DIABETES

WHAT IS MY A1C TEST ?
SELF BLOOD SUGAR TESTING REVELS YOUR BLOOD SUGAR LEVEL AT A PARTICULAR MOMENT. A1C IS A BLOOD TEST THAT REVELS YOUR AVERAGE BLOOD SUGAR LEVEL OVER THE PAST 2-3 MONTHS. THE RESULT OF THIS TEST GIVES YOU AND YOUR DOCTOR A BIGGER PICTURE OF HOW WELL YOUR DIABETES IS CONTROLLED OVERTIME .

What do the results of the A1c test mean?

The results of the A1c test are given percentages:

• 6% = an average blood sugar of 120 mg/dl.
• 7% = an average blood sugar of 150 mg/dl.
• 8% = an average blood sugar of 180 mg/dl.
• 9% = an average blood sugar of 210 mg/dl.

A good A1c reading is below 6.5%.* Studies show that blood sugar levels under 150 mg/dl and A1c readings under 6.5%* reduce the risk of health problems related to poorly controlled diabetes, such as kidney, eye, heart, blood vessel, and nerve damage.

At least once a year show your doctor or diabetes nurse educator your blood glucose monitor and talk about any questions you may have.

*Reflects the new Diabetes Screening and Mangement Guidelines set by the American College of Endocrinology (ACE) and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE), 2001.

KNOW YOURSELF

These questions are about you. They are about your values, your beliefs, and your life; love, money, integrity, generosity, pride and much more. Here are few way to find out more about yourself and others. To respond to these questions, you will need to examine and interpret your past, project yourself into hypothetical situations, face difficult dilemmas, and make painful choices.

1. What is your idea of perfect happiness?

2. What is your greatest fear?

3. Which sex do you think has it easier in our culture? Have you ever wished you were of the opposite sex?

4. What is the trait you most deplore in others?

5. If you could wake up tomorrow having gained one ability or quality, what would it be?

6. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?

7. On what occasion do you lie?

8. Which words or phrases do you most overuse?

9. What or who if the greatest love of your life?

10. What is your greatest regret in life?

11. If you knew there would be a nuclear war in one week, what would you do?

12. What is the greatest accomplishment of your life?

13. For what in your life do you feel most grateful?

14. Do you feel that advice from older people carries a special weight because of their greater experience?

15. If you knew that in one year you would die suddenly, would you change anything about the way you are now living?

16. What are your most compulsive habits?

17. What do you most strive for in your life: accomplishment, love, security, power, knowledge, or something else?

18. What is so important to you that without it life would not be worth living?

19. Do you believe in any sort of God? If not, do you think you might still pray if you were in a life-threatening situation?

20. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

21. What is your main defect?

22. What do you consider the most overrated virtue?

23. What do you consider your greatest achievement?

24. What is your most treasured possession?

25. What is your most marked characteristic?

26. What is the quality you most like in a man?

27. What is the quality you most like in a woman?

28. How would you like to die?

29. What is your favorite: color, flower, bird, stone, and occupation?

30. What is your motto in life?

LEADERSHIPTRAITS

AN EFFECTIVE LEADER

1. INSPIRES HIS TEAM
2. BELIEVES IN EMPATHY
3. BELIEVES COLLECTIVE DECISIONS
   
4. BELIEVES IN TEAM WORK
5. DOES NOT UNDERESTIMATE ANYONE
6. ANALYSIS HIS OWN STRENGTH ANS WEAKNESS
7. DONESNOT IMPOSE HIMSELF ON OTHERS
   
8. IS AWARE THAT HE IS NOT INDISPENSABLE

health tips

• Add vegetables and fruits in your diet chart.

• Drink 12-16 glass of water daily.

• Avoid excess eating of fried things.

• Try to buy meat which contain less fat.

• Avoid excess sugar in tea

  
  and coffee.

• Slice vegetables into big pieces, so that it won't loose vita