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07-23-2006, 06:54 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Faber,Va
Posts: 84
| | | Hello and Thanks!
Hello Folks
My name is Bobby and I was just diagnosed 6-27 with diabetes. My GP is a decent guy but from reading this forum and other reasearch, he is lacking when it comes to diabetes. When my reading came back at 414, he went nuts, like he was po'ed at himself for not catching it sooner.(been seeing him for 8 yrs) Only thing he did was give me a prescription for Avandia and sent me home with a "cut back on your sugar".
This is where the huge thanks to you folks comes in. After some extensive readung here and some very helpful links I hope I have a good start on what I need to be doing. I cut out all bread, pasta, cookies, candy, most fruit, and most other stuff that is bad for us.
I try to get in about 45 minutes to an hour of weight training in the morning and then the wife and I walk 2 miles every day and sometimes twice a day. I can't be real precise on the weight loss because the last time my GP weighed me was in april and I was 281. This morning I tipped the scales at 215.
My next appointment will be 7-27 at which time I guess I'll get a meter and start testing so I can keep track of what's going on. I feel so much better than I did the week I was diagnosed and I feel I owe a lot of it to this forum for all the helpful info that's posted here. THANKS!!!   |
07-23-2006, 07:23 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: NC
Posts: 7,266
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Hello Bobby and Welcome to the family. That's the main reason we are here: To help others with our experiences. Don't be afraid to ask questions. I may be able to answer some of them but being a T1, I'm not up much on how T2's handle their care. We do have quite a few type2's here who can help. I feel you have found the best place for support, help, and understanding.
Again, Welcome. It sounds like you have a good handle on it so far. Keep it up and you will see good changes. 
__________________  Rest In Peace Jack- 5/1/08. You may be gone from us but you will never be forgotten. Our love goes with you.
I am a person. I WILL NOT allow myself to be defined by a number!!!!
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07-23-2006, 12:28 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Kent, WA USA
Posts: 2,755
| | Hi and welcome, Bobby! Glad to have you here.
__________________  Rikki @--'--,--'--
Diagnosed in 1989
A1c 6.4 - Mar. 08 
Currently pumping Novolog in my PURPLE MM722!
Every time you Can Has, God kills a LOLcat. My Blog My WW Blog |
07-23-2006, 01:58 PM
|  | Senior Member | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Vermont, 50 miles from nowhere
Posts: 2,396
| | | Hi Bobby and welcome.
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Val
Take care of your body. Where else are you going to live? |
07-23-2006, 04:30 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: PA
Posts: 120
| | | Welcome Bobby. I know how ya feel. My doctor was about as informative as yours. 281 to 215 is awsome! Keep up the great work.
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Information Security Specialist - PA.
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Diagnosed Type 2 diabetic 07/2006. No meds yet
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07-23-2006, 08:36 PM
| | Junior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Faber,Va
Posts: 84
| | Thanks for the welcome everybody. I'm sure the more I learn, the more questions I will have so If I get too blabby just tell me to shut up. |
07-23-2006, 08:58 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Buffalo, NY
Posts: 451
| | | Hey, Bobby. I'm T2 so if you ever have a question, I'll do my best to help out. There are many T2's here to help as best they can also. Good luck on the progress!
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Lex
Diagnosed July 1997 as Type 1
Correctly diagnosed April 2006 as Type 2
Taking: 1 mg Amaryl 1x a day, Byetta 5 mcg 2x a day
Tried: Novolog, Novolog 70/30, Lantus, Humalog, Humilin L and many many others
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07-24-2006, 05:22 AM
|  | Senior Member | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Tennessee
Posts: 2,371
| | | Welcome Bobby...hope you can find an endocronologist in your area or educate your doctor somewhat. It is sometimes hard for GP's to keep up with all the new and advanced stuff in all medicine. Keep up the good work and welcome
__________________  Belinda
"- work as if you don't need money, - love as if you've never been hurt, -
dance, as if nobody can see you, - sing, as if no one can hear, - live, as
if the Earth was a heaven."
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07-24-2006, 06:49 AM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 4,815
| | | Congratulations for taking the bull by the horn! Many newly diagnosed people don't do that. You're doing a terrific job selecting food items and losing weight.........keep it up!
Good luck with your doctor's appointment!
Karen |
07-24-2006, 06:55 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH
Posts: 8,356
| | | Hello and welcome to the site Bobby.
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●Blue Ash, Ohio Police Dispatcher
●Type 1 diabetic for 25 years (11 months old)
●Animas pumper since December of 2002
~IR 1000 (Dec. 2002-Jan. 2005)
~IR 1200 (Jan. 2005 - ?)
●LifeScan OneTouch UltraSmart Diabetes is an Art, NOT a Science. You must master the control by skills and not by knowledge alone. |
07-24-2006, 10:14 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Toronto, Canada
Posts: 307
| | Welcome Bobby and congrats on the weight loss, that is fantastic.
I've lost over 80 pounds myself so I know how GOOD it feels to get excess weight off 
Hope to see you around the Forum
shanda
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Diagnosed Type 2 - Feb. 14, 2006
Metformin 500mg 2X a day
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