In a better place?!

Type 1 and LADA
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So, I must say, I am feeling so much better! I have actually been smiling more, bouncing around at work and home, just happier (even with all the bad news cycles every day!).

And I think it is just a very simple reason, very simple but oh, so hard to do sometimes. My diabetes control has come back into line. Since being out of the clinical trial, I am back to my usual treatment plan, and things are back into line. All my target goals are being meet most everyday. I can do my mini dosing as needed with no worries about clinical trial data problems. Just me, doing my thing. Big smile seeing things coming back into line. And since using my off label drug again, I have lost 3 pounds in the first 5 weeks! Slow and steady and not hungry!

So all my unhappiness, all my feeling lost, all my frustration comes down to what it usually comes down to-how well my treatment plan is working. I have also realized that over the years with all the technology I use, my numbers are in a much better place than 1970. My numbers from back than were not good but they were my normal and my body got use to them. Now, my numbers are in a better place for me and my body does not react well when out of range. Which is probably why, I felt so bad mentally and physically while being on these last 2 clinical trials.

So, yes, I am back. Yes, I am happy. Yes, I am feeling so much better. Clinical trials are great. I have loved doing them. But I think, I will be a little more careful about which ones I do and which ones I don’t.

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So glad that you are feeling so much better Sally!

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So great to hear. Sometimes our non-diabetes stuff can certainly throw us a curve. Glad you’re back on track.

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Glad to hear you’re feeling good. I also routinely feel better when my diabetes is in better control, but it’s sure funny what helps, sometimes. I was feeling kind of down, and complaining to my doctor about my control this morning at my visit, that I was used to TIR well into the 90s and in the past month was down in the 80s. He pointed out that if we changed the high level from 150 to 170, I was back in the 90s, and, lol, I noticed that it did seem to actually make me feel a little better. So, I guess it’s probably a mix of physical and emotional.

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That’s fantastic! And I say well done, you, for your bravery in taking part in those clinical trials. I’m a big chicken when it comes to stuff like that, but I admire those who are willing and able to take part. I am so grateful.