Endo visit!

Hi y'all!  How's everyone doing?

Life has been pretty hectic lately, but I'm stealing a bit of time to post because, ya know, who needs homework anyway? (I'll probably do 2 posts this week because there's a lot to talk about.  We'll see how much sleep I'm willing to sacrifice.)

If you have T1D, or have a friend with T1D, you know the overwhelming mix of emotions that accompanies every endocrinologist visit.  And if you don't have much experience with T1D, then you're probably pretty confused because that word looks way too big to actually have a real meaning.

Basically, an endocrinologist is a special doctor who cares for patients with T1D and other endocrine (hormonal) issues.  Most PWD go to the endo every 3 months.  While we're there, we get our A1C checked (more about that in a minute) and discuss how our blood sugar trends are looking.  If you're responsible about managing your condition and your blood sugar is in control, endo visits aren't too scary.  But if you're someone like me who sometimes conveniently forgets to check Dex for a few hours or so, they can be a liiiiiittle intimidating.

The most important thing about every endo visit is getting your A1C.  That's basically a measure of what your blood sugar has been over the past 3 months.  In a non-PWD, A1C should be about 5.5.  For a PWD, it's supposed to be anywhere under 7.5, although I try to keep mine lower.  This time, it was 6.2--exactly the same as my previous one, which made me pretty happy.

I'm lucky to have pretty much the greatest care team on the planet.  I've worked with 3 different endos in my 9 years of T1D, and my current one is by far the best--he's always super positive and has really great suggestions for improving my ratios and keeping my blood sugars where they should be.  He handles all topics, even the scary ones, with the same rational calmness that helps keep me from freaking out.

All in all, I'm happy with how my endo visit went.  I didn't have to get any blood work done--we're saving that for the summer--so that was a huuuge relief. (You would think I wouldn't mind blood work by now, but here we are!)  I did find out that I have to get some other tests done (more about that in my next post) but I'm not gonna think about that for a while.

Hope y'all have a great week!