"Excellent" HbA1c: was- Any Thoughts or Suggestions?

I visited my endocrinologist yesterday, for my second visit, and although I have been working on my A1C for over a year with my PCP, but did not receive an actual diagnosis until last February. Since starting with my endocrinologist, my A1C has dropped one whole point in three months from 6.1 to 5.1 and my endocrinologist was very pleased. While there she commented on the amount of testing strips I use.

I forgot to comment on your "excellent" 5.1% HbA1c in my last post. Big congratulations to you! Your endo should have been more than "very pleased", she should have been doing a happy-dance on her desk! Diabetics with a HbA1c near 5% are a rare breed indeed and the vast majority of Drs probably never see such a number in their patients. When I had a HbA1c of 5.2% (my best ever) my Dr said that was the first time she'd seen a number even near that low in her diabetic patients.

Also, the fact that you worked to get your HbA1c down from 6.1% speaks volumes for how well you understand the implications of HbA1c and it's relationship to complication risk. Many, if not most diabetics would have stopped trying to improve at 6% (if they ever got that low), but you didn't and cudos to you for that. It will pay dividends in your long-term prognosis, I'm sure. Please don't be shy about sharing with us how you managed to get to that great HbA1c number.