Blood Sugar vs. A1C

To maintain a good blood sugar is vital with your A1C. The higher the overall blood sugar is; the higher your A1C. My doctor wants my A1C to be around 6 to 7. My last measurement was 7.7, so that means I'm maintaining good levels.
But on the downside to this is that you constantly have to be diligent about what you eat, how much you exercise and how much fluids you drink. It's a constant battle. There are some days that I just want to eat ice cream and cake. I can't of course, but I do eat frozen yogurt as a treat. Gluten free.
Sometimes to keep motivated I read online stories of diabetes care.
I read this one story of a young child who had flu like systems for weeks on end, kept drinking alot of fluids and urinated all the time. Her parents didn't realize what what going on so they called their pediatric doctor and the nurse thought it was the flu and advised them to give this child 1 tbsp. of gaterade every 1/2 hour. Well systems got worst and she then went into a coma. Her mother thought she had just passed out. Short story- they rushed her to the hospital and the doctors told the couple that their child was in a diabetic shock.
The child had also been throwing up. In any case, it took 2 hours to rehydrate her. They took her blood sugar and it was 1000. After six hours of pumping insulin in her it got down to 600. She woke up the next day not remembering anything. Of course this was Type 1. Her parents had to practice injecting on an orange. They couldn't leave the hospital with their child until they both knew how to give injections to their child.
They learned and now their child is living a well managed diabetic life.
So you can see, that managing your blood sugar and insulin means that you can live as normal a life as anyone who doesn't have diabetes. But it's still an effort. You've got to want to be healthy and not at a risk for complications that can be anywhere from heart disease to kidney failure.
My Dad was telling me that 1/2 of his patients who have heart disease are diabetics. Their fasting blood sugars [FASTING] is around 350. They keep eating and smoking their way to diseases.
Thankfully I've had a good support system to stay in check with my diabetes. It helps to talk through the ongoing management of my diabetes. Alot of people don't have that, so I'm lucky.