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February 27, 2019February 27, 2019

How Taking a Mental Break from Diabetes Changed My Perspective

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7.4 → 7.2 since October 2018, my A1C has only dropped .2%. . A1C is the measurement of your average blood sugar over the past 3 months. 📉 An ideal range is between 4% and 5.6%, and mine started around the 14% area when I was diagnosed 15 years ago and I have been slowly working it down since. Basically if on average, your blood sugars are higher, your A1C is going to be higher, and visa versa. 7.2 is the lowest i’ve been. That should feel incredible! But yet for some reason I still felt slightly disappointed in myself. I guess I thought that having a CGM and talking about my diabetes on social media, would somehow give me perfect numbers and a better A1C as a result. And it is! But just slower than I had expected. Which i’m realizing is completely okay. A significant drop in A1C from dramatic lifestyle changes (with diet or extreme exercise) would most likely result in a bounce back once I went back to my normal everyday routine, ultimately making me feel worse about my A1C. . The moral of my story is that no matter how long it takes to achieve, a .2% A1C drop is still something to be proud of. 🤗 #cupofoj #type1diabetes #t1d #insulinforall #a1c #endocrinologist #diabetesblogger

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