HbA1C over 7.5?

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Comment by Sarah M on April 22, 2009 at 6:12am

January, my son's a1c was 9.7, couple weeks ago it was checked again - 9.9! I really tried so hard to get that down, I even expected to see it down! We made insulin changes and everything! Nothing works! Aaaaarrrrrrggggghhhhh!!!!!! Thanks for letting me get angry for a second.

Comment by Janaye Marchitto on April 20, 2009 at 11:14am

Hey all,
haven't check my a1c in a while. Last one was 8.5 and I would love to see it come down.

Merietta, I can't believe your doctors try to place blame. There is definitely a stigma about diabetics being lazy, so unfair!

Comment by noor on April 10, 2009 at 4:54am

Hello every body,
befor one year my a1c was (11.4)that was very high for me.
and all this was just because i didn't take good care of my self.
before 3 months my a1c was 7.3.
on Tuseday i'm going to see my doctor and i'm very exciting to know my a1c.
but on this month i didn't take good care of my diabetes,i think my a1c will be 8.

Comment by Sarah M on March 26, 2009 at 3:48pm

Hey guyz, my a1c isnt really high ( last time i tested it was 8.2). i knew it would be high coz i didnt really care about my diabetes, now im taking more care of my diabetes ( or at least trying to), and hopefully next time it would be lower :) *crossed fingers*

Comment by Josephine on March 22, 2009 at 2:36am

All I can say is that my high blds are my own fault, I eat too much, then I try not to eat anything. Found out last week that one of my hba was 14.9, even I was shocked. It has come down to 10.3 and I'm hoping it'll keep going down. I have always felt so bad about this but now I'm gonna be nicer to myself.

Comment by Merietta on February 17, 2009 at 11:46am

I'm with you guys! I just got mine down to an 11. I was SUPER happy, because I couldn't seem to get it below 13 for year. I am now on the pump, and have to take Levimir twice a day. The Levimir really made a difference. However, I still have high sugar levels (can't seem to get my levels regularly into the 100's...mostly in the 200's). I HATE doctors who blame me! I am over weight so they blame me believing I must be lazy and eat too much. They send me to the dietician over and over again. When they finally listen they realize that it isn't my fault. I just ran a 5k this weekend and biked 5 miles the next day. I am training for a triathlon. The dieticians always look at my journals and see that it isn't my eating, either. The docs don't know what to do (they ALWAYS test the thyroid thinking they have made some major discovery - again not listening to me tell them I know that isn't it), and end-up passing me on to another doc. The last doc I had put me on Levimir and it has helped...but I now can't get my a1c past 11. Yeah, frustrated...

Comment by Dee on February 17, 2009 at 5:09am

Hey Jordan, mine used to be 14 at one point - you are not alone. It is annoying that the higher you are the more you need the pump but the more unlikely that you will get one. It is like there is an assumption that if your A1C is high, it is your fault. Ahhhh. Keep trying though - do you carb count? Increased your doses? I think when I had a 14 A1C I had reallly given up (not saying its the same for you though) and was sick of trying everything so it just rose up. Being so high all the time made me moody and I didnt feel great. Now I am really trying but still not perfect, infact my last three tests I have gone from 7.9 (best ever although hypo ALL the time), 8.1 and now 8.3 - I thought it was supposed to get better!? I got mine down from 14 with moving from two shots a day to several. I feel now that I can not try any harder than I am to get my 8.3 down and after 20 years have finally realised that the only way I think I can personally get mine down is to reduce carbs. I think it is a really indivdual thing but I wished a doctor had said years ago rather than me figuring it out 20 years later. I have retinopathy now so I feel a little bit bitter! Hope you can figure out what works for you! Don't give up.

Comment by Jordan Marshall on February 16, 2009 at 6:20am

It's sad reading all these A1C numbers and knowing that mine blows you guys outta the water:(
I've tried everything on the face of the earth and my doctor wont give me a pump that i know would help me:(
But is everyone ready for this.....my A1C last time was 14+:'( it was horrible hearing that i dont know what im suppose to do anymore because nothing works...

Comment by Linn on January 6, 2009 at 2:15pm

Well I think this is the place for me right now. Even though I am on the pump, my lowest Hb1ac was 6.9. I've had type 1 diabetes for 6 years and been on the pump almost that long but cannot seem to get a handle on my numbers. And what gets me is that when I am doing really well for a week or so, I will get sick or have those air bubbles in the line of my pump and up go the numbers and seems it ruins everything :( Well I will enjoy reading these posts. Looks like I'm not alone!

Comment by Rachel on November 15, 2008 at 8:36pm

I have been type 1 since 2002. well they were not sure what i was. I had surgery and got really sick after and that is how i ended up with, type 1. or 1.5 they don't no. I am trying everything i can to get my sugars under control and haven't been able to yet. I just got on a pump a year ago and they told me that that would take care of my problem. which it has not. doesn't not matter what i do. weather i eat or not i have pretty much gave up on it. It also doesn't help that i have yet to find a decent doctor that will take the time to help. the only time i have been under control in the whole time I've been type one was when i was pregnant with my daughter almost 5 years ago. that was the easiest time i have ever had and everything went great now with my son who i just had in august of 2008 i was in and out of the hospital so many times they almost killed me a few times and he was born at 32 weeks being 9lbs 12oz and 22 inch long big boy and was their for a while. My last A1C was 9.9 not good. but it doesn't matter what i do

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