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Permalink Reply by HPNpilot on July 12, 2012 at 8:24pm

Congratulations!
I'm using both Omnipod and Dexcom and it really helps. I needed the pump to solve DP and afternoon lows.

Permalink Reply by katie on July 12, 2012 at 8:39pm

That's fantastic. Congratulations. I'm very jealous and need to work harder at lowering my A1C. 6.2.....I wish. I bet you feel great. I wish they had a summer camp or tune up camp for Adult Type 1's who want to do better, but need to be with other's who can help motivate, educate and have fun learning and doing it together. Good job.

Permalink Reply by Ahmad on July 12, 2012 at 9:07pm

Me 2, let me know if you find such a thing!

Congrats Alan, keep up the good work

Permalink Reply by ATRannals on July 13, 2012 at 7:56pm

Katie & Ahmad - A couple of weeks after getting out of the hospital I happened to read about a conference by an organization called "Taking Control of your Diabetes." their website is tcoyd.org. It was a very informative and inspirational conference. I would highly encourage everyone with diabetes to attend one of these conferences. If I had been able to attend one 13 years ago and not neglect my disease for so long, I'm positive I would be in much better health and not suffering from the complications that I've let occur with my poor control.

If they don't come back to my area next year, I will find one close and take some vacation time to travel and attend. Feel free to visit the website and hit me up if you want more information about it.

Permalink Reply by olu Oog on July 13, 2012 at 8:06am

...that was surprising; 16.7!
I was 13.9 some 7 years ago and thought that was the worst anyone can have. Anyway congrats. I have since dropped to 7; and 6.5 is my best so far. I use Dexcom (in recent weeks not very frequently) and Animas Ping.

Permalink Reply by Lorraine on July 25, 2012 at 1:06pm

That's great! Congrats!

Permalink Reply by Stage West on August 16, 2012 at 5:05am

Great news Alan! Keep up the good work. My experience with the Dexcom has also been very positive.
Chris

Permalink Reply by SugarMama on August 16, 2012 at 2:35pm

WOW! Good for you and awesome job! My A1C last week was the worst I've seen for a long time...7.9. I have serious issues with lows so I think my A1C was so high because I was rebounding. Just gives me a goal to work towards when I go back in 3 months. BTW I love my Dexcom also. Much better than the Minimed CGM that I used to use.