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05-09-2008, 11:10 AM

fgummett

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I am a: Type 2

Join Date: Mar 2008

Location: Nova Scotia, Canada

Posts: 1,731

I was lucky... within about 6 weeks of Dx I was sent on a 2 day course at a local Diabetes Management Centre... no cost to me or insurance. It put me straight as pretty much the first thing they said was, "Diabetes is a Serious Disease!" Fear is a great short-term motivator but you need to move beyond that to establish good control. Being a geek I naturally reached for the interweb and found it to be a fountain of knowledge; in particular, sites by David Mendosa... and Dr Ian Blumer...

I just wish I had found DF back then

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Metabolic Syndrome Dx'd March 2003. Started MM 712 Pump April 2004. MM 722 + Contour Link April 2008.

"...type 2 diabetes is associated with obesity... [so] most people assume that the excess weight causes the diabetes. But... it's possible that diabetes causes obesity"

"One of the causes of your diabetes is a poor choice of ancestors." - Gretchen Becker - The First Year: Type 2 Diabetes: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed