens for a weekend that is coming up (and I just want to be wire free for it, goshdarnit!)

So anyways... we (my family, not my endo... haha, I mean you gotta draw the line somewhere) celebrated with Mediterranean take-out. (Falafels are awesome... And so is James Taylor... who talks about falafels in this song...)

Whoa... anyways....

I'm pretty happy with a 6.7! It's a half a point lower than my last visit. I really tried to stay in range over the past couple months.... and sometimes I wanted to throw my Dexcom 7 Plus in the toilet when it said BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP over and over again at ungodly hours of the night! But having some sort of tangible success in the form of a number, that may or may not have made my doctor dance like a totally rad 80's rock star... kinda makes it worth it. :)

Good News!

Doctor D called bright and early this morning to let me know that my A1c is was 6.8%. This number is very consistent with the 6.9% that my A1c Homecheck test result gave me. =)

My thyroid, kidney, and liver function was all perfectly normal as well.

This becomes more and more of a relief as the years go by. August 30th will be my 20 year anniversary of having Type 1.

In other news, there was a shooting in our neighborhood yesterday morning with lots of police and helicopters to boot!! It was quite scary, and a little exciting. Justin and I have decided to take a concealed weapons course and buy a gun. (That will be stored in a VERY childproof locked box and out of reach location) I felt pretty defenseless without a weapon and all kinds of craziness going on. We've lived here almost 4 years and have never seen ANY crime at all in our little ole neighborhood. The homeowner was the one that actually did the shooting though.... he shot the burglar (who was working on his third home!) in his foot! I love it! Take that you thief!

Franklin is going to his first vet appointment today. We need to get him on some heart worm preventatives and flea meds.

A1c HomeCheck

Hey fellow D-bloggers!

I just ordered my first A1c Homecheck test from Diabetech. I watched the video from Bernard's Diabetes Tech blog and since I have an endo appointment coming up in a couple weeks, I decided I'd like to see how the two results compare. This will also be my first appointment since being on (and off) the Dexcom 7 CGMS (Continuous Glucose Monitoring System). I'm hoping my results will be better. I'm thinking 6's!!

NOTE: This is NOT a sponsored post. I will review this product and let you know what I think, whether that be good or bad! =)