Third D-Anniversary
Today, the last Friday in May, is the day I mark the anniversary of my diagnosis with Type 2 diabetes. (I'm not 100% sure of the actual date.) I'm not going to retell the story of my diagnosis here -- you can read it here, if you like -- but I did want to mark the day.
The report at the three-year mark is "so far, so good" - but with an asterisk. My A1c tests have been quite satisfactory for about a year now, and other measures of my health have been pretty good. The asterisk is that for the last week or so, I noticed in coming back from a gap in my daily testing that my fasting numbers have been running high - not disastrously high, but high for me and higher than target range.
There are a couple of possible explanations for this that are addressable. But it may also be that my diabetes is progressing, and that I will soon require more aggressive treatment to get good control. That's a bit discouraging, should it be so, but okay. What's important on this anniversary is that I'm both pretty healthy and pretty happy.
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May 27th, 2011 - 23:32
Congratulations on your diaversary, Bob! Thank you for sharing your wisdom, chuckles and kindness with all of us in the DOC. Oh, and the constant foodieness!! I’m so glad to have “met” you through your blog and the dweetererse.
I hope you have had a wonderful day, and that you enjoy the rest of your weekend.
May 28th, 2011 - 00:31
Happy Dia-versary, Sir Bob!
May 28th, 2011 - 11:08
Sorry to hear that the numbers have gone up. I’m in the same boat but will see my dr. soon. Pretty healthy and pretty happy are good things! Your great attitude will take you far.
May 29th, 2011 - 00:16
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May 29th, 2011 - 00:32
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