Last October, I totally ditched an appointment with my endo.

Why? I didn’t want to face the music. I didn’t want to hear about what I have not done right and I just did not want to see my A1C.

My last A1C was from last July and it was an 8.9%. Not good at all. I was upset about it but in the end I knew it made sense. I was not on top of things.

And this year was no different. I just kept gaining weight, snacking, and my BG was high a lot of the time. So when the time for the appointment came I wrote a post here about wanting to ditch and how I needed to face the music.

I still ditched it.

But now that I have the CGMS I want to know where my A1C is. I want to see if by using this data I can bring it down which is ultimately what I want this technology for. To improve my control and in turn improve my health.

So two weeks ago I went to my appointment and had blood drawn. I just got the results back and my A1C was 8.6%.

Not much better and actually better then I thought it would be. I figured it would be worse than October. Anyhow, seeing that number gave be a gauge, a starting point, a benchmark.

When I called in and asked the nurse what my A1C was, she told me and then added, “Which means you need to take better care of yourself.”

It was at that moment that I decided the name of this post. “The Perfect A1C” is the one that is known. How can you work on something or improve if you have no starting off point?

So now I am excited for the appointment I have scheduled in September. I know it will be better than the 8.6 I just had. And three months after than, even better still.