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To increase my ‘in range from 82% to 90%
I managed to stay out of the hospital
Achieved my 62nd Dia-versary and still have very few side effects !!!! Was 8 1/2 at diagnosis and had only testape and a couple kinds of insulin in my glass boiled (to sterilize) syringes and mom sharpened my needles. SO So grateful for the progress and tech we have NOW !! Have only had 2 eye laser treatments 15 years ago and needed none since, kidneys still doing well, have recently become hypo unaware but have my trusty Dexcom, the biggest life changer for me after getting my first meter at age 32 that was shoebox size! I am a very LUCKY diabetic.
Got down to 7.0 A1C after switching to Tandem with Dexcom; hoping to lower it further! 57 years with T1D since age 4 – it’s been a long haul and yet I’ve been fortunate with 2 wonderful children, a cat, a partially-trained DAD who’s sweet as can be, and a new puppy.
50 years – Memorial Day weekend. Got both the Lilly and Joslin recognitions. As part of that process, I had to come up with my original medical records. That was amazing. So glad I have them now – as I was way too sick at the time to have any recall of what was going on for the first several days in the local children’s hospital.
Kept A1c in the mid 6s in spite of multiple surgeries and the dreaded cortisone, thanks to Tandem/Dexcom.
55 years of T1D in Dec 2021. Even with the stress of caregiving an elderly non-parent relative, I have lowered my A1C from 6.7 to 6.5 over the past 4 months.
Staying alive was a good goal!
I started to count carbs more carefully. I do this to help the pump algorithm work better. It is frustrating because after 29 years of being a diabetic i do well enough to be able to look what I’m eating and know how much insulin I need.
being able to look at a plate and knowing how many units I need to take.