dreamer_easy: (medical [by iconsdeboheme])
dreamer_easy ([personal profile] dreamer_easy) wrote2006-10-05 02:01 pm

Hooray for me!

My hba1c blood test came back with a 6.3 average. To translate this into English, I'm managing my diabetes very well, and considerably better than on the last test earlier in the year. Huzzah!

(Ryss, you asked about my thyroid - turns out I had it checked at the start of the year and all was normal. I'd forgotten all about that amongst all the needles that get stuck in me, so thanks for reminding me to ask!)

[identity profile] drhoz.livejournal.com 2006-10-05 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
did you ever find out about the worm therapy?

[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_bigjobbies_/ 2006-10-05 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
as someone who used to spend their life MEASURING A1c - Huzzah for you !

[identity profile] leoniedelt.livejournal.com 2006-10-05 08:03 am (UTC)(link)
An A1C of less than 7 is BRILLIANT in a diabetic, well done you.

Thyroid, did you get the tests run? Ask me, I've been managing underactive thyroid for 5 years, its a bitch and its why i'm so fat (again!) but I can help if you need any assistance interpreting the tests. And DONT let em fob you off with just a TSH, *demand* an FT3, FT4, and antibodiy tests.

My TSH was 1.61, range 0.5 - 4.2. I was still underactive, FT3 and FT4 were under range, and i still felt like a slug...it *can* happen, evne though they think TSH is the be all end all of thyroid tests, TSH isnt even a thyroid hormone, its a pitiutary one....

[identity profile] dinosaurcostume.livejournal.com 2006-10-05 11:49 am (UTC)(link)
I know I don't post v often but this is cool news. 'You Asked About My Thyroid' sounds like it could be a Magnetic Fields song.

Re-reading Set Piece on and off at the mo. Reminds me of Halo Jones (which I read for the first time last month, after its namecheck in Script Doctor)

[identity profile] alryssa.livejournal.com 2006-10-06 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
Good to hear! :)