Author: jer.lawrence

I just realized I’ve broken 1,000 posts in just over 5 months.

.. I guess that’s really not much more than a lot of you guys, but does it seem excessive? Hehe.

I had my doctor’s appointment the other day, but it wasn’t with my normal PCP due to some poor scheduling of the office staff. I was planning to ask my PCP what he thought about me coming off of the Metformin assuming my A1c was good. It was, but since I wasn’t with my normal PCP, I brought it up with this other doctor.

He acknowledged that I’d made incredible strides toward controlling, but recommended that I not stop taking the meds. He said that he thought I should stay on them to continue resting my pancreas, so that I don’t strain my body any further.

I guess I wanted to see what you guys thought. He also suggested that I ask my normal doctor, and I feel like I should still give my PCP a call to do so.

Anyway, I’d still like to come off of the meds, I guess I feel like it would give me more incentive to continue doing right by myself to know that I don’t have anything but my own behavior to fall back on. I don’t want to, though, if it’s going to put any undue strain on the body.

I’ve come a long way, but I realize I still have a long ways to go. I still have a good 50 pounds that I need to lose, I’m still trying to get into a good exercise routine, and my cholesterol was still slightly elevated.

Sorry about the long post, but what say you?

I have an appointment this afternoon, but I got the results in the mail today… not really sure why, but hey, I’ll take it.

My new A1C is down from 9.6 (on 8/13/09) to a 4.9!

I’m THRILLED with that. I don’t have the paperwork in my hand from my previous cholesterol levels either, but this time:

Chol- 198
Trigs- 107 (I was in the 200s before, I think)
HDL- 46
LDL- 126 (.365 ratio)

So, still not absolutely perfect, but what an improvement!

Thanks to all of you guys here for all of your support and assistance, it has been absolutely invaluable. I love you guys. 🙂

Hello everyone! I’ve missed you guys, I’ve had the last 11 days off work (back today). I come back to the forums, and there are over three THOUSAND new posts that I’m somehow supposed to catch up on! Sheesh.

Pics from the trip, if anyone’s interested — LAN party in Nags Head.

2010 – LAN Party – a set on Flickr

I was just browsing through yahoo answers and came upon a question. It really got me thinking. I thought I’d pose it here as well.

What do people with diabetes, wish people without diabetes, understood?

Sure, it’s kind of vague, but what do you think?