oh, am I screwed???

When I was diagnosed on 7 May 2004, my
initial A1C was:


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When I had my annual physical at the local
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When our family MD did my annual physical
in late May 2007, my score had gone up to:


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Then, after enduring a broken ankle, pain and
a lack of physical activity as well as not
trying very hard to eat right, I scored this:


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I remember bad mouthing my youngest brother for lacking blood sugar
control.  When he was in hospital in March 2005 (the diabetes ward
that is!), his A1C was 7.8.


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I thought about this late night and decided to have "once last
fling before I get serious again!  So, I had desert with dinner
and drank a gin-n-tonic once we got home. (The roads were ice covered
and I didn't dare risk an accident after a beer...)

Today, I did much better on eatting but a train wreck like my


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doesn't "clear up" in one day of "eatting right". This is actually a
good thing or logically, we would all being going down the toilet
daily...