Heck, I've had Type 1 for 34 years. I used to basically, "pee on a stick" and look at color charts in ranges of 25 or 50 mg/Dls (Diastix. Remember Diastix? Anyone? They STILL make and use them. Oy.)
No really: http://www.diastix.com/
The times they have a changed.
The last two months, using the info on my OmniPod and PDM I am able to calculate that I am getting close to my personal A1C goal. It takes a fair bit of analysis, and a bit of tweaking... but it's getting there.
As I was looking through the data, for fun, I dumped all the data in my PDM from August 1, 2011 until today. Interesting to look at it from such a high and strategic level.
During that time I have done 1864 BG readings, which is right about 9 per day.
Here is what the "nuts and bolts" look like via the CoPilot w/ OmniPod Extension tool:
There are some highs, and some lows, but hey. It is the 'betes ya know. :)
Here are the 1864 finger sticks on a graph:
The good, the bad, and the ugly I suppose. I must admit, I do dig that good tight pattern in the 100-150 range though.
Just putting it all out there. Just as we ALL do. Everyday.
Keep Choppin' towards WHATEVER your A1C goal is.
Just Keep Choppin!
