michalmucha

I get frustrated every day. Diabetes is making me feel like I am semi-losing my mind. I literally have to ask myself everyday, "Am I losing it"? To be honest with you it is scaring me a little. My sugars are all over place. Is this blood sugar roller coaster "normal" for those people out there who are doing "good" with diabetes?

I would like to pose a question to you if you're reading this right now and you are a person with type 1 diabetes and take daily insulin injections. If you have an A1C of 6 or lower, how often are your sugars in the 200's... if ever?

I also want to know how often do you test, what type of diet and exercise plan are you on, and what do feel your biggest secret is to having a great A1C?

Seriously.

I really do feel like I am trying SO hard to control my sugars, but I am not having very good success all the time.

I bust my ass everyday to ward off high sugar.

I exercise like a mad man and I TRY to watch VERY carefully the amount of food that I eat. I cautiously choose how much insulin to take and then I attempt to eat precisely to that dose.

What am I doing so wrong?

Lately, my martial arts training has been "stepped up" a little. It seems as though my frustrations with living with this disease have a direct correlation with how hard I hit the punching bag. Maybe I should attempt to become one of the best pound-for-pound type 1 diabetic mixed martial arts fighters. I do give it some thought though. (Sorry, Mom.) I don't think I am really going to follow through with that, but the more I train and the more I fight this disease, the more it becomes a possibility.

I am so sick of seeing sugars in the 200's and even 300's at times.

I really am looking to hear back from some of you out there who are willing to give me some much needed feedback. I don't want to come off as being misunderstood. I am not really on the verge of going insane; I am just really fed up with fighting this thing all the time! Even after living with diabetes for 14 successful years, I am amazed that I still have very simple questions like these.