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Do you have diabetes?: Yes

Type of diabetes: Type 1

Date diagnosed: February 1, 1979

Most recent A1C (BG Average) Value: 6.1 (may)

What glucose meter do you use?: Ultra smart

Type of treatment you use: Shots, Diet and Exercise

Hometown (where you come from):: Aurora, IL

Where do you live? (City, Country): Aurora, IL (Chicago suburb)

What is the address for your blog or other web site, if any?: http://none

How did you find out about us? What were you searching for?: Diabetes Mine

Who referred you? (if anyone): N/A

What do you do for a living?: Network Architect

I was diagnosed when I was 7 years old. Been going for 29 years now, so far so good. In the summer I like to say active with cycling and sailing on Lake Michigan. I work in technology for a large investment bank.

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To infinity and beyond (Buzz Lightyear)

I was knocking around Borders this weekend (common American bookstore for those of you abroad) and they had an oversize photo book celebrating 50 years of mankind in space. They were some really amazing photos. Some because of the machines and the places they were taken, but others because of the men. I got a chuckle out of two opposing pics. On the left were the "new nine" astronauts in full test suits with helmets on a lake bed next to a test aircraft. On the right page the same astronauts, fa… Continue

Posted on October 7th, 2007 at 5:30pm — 1 Comment (Add)

So excited about my latest A1C!

Doctor appointment was Wednesday, and I've never been happier leaving the visit. I set a new record low for my A1C test of 6.0!

:-D

For many years, my A1C's have always been around 7.0, usually a little below, a couple @ 7.1s, previous record of 6.5. What did I start doing differently to pull this off? I read a book titled "…

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Posted on September 7th, 2007 at 9:00pm — 6 Comments (Add)

Excel glucose tracking

I've always liked lifescan meters as a meter, but I felt their software left a lot to be desired. For many years, I have used excel to make a paper template for manual logging of my results (see the sheet named manual). A few months ago I tried logging directly into excel a few different ways, but eventually went back to almost exactly how I did it on paper. Now with the data in excel you can get some nice analysis, trending, graphs, etc.

If you're unhappy with your meter software, wou…

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Posted on August 28th, 2007 at 9:30pm — 4 Comments (Add)

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At 10:21pm on July 15th, 2008, Lee Ann said…: You were diagnosed just 2 months after me! I told my hubby he better throw me a ginormous party next October... 30 years down, at least 30 more to go!

At 10:27pm on June 23rd, 2008, Kevin Pammett said…: Yea, indeed - Roddenbury. Good point !
-Kevin

At 6:11am on October 1st, 2007, Amylia Grace said…: Hi Craig, thanks for the note. :) I haven't been able to use the pump from the RJ store yet, since she didn't manage to dig out the supplies from the mess in her garage storage, but I hope to soon. Really hoping. Thanks for the kind words. The post I just wrote (on my blog ) was not really optimistic, but I guess that's life. :)

At 1:23am on September 29th, 2007, Amylia Grace said…: Welcome, friend! I love sailing on my beloved Lake Michigan. I have such fond memories of Lake M. and sailboating. Now that I'm in Taiwan, living on an island, it's amazing how little I see the sea, and how much I miss that lake! :)

At 11:22pm on September 28th, 2007, Paul said…: Hi Craig,

I do most of my riding west of Elburn out in farm country. Plus I do a lot of organized rides.

At 11:26am on September 21st, 2007, craig620 said…: I would not say diet change was that drastic. I did start eating a no carb salad meal once a week, also quantities (see below). I compared the first month of my meticulous records to the most recent and found the following: There were more low readings which I think will always be the case with tighter control. If I use a hypo level of less than 60, there were 25% more (13 versus 16). But there were also fewer hyper readings. Using a level of 200, there were 25% less (33 versus 25).

Things I've done for a long time:
#1) Test 7-8 times a day
#2) Stay active and exercise (easier in the summer)
#3) Good record keeping to spot trends, choose and change dosages. I used to do this about for about 3 weeks on, 3 weeks off.

Things I changed in the last 4 months, where A1c changed from 6.9 to 6.0:
#4) Read a book "Glycemic Index Revolution". The biggest single thing I got out of that was knowing which foods had high GI's and being more careful about the quantities of those in meals. Several other good things I learned about food I did not know.
#5) Small adjustments! (for lows) I'll correct a low with a handful of raisins, or 1-2 bites of a granola bar. Not the box of minute maid juice I formerly used (too much with 20g carbs)
#6) Small adjustments! (for highs) If my reading 2 hours post meal is not within range, I'll take 1-2 more units.
#7) Meticulous record (keeping every week, no breaks). See my post on Excel Glucose Tracking.

At 10:47pm on September 19th, 2007, Joe said…: Craig.....

6.0 ?!?!?

What are you on the Chicago Flat Iron Steak Diet or something. wow. Nice work, how many hypos???

At 11:35am on September 3rd, 2007, Gina Capone said…: here you go: http://diabetestalkfest.ning.com/forum/topic/show?id=855504%3ATopic%3A4363

At 2:24am on August 29th, 2007, Jonah said…: I checked out your profile because I saw that you were from the Chicago area. So hey.

At 2:38pm on August 13th, 2007, Six Until Me - Kerri Morrone said…: Hi Craig! :)

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