First off, congrats on the new number. You have made excellent progress.

When I was first diagnosed in September 2011 (with a 14.8), my doctor told me that there are three different A1C numbers to talk about, depending on how serious I was about controlling the disease. He said he wanted every diabetic patient, no matter how non-compliant, to be below 7.0. He said that in order to make him happy I needed to be below 6.0. He said if I wanted to have a truly normal A1C and ever think about going off meds I needed to be at 5.4 or below. I shared a coupe of weeks ago that after being at 5.1 in January and again this month, he took me off meds, but told me he would put me right back on them as soon as I went back over 5.4.

I reached my ultimate goal by being able to come off meds. My new goal is to stay off and I would love to see an A1C below 5.0.

I understand your doctor being happy at the 5.9, but am baffled as to why he/she would not encourage you to bring it down further. If it was me, I'd ask the doctor his thinking behind it, and if not satisfied, would still aim to lower my A1C further and would probably start looking for a new doctor who was more in line with my beliefs on how to handle this disease.

What travisseger said is the same as my Doc told me and my goal is to be off meds in the next six months. if my AIC is lower next month I will decrease my meds in half. From there i am looking at keeping me AIc at 5.2 are below without meds.

Sorry Bev, I have no help for you.

My doctor has said the same thing as yours. As long is my A1C is below 7 he is happy. That doesn't make me happy but I don't have an appointment until October for a new test so we have to wait to see if has come down. My last test was a 7.5 but that was only 6 weeks after being diagnosed and coming down from a 9. If I am not happy with his answers on my next visit, I will probably seek out an endo just so I know someone who specializes in this will have better answers for me.

Thanks for the tip. I have been hearing from several sources recommending a 25 to 30 gm of protein for breakfast soon after getting up. I heard one fitness guy on youtube today who said doing this alone will contribute greatly to easier weight loss. Worth a try.
I also find my doc not too concerned tho' my A1c is a lot higher than I was told it should be kept by the diabetes clinic a number of years ago. I think they said it should be 6 or less for good control.