A-1-jeez!

I've been asking my mom for the last year if she had any of my A1c values from when I was under their insurance... I can't believe what she found.

I was diagnosed DKA in July of 1990. These are the numbers she had for my first ELEVEN years as a diabetic, followed by my more recent history. How am I still alive and complication free????

08.20.90 - 12.9
11.05.90 - 11.4
02.04.91 - 12.3
08.05.91 - 13.7
11.04.91 - 13.6
05.04.92 - 11.2
02.03.92 - 13.9
08.03.92 - 13.6
11.09.92 - 15.4 (WTF? - age 13)
02.08.93 - 13.4
05.10.93 - 12.8
08.09.93 - 12.2
11.01.93 - 13.4
(don't know what happened to 1994, but I found where on my 15th birthday, my pre-dinner bg was 506)
03.22.95 - 8.9 (switched from exchanges to carb counting some time during this era, 95ish)
06.27.95 - 9.5
10.03.95 - 9.1
01.31.96 - 10.5
05.07.96 - 9.7
08.12.96 - 9.7
(umm...ages 17-20? are we just forgetting h.s. and college? don't know about these...)
(some time in early 1998, switched to Humalog)
06.10.2000 - start pumping on a MM 508, no more NPH!

02.11.2001 - 9.0
07.22.2001 - 10.1

I pick up my own insurance and start documenting from then on, a few pump upgrades happen, etc...

03.22.2004 - 8.6
12.23.2005 - 8.3 (some time in this year, switched to Apidra)
07.28.2006 - 7.3
11.03.2006 - 8.0
05.25.2007 - 7.6
11.15.2007 - 7.0
02.29.2007 - 7.1 (joined Weight Watchers in April)
06.01.2008 - 6.9 (joined TuD!!!, got a Cozmo a month later)
10.27.2008 - 6.1 (started on a CGMS a month after this one)
02.10.2009 - 6.1
05.21.2009 - 6.1
07.10.2009 - 5.8
09.29.2009 - 5.6

Here's to 19 years of S L O W progress, my friends!

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Comment by Jaimie Hernandez on May 3, 2009 at 10:20pm: wow! amazing to look back eh? Keep Pressin' on...ur def' on the right track now....great job!

Comment by Josephine on May 4, 2009 at 2:28am: Melissa, I find these things fascinating. Would you believe that I'm still waiting for my medical records for these last 20yrs, wrote to them and they seem to have just completely ignored my request. I love looking at how our health has changed over the years, 6.1 looks so sexy. I'm fascinated by how well the body recovers after illness.

Comment by Linzie Wohletz on May 4, 2009 at 9:30am: WOW that is so interesting, I wish I could find some of my stuff... that would be interesting. See how my 17 years of being D treated me over the years...

Comment by Manny Hernandez on May 4, 2009 at 9:35am: Woa, Mel!! You certainly have come a long way and are a testimony of how taking ownership of your diabetes makes an impact on your numbers!

I am SO proud of you.

Comment by Andreina Davila on May 4, 2009 at 10:52am: You have gone a long way, Mel. Thank you for sharing your numbers and being such a great role model to follow, showing us all how thing can get better and under control.

Comment by Ryan on May 4, 2009 at 1:40pm: The teen years are so fun!!! LOL...My A1c was 17.5 when I was 15!!!! LOL....Amazed I survived those years!!! But I kinda paid the price in that I have had 9 eye surgeries for retinopathy!!

Comment by Cynthia F. on May 4, 2009 at 3:24pm: You've definetly come a long way! I need to ask for my numbers, you have me curious now! :)

here's to a great A1C on the 21st!

Comment by Iphigenia von Moock on May 4, 2009 at 9:55pm: Hi Melissa ;

wow that's fascinating! I had similar results in my past 26 years of diabetes!
I agree; taking ownership of your T1D has a very positive impact of BSs.
Keep it up!
Wow you encouraged me to continue with my daily diary!

Comment by Dee Meloche on May 5, 2009 at 7:32am: Those A1c levels are pretty high.Thank God that you are complication free.The pump is a wonderful tool to help diabetics control their blood sugars.

Comment by Sarah K on May 5, 2009 at 10:27am: OMG! We coulda been twins with thos a1c's! I remember my highest at 13.-something... I got the biggest lecture on the way home from the doctors office that day. Glad you're doing so much better now.