I can't believe I'm actually going to say this, but here goes. I'm sort of looking forward to my next A1C test. I know. I know. I'm a nut, but I have good reason to believe that the next one will be lower than the last one, which was (*blush*) 9%.

I decided to torture myself the other day by looking at my meter average. In the past when I've done this, a little calculation will show me that the average number of times I was testing per day was about one or two. The other day after a little calculation I found that my average number of per-day tests was four. I was incredibly happy with this because it meant that I am actually paying more attention to what is going on with me. Now, I know that I'm still slacking in some areas, but an average of four test per day is way better than one or two. Even for a type 2.

There's more.

My average seven- and fourteen-day blood sugar readings were in the low 100s. I was even more pleased with this because it was closer to being accurate than when I was running mostly high and only checking once or twice a day.

I was not happy, though, looking at the longer term readings both in per-day testing and blood sugar readings. However, I know I'm in a much different place today than I was in the beginning of August.

I know that my A1C will not be under 7% when I visit the endo at the end of this month. I know that my weight will have crept up a few pounds since I last visited. But I will have lots of other good information to share with Dr. C: I'm walking nearly daily, my blood sugars are close to being under control, my appetite is not out of control, I'm testing when I should, I'm actually taking my Novolog when I should, and I seem to have an adjusted attitude.