Last time, in Feb. it was 5.7. The lowest it has been in probably 4 years. I had to work, work at it. I stayed hungry constantly. I doubt it will be that good next time.:(

when I started I think mine was a 9 now it's 4.7

6.0.......trish

with diligence, a willingness to be irritably hungry and daily walks, i got mine down to 5.7 this last visit. MY goal is to stay below 5.9.

Get on meds now while they are still just pills. start leisurely walking around the block every day - not running or jogging. Call your insurance provider and find a Diabetic Educator near you.

Damn I feel like the loanstar here a couple of months ago mine was 10. Then my doctor up my insulin and it went to 7.
I have pancreatitis to though so it's hard sometime for me. I eat really good, and my weight is ok. So that's my answer.
Take Care,
-Dave

I have been a diabetic for 8 yrs now. I can't remember what my original A1c was, but I believe it was 6.8. I wasn't given an option to just diet and/or exercise....I was put on meds and dismissed to learn all about Diabetes on my own - much like you are. I have so much going on right now that my A1c just last week has gone up to 7.7% I haven't been this high since I was diagnosed. I am trying to get things back in line. Do you understand why you get an A1c test? My diabetes really doesn't let me just diet - I am always on meds.
I have been around the block a bunch with this....contact me with questions. Would love to help,

WHEN MY MEDS WERE STARTED I WAS AT 8.5. NOW THIS IS A NUMBER I WISH I COULD GET BACK TO. IN DECEMBER 07 MY A1C WAS AT 12.7 I DONT THINK ITS MUCH LOWER AT THIS POINT. GOOD LUCK WITH YOURS.

I started 10 years ago with 12.9. I came out from a diabetic coma twice in a couple of days when the doctors discovered that I had diabetes. Two months before I had had a corneal transplant and nobody checked my blood sugar because I was younger than 40 years and "asymptomatic".
For the previous year I had lost 90 pounds and I was drinking 3 gallons of water a day. I saw doctors 3 times in the previous year asking them about this lose of weight. They were just laughing asking me the "recipe" for such wonderful diet!
Anyway I began using insulin and metformin.
I exercised a lot.
In 3 months I began to reduce the amount of NPH from 50 units (total) a day to ZERO. My HA1C fell to 5.1.
After six months I was in diabetic coma I stopped using insulin and I continued to use metformin, exercising and eating healthy.
The true success in controlling the amount of insulin was reducing drastically the amount of carbs and increasing the amount of protein. After all weren't the carbs my main source of sugar? So if I reduce carbs consumption I will reduce insulin amount!!! But the ADA was recommending 130 grams of carbs a day, my doctor from one the best University in this country was repeating to me. Reducing carbs WORKED for me. The years passed and I began to go back eating 120 grams of carbs then 140, then 200. I began to get some pounds on even though I was moderately exercising twice a week. Last year I asked my doc to check my HA1c because it was about 2 years that we did not check it. The result came back to be 7.8. He told me that I should just watch what I was eating. I began to test several times a day my blood sugar and I found out that I had a blood sugar of 350, 2 hours after eating a dish of spaghetti!
I asked him to give me some lispro and after 3 month I added some lantus. I began to reduce the mmount of carbs to no more than 130 grams a day according with ADA recommendations. My HA1c went down to 7.0 after 6 months. I am not happy at all with this value. My goal is 4.6.
I plan to achieve this number going back to my old idea: low carb consumption, at no more than 40 grams a day.
I hope I will convince my doctor to prescribe byetta for me.

I got my yearly physical last month and mine was 6.4 that was the first time I was given a number. But based on a National Institute Of Health 7 is where we should be. They consider that the optimal number.

Congrats! 7.1 is good!
The ADA says that's about where it should be, but the NKF (National Kidney Foundation) likes in under 6.5%.

I currently have Diabetic Nephropahty (Kidney Disease from the Diabetes), so I am into the whole 'watch the kidneys' thing!

"Normal" sugars are 126 (for morning fasting)
and 139 (for morning non-fast).

My A1C in August of 2006 was 9.4%
What this means is that 9.4% of my red blood cells had glucose attached to them (bad, very bad).

Then, my Endocrinologist put my on something called BYETTA (you inject it but it's NOT insulin).
It lowered my A1C to 7.4% after just taking it (along with one oral med) for 3 WEEKS!!!

My A1C is now down to 5.6% and I'm off ALL Diabetes meds to see if I can control it myself.

Weeeeee...isn't it fun to be sick???
At least we can be sick together.
:)
Be strict with your sugars!
Good luck.
-JeAndRo

Congrats! 7.1 is good!
The ADA says that's about where it should be, but the NKF (National Kidney Foundation) likes in under 6.5%.

I currently have Diabetic Nephropahty (Kidney Disease from the Diabetes), so I am into the whole 'watch the kidneys' thing!

"Normal" sugars are 126 (for morning fasting)
and 139 (for morning non-fast).

My A1C in August of 2006 was 9.4%
What this means is that 9.4% of my red blood cells had glucose attached to them (bad, very bad).

Then, my Endocrinologist put my on something called BYETTA (you inject it but it's NOT insulin).
It lowered my A1C to 7.4% after just taking it (along with one oral med) for 3 WEEKS!!!

My A1C is now down to 5.6% and I'm off ALL Diabetes meds to see if I can control it myself.

Weeeeee...isn't it fun to be sick???
At least we can be sick together.
:)
Be strict with your sugars!
Good luck.
-JeAndRo

My last one was horrible, 7.7, after MONTHS of greatly improved readings. Thye are even better since then and if he gives me another lousy A1C I'm firig him.

my highest a1c was a 16 my dr was very un happy. At that time my eating disorder was out of control
I have better control now vut I did much damage to my self I have retinopathy, macular edema, glacouma, neurapathy and am on dialysis.
diabetic 30 years on insulin 20

hello my a1c was done in feb 2008 and it is 7.9 when i went to see the specialist she was very happy with my reading as a year ago i was 16.5.i have to take nomore insulin as i was taking 8 needles aday.i searched the internet to find something natural that would work with my meds and found it in july 07.i took it 2 times a day and it gave me energy like i had never had before.i would never walk but since taking the juice 2 times a day i walk 5 kms a day and that has helped me bring my sugars downt to where i have pretty much eliminated my meds.

thanks for listening to my story.

Hi
My A1C was up to 9.8 last year and I was put on insulin. I just got my latest and it is down to 7.3. My doctor is quite pleased with that but I would like to get it down. 7.1 is a good result, you must keep an eye on your levels.
Good luck,