Originally from California (Sun Valley & Paso Robles) .... Now a transplanted Georgia Peach! I'm a wife of one, mother of three, Step Mom of one, and Mother In Law of two. ;0)

Gestational Diabetes: Sept. 1986 - Feb 1987.
Type 2 Diabetes: "officially" Aug 2005 ... most probably since 2002 (maybe even before then?) Treated with oral meds from Aug 2005 to Feb 2007 (and of course diet and exercise [as much as I can do, which, unfortunately, isn't much] ). As of Feb 12, 2007 I am being treated with Insulin [Novolog N & Novolog R] and Metformin.

Diabetes runs like wild fire on my Dad's side of the family. My Dad, at least 3 of his 4 sisters, my younger sister, at least one of my cousin’s and one of her son’s as well, my grandmother (dad’s mother), my great grandmother (grandmother’s mother), as well as quite a few more distantly related relatives(second cousins, great aunts, great uncles, etc), all with the same family ties. T1's and T2's both! Recently my Mom was dx'd T2 as well. As far as anyone knows, she's the first in her family to have Diabetes. Diabetes is just a "family affair" with us! LOL

I’ve always known, since having Gestational Diabetes, that I would eventually have Diabetes! When dx'd I already knew I'd "made the leap" a couple/few years previous, just hadn't been to the doc about it. I didn't know then, what I know now about complications and such. I am VERY lucky!!!

So it wasn't a shock at all to me when they came in and told me, just a confirmation of what I already knew. ;0) And ..... life goes on.

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- A1c History -
08/16/2005 @ diagnosis: ?? [was never tested *bad doc*] I estimate somewhere around 12 or so.
01/09/2007: 6.9
05/31/2007: 6.0
09/05/2007: 5.9
03/06/2008: 6.4 :0(
10/22/2008: 6.4 :0(