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Originally Posted by tcpandi  FTW
Wow! That's quite a list... thank you for supplying it... I must admit, you're advice is encouraging and has helped to ease some of my fears.
I guess I'm finding it hard to admit that I'm a diabetic. I don't want to be,...but I guess you have to work with the cards you're dealt with.
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Hi Traci,
I was diagnosed in Nov. 2006 so I know where you're coming from. (Although I knew it was coming for at least a month before that, I still cried in the doctor's office.) It's perfectly normal to go through denial, depression, anger, and even grief.
Take a deep breath. As I've seen others say, this is not a sprint, it's a marathon. You'll figure it out. It'll be OK.
After I was diagnosed I spent literally hour upon hour reading everything I could about T2. You may have run into the advice here,
Test, Test, Test.
Taking a cold hard look at the complications of diabetes, I decided I want to aim for tight control, the non diabetic numbers listed there:
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Here's my opinion on what numbers to aim for, they are non-diabetic numbers.
FBG under 110
One hour after meals under 140
Two hours after meals under 120
or for those in the mmol parts of the world:
Fasting Under 6
One hour after meals Under 8
Two hours after meals Under 6.5
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Initially, like you, I thought I might be able to get to these numbers through diet and exercise alone. Actually, by keeping my carb intake to about 100 per day, and eating about 1200 calories per day, I can meet the after meal numbers with no meds.
However, I can't get my fasting number down to where it should be. Hence the decision to start taking Metformin.
FTW
