I have had a diabetes for 10 years, and most of my A1cs have been 5.2- 5.9%, but I was not checking my sugar on a daily basis very often. However, for the last three to four months, I've been checking my sugar at least six times a day, and I find that sometimes my reading an hour after breakfast is 220-230 mg/dl [12.2-12.8 mmol/L], although it then it drops to under 150 mg/dl [8.3 mmol/L]. Also, I get high readings after lunch (230 mg/dl [12.8 mmol/L]) for at least two-three hours. My morning is always good (80-90 mg/dl [4.4-5 mmol/L]). Lately, I've been very depressed because I'm thinking that even though my A1c (4.5% a week ago) is good, I will still get complications and my life is pretty much over. I lost hope and trust in A1c test. What is your opinion? How bad are those spikes? Am I damaging myself every time my sugar goes up even if it's high only for an hour or two?

Justin Delgado is husband to Kacie Doyle-Delgado, diagnosed at age 11. After more than a decade together, he considers himself to be an expert carb counter and Dexcom inserter. He graduated with his Master of Science in Finance from the University of Utah in 2013 and has been working in commercial banking since then. He attended his first Friends for Life conference in 2015 and is looking forward to volunteering with the teens.

Kacie Doyle-Delgado, MSN, APRN, NP-C, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 11 and attended her first Friends for Life conference in 2002. Since then, she has attended several FFL and regional conferences. She earned her BSN and her MSN as a Family Nurse Practitioner at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, UT and she is currently enrolled in a DNP program. She works for Utah Physicians Care Center in a diabetes specialty clinic. Kacie lives in Salt Lake with her husband, Justin Delgado, and their dogs. She is looking forward to volunteering with the teens again.

Marissa Town, BSN, RN, CDE, graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and later earned her Certified Diabetes Educator credential. She has had type 1 diabetes since the age of two and has grown up with a passion for helping families living with diabetes. Marissa is currently working as a research nurse at Stanford University. She has always enjoyed working with families with diabetes at Children with Diabetes conferences, camps, and support groups. She and her husband Adam have two young children, Connor and Everly.