| Hi JD, welcome! Looks like you've been given some excellent advice already.
One thing I found to be most helpful was testing my blood sugar often. When you test 2 hrs after your first bite of food, you'll find how different foods affect your blood sugar and be able to make smarter food choices. If you don't test, you don't know what's going on. If you test and your post meal #s are over 140, you'll know you need to adjust your diet accordingly.
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T2, diagnosed 8/31/06.
Metformin 500 mg twice daily
HCTZ 12.5 mg every other day for BP
Enalapril 20 mg 1 daily (ace-inhibitor)
Lower carb dieter (approx. 75 total carbs/day, more on weekends), taking chromium, multivitamin and fish oil tablets
Initial A1C 8/06: 9.6
11/06: 6.2.
03/07: 5.3
06/07: 5.4
10/07: 5.3
05/08: 6.2 (after dealing with shingles & bronchiti)
2/09: 5.5 | 
