Manic over my MD visit (part 2)

Of course there's a sequel to the last story - every great story teller leaves an option to tell more. All great movies have sequels to them - 'the Godfather', 'the Lord of the Rings', and of course 'Rambo II'. (and the last one should obviously go without saying. Stallone can make any sequel he wants = personally I'm waiting with baited breath for the sequel to 'Demolition Man', and after that hopefully, 'Stop or my Mom will Shoot.')

So back to reality, I did go to my Doctor appointment this week. As I said in my last blog entry, I think in the past I've had issues with seeing an MD, and have possibly even sabotaged my own visits by being aloof or afraid to talk. So before i went in I made the commitment to myself that I was going to start on the right foot by being more involved in my own diabetes care.

My bloodwork was in good shape except for my A1c - 7%. I almost broke down and cried in front of her. It was obvious it was not what I wanted to hear because my tone completely changed in the conversation when she told me. It's the highest I've been probably since college, and regardless of whther it is lower then the average, I'm not average, I'm me. And when it's significantly higher then what you're used to it freaks you out.

But I used it as an opportunity, and from that point forward the visit was great. We had a good discussion about some of the current problems I'm having (lows during a particular point during the day, consistently exercising after the last ironman, and a little bit of fatigue). It was closer to a conversation, kind of what I'd been hoping to have with my endo for years.

She looked at my BGs and made a few suggestions on my basals, which i did change (another first). Usually I try to argue my point that what I'm doing it right and there's a logical explanation why I'm low here or high here, but you know what? I'm not an endo. Any maybe, just maybe, looking at patterns all day gives them a leg up on me.

She asked me to fax some BGs to her this week to let her now how the changes are, and that
was important to me, it lets me know she's involved. Hopefully the changes will help.