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10-21-2006, 08:39 AM
| | Junior Member | | Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 4
| | | new here
Hi everyone
I have been a type 2 diabetic for 1 year and 2 months. I was diagnosed and put on metformin one week before Hurricane Katrina hit my hometown, New Orleans. Evacuating, living in motels, trying to contact my adult children and wondering if I would have a home when this was all over made it very difficult to deal with diabetes. On the positive side I concentrated so much on what to eat, when to eat and walking a mile a day that it actually helped!
People in the different motels pointed me out as that crazy lady who walks everyday! I am home now, all is well. So I am reading and learning as much as I can about this "condition." |
10-21-2006, 08:44 AM
|  | Senior Member | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Ohio
Posts: 4,635
| | | Hello LaLady, and welcome. The stress from all you have been through probably hasn't helped any, but I am glad to see you worked through it. This is a good place to be, there is help with about anything that is bothering you.
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17 post cards from round 1
3 postcards from round 1/2
I will remember you
Will you remember me
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories.
I'm so tired but I can't sleep
Standing on the edge of something
much too deep
It's funny how we feel so much
but cannot say a word
We are screaming inside
But we cannot be heard
Sarah McLachlan
8/26/08 A1C 6.4
Cholesterol below 100
BP 114/64
Still anemic
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10-21-2006, 12:29 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Orlando, FL
Posts: 7,846
| | Welcome aboard  |
10-21-2006, 02:30 PM
|  | Senior Member | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Vermont, 50 miles from nowhere
Posts: 2,396
| | Hi and welcome. 
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Val
Take care of your body. Where else are you going to live? |
10-21-2006, 03:09 PM
| | Junior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Nebraska...home of cornfields and cow dung
Posts: 77
| | | We're delighted to have you with us....welcome!
__________________ Intrigue 
Life is either an ADVENTURE...or nothing at all.
Diagnosed 9-11-06
Injections:
60 NPH N twice daily
6-8 NPH R 2-3 times daily
Going on Lantus soon!
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10-22-2006, 07:46 AM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Ontario Canada
Posts: 3,213
| | Salute LaLady: I'm so sorry that you had to go through that horrific
ordeal. I'm so Happy that you made it here and are safe. Thank God.
There is much to learn about Diabetes. Read on and ask any questions
that you may have. Welcome to this Great Forum. 
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Type 1 for 46 yrs. %%%%%%%%%%
Dxd. Dec./1961 %%%%%%%%%%
MDI ~ %%%%%%%%%% ***CARLIE*** ~*~*~*~*~*~
*Good Luck 07-08 Sens*
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10-23-2006, 07:38 AM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 4,815
| | | HI & Welcome to this great forum!
Karen |
10-23-2006, 04:19 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Arkansas
Posts: 630
| | Welcome Glad you joined us...
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Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
{{{HUGS}}},
LINDA
DX Type 1 - June 16, 2006
A1c - 14.2 6/06
A1c - 6.5 2/07
Lantus 20 u a.m. / 8 u p.m.
Novalog 1 u for 30 carbs
+ sliding scale b4 meals
Symlin 20u b4 meals
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10-23-2006, 10:13 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Texas
Posts: 373
| | Welcome, sorry to here that, that's the first time I heard walking was crazy!  |
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