A1c test and Byetta

Went to the doctor the other day and my A1c test came out at 6.0. It was 10.3 the last quarter. This is the difference Byetta has made in the last 3 months. This again goes to show the importance of the A1c test to anyone with Diabetes. I used to check my sugar before I ate every day to make sure my blood glucose level was low enough to eat. This is what I have been doing the last 10 years or so. My A1c test results were always around 6.2 to 6.8 every time I went. Then all of a sudden 10.3. This was apparently because my pancreas either stopped creating as much insulin as it was or it was creating the insulin incorrectly. Had it not been for the A1c test, god only knows how long I would have gone before I noticed my sugar was shooting up to like 400 or so after I ate each time every day. Needless to say, I check my sugar after I eat every day now, only every now and then do I check it before I eat because I can feel when my blood glucose level goes to low, but I cannot tell when it goes high. I also firmly believe in the injectable drug Byetta because now when I check my sugar an hour after I eat, my sugar is 85 to 110. I just take a shot an hour before I eat twice a day before my bigger meals. When I came home after finding out my daily blood glucose level was 10.3, I checked my sugar an hour after I ate and sure enough my blood glucose level was 385. Byetta is an injectable drug, (not insulin) which softens the sugar spike after you eat. I will add a section on Byetta on my website next. So if you or someone you know is a diabetic, make sure you or that someone you know has their A1c test as recommended by their doctor. I have mine once every 3 months, because that is what the A1c test is, a daily average over the past 3 months.