| Hi Jo, welcome! Mortis gave you great advice. You'll really enjoy reading the Becker book...I still refer back to it.
I encourage you to test your blood sugar often. Testing 2 hrs after your first bite of food will allow you to see how different foods affect your bloodsugar, and help you make smarter food choices. I was given a blood sugar goal of 140 or less 2 hrs after my first bite. When first diagnosed, I kept a food journal, listing everything I ate and corresponding blood sugars. Before too long I had a good list of "safe" foods to chose from and eating wasn't as stressful as it was at first.
Hope you post often, ask lots of questions and learn all you can about this new chapter in your life.
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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 | 
