On my drive home I heard my cell phone ring. My headset was not on so I grabbed it and turned it on. I missed the call and waited to here the notification of voice mail.

When I heard the familiar "beep" I called my voice mail only to hear my doctors nurse on the line.

"Mr. Simmons this is Dr. Mendez' nurse and I am calling with the results of your blood work. Please call me back here at the office."

I know the number to my doctors office by heart but for whatever reason it is not in my address book. This is sort of a side note but I used the voice dialing feature and it worked perfectly. I don't know why I was so surprised but my phone called the  number the first time I said it.

When the nurse finally got on the phone she said, "The results for your test came back elevated."

"Elevated? What was elevated?" I really had no clue what she was talking about.

"Your cholesterol is high but the doctor will follow up with you on that." She ended the sentence like she was going to hang up.

"Okay can you email or fax me a copy of my lab results?" She said she could not but I could come by and pick up a copy which seems silly. "Okay can tell me what my A1C is?"

"Oh sure, I can tell you what ever you want." ugh. "It is 8.9"

I was not surprised at all. Maybe I was hoping for a miracle or something but it was actually better then I imagined.

You would think with how often diabetes is on my mind that I would take better care of myself. I mean, I write here on dLife, I write on my personal blog, and I post on Twitter often too.

I check my BG 8 times a day and yet I continue to eat the wrong foods and do not exercise. Not to mention with the weight gain I probably need to adjust the basal rate of insulin which is the amount of insulin that is constantly flowing from my pump.

All I can do is use this information as just that, information. I have made the mistake in putting too much weight in my a1c result. I need to look at it as information to use to better my care.

Now to care better.