Some good, some not so good.



I think I have found my new endo. After some frustrations with Joslin and the difficulties of getting up to Boston on a regular basis to see everyone, I switched to Naomi Berrie up at Columbia. Perhaps my view is skewed by an unexpectedly good a1c -- my last ones had been mid 8s and I expected something in the 9s, but came in at 7.5. Not as good as many of you, but pretty much in line with my history. It's kind of frustrating to hear about people who are… Continue

Can't you imagine B.B. King wailing away something like that on Lucile?



Anyway, several weeks ago, I did a basal test to confirm what the sensor was telling me -- big time morning effect. Going up 100 points in the morning, without eating. So, I increased my early basal to try to fix that, and it helped. For a while.



A few days ago, I did another moring basal test, and confirmed again that I am still going up in the morning. So, of course, the natural thing to do is… Continue

Morning effects: Several weeks ago, I noticed my BGs rapidly rising in the mornings, so I increased my basal, and that worked for a while. This morning, I started at 6:15 at 90. By 9 am, I was 193, and the only things I had eaten were two small pieces of cereal that fell out of my daughter's bowl (yes, it was Trix, but it was only two small pieces, so should that have caused a rise of 100+ points? After a Zone shake for breakfast, I'm at 253 two hours later (yes, only a rise of 60 points, but… Continue

A rant on the joys of the dawn effect:



I've always had to deal with the dawn effect -- BG climbing shortly after I wake up in the morning, regardless of food. For example, this morning (a fairly typical one), I woke, around 6:30, with BG at 97. A good start to the day. By the time I got to work and was ready for breakfast around 9, I was 237. I had not eaten anything. I had not exercised, but I had been puttering around the apartment. Of course, I corrected with breakfast and was… Continue

My last couple of a1cs have not been great, and my finger stick tests since the last a1c have not been too good either. I know why -- not eating right (I like a glass, or two, of sherry in the evening, and that just raises the BG overnight) and bolusing right.



I went back on the CGM after a couple of months off of it and suddenly had a great day -- no BG's over 150, and never low a single time. Now I just have to get more sensors -- this was my last one, and it came out prematurely.… Continue

It amazes me how much of an impact an a1c can have. I was doing really well for a while. Had about a year of improving a1cs, and even got to 6.7, which was my best ever. My most recent one was a lot worse. I was not surprised, and could point to the reasons. But, even knowing the reasons, I still hoped that it would not be that bad.

I went through about 8 months where I was amazing with tracking everything -- measuring out all my food, counting my calories as though it were my raison… Continue

Indeed, hello world!! A quick introduction to me... I'm 45, and been type 1 for more than 25 years, and have used a pump (Minimed) for more than 5 years.

In the last year and a half, I have taken control of my diabetes, really for the first time ever. What took so long? The relatively rapid devolution of my marriage, in large part because I had never really been in control of myself. In the last year and a half, I have gotten some of my best a1c's ever (though the last one was very… Continue