Celebration!

So, I got back a couple hours ago from a visit to my endocrinologist to get the results from my last A1C test and we were both incredibly pleased.  Doctors typically recommend you stay within 4.7% and 6.4% for non-diabetics and 6.5% to 7% (or less) for diabetics.  When I was diagnosed with diabetes on June 2nd, 2010 my A1C was at 11.9%.  I'm (damn) proud to say that my test done on January 3, 2011 shows that my A1C is now at 5.3%!!!

Needless to say, my doctor is incredibly pleased with me and wishes all her patients were just like me.  She says that she's never seen such a huge improvement in a 7 month time frame.  In fact, she said I could be the "poster child for well-controlled diabetes".  She even asked if she could call on me to discuss my progress should she do a support group for diabetics.  Of course, I agreed, but I did say it was simply a matter of educating myself and being extremely self disciplined with my food portions.  That's not something most diabetics want to hear, unfortunately, lol.

Of course, this news called for yet another change in my medicine (I already managed the "impossible" and got off insulin even though I was originally taking 3 shots of Novalog and 1 shot of Lantus daily) because now she's scared I'm going to have trouble with my blood sugars dropping too low.

All in all, I have more than enough cause for celebration, don't you think?  I've treated myself to about 3.5oz sunflower seeds and 3 coconut cookies on top of my sandwich and apple (non-wheat bread for once!), plus I'm planning on getting tacos for dinner and maybe an extra few cookies then.  Hey, I think I should be allowed to pig out a bit today, right?  ;)