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05-22-2007, 06:31 PM
| | Junior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: New Brunswick
Posts: 16
| | | Saying Hello
Hello everyone!
I was told that I am a type 2 Diabetes back in August of 2006. I was actually tested and diagnosed, but not told that I was diabetic the previous summer. Funny how none of my doctors had received the blood test results.  It was my endocrinologist's intern who stumbled upon the results in the computer while "checking in" to me. I was rather quite shocked seeing as Diabetes does not run on either side of my family.
I am hyperglycemic but had (and still do from time to time) been experiencing mostly symptoms of someone who is hypoglycemic.
I was actually relieved to find out this news because I had been complaining to both my endocrinologist and my family doctor about athletes foot that wouldn't clear up and actually spread and turned into yellowy orange toenails as well as not feeling myself, moody, . . . and I had also been complaining to my Optometrist for a few years that my sight had been going blurry. I thought maybe it was just me and thought maybe I was going through a mental breakdown! It is nice to know that there is a reason for why I was feeling the way I was! 
What annoys me is that no one seemed to clue in despite my complaining. I don't entirely fault anyone because I have a rare primary health problem to begin with. I have Pan-Hypopituitarism (underdevelopped pituitary gland; which is your master gland and controls all your systems).
Anyhow, that is probably enough rambling on for now. I am glad that I was told about this site. It seems to have lots of good information and a good support crew!
MissDB  |
05-22-2007, 07:00 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Orlando, FL
Posts: 7,846
| | Welcome aboard 
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You may call me Locutus  |
05-22-2007, 07:01 PM
|  | Senior Member | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Ohio
Posts: 4,635
| | | Hello Miss DB and welcome. It's good that someone was on the ball checking your records! I know I was diabetic long before any of my doctors bothered to tell me or treat me.
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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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05-22-2007, 07:02 PM
| | Banned
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: illinois
Posts: 3,316
| | | hi missdb and welcome!unfortuneately,drs. aren't always as knowledgeable about diabetes as they should be...so- are you on any meds?how are your bgs?your latesy a1c?post often.take care,trish |
05-22-2007, 07:20 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cleveland, Oh
Posts: 2,097
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"Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact."
- George Eliot (1819-1880)
Here's my pet, Godzilla  Time to switch to decaf, eh?
Isaiah 32:5 The vile person shall be no more called liberal...
Better to remain silent and assumed a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.
-Socrates
A wise man speaks cuz he has something to say, a fool speaks cuz he has to say something.
-Plato
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05-22-2007, 07:20 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: NC
Posts: 7,261
| | Hello and Welcome. We are always happy to have new members.
__________________  Rest In Peace Jack- 5/1/08. You may be gone from us but you will never be forgotten. Our love goes with you.
Always forgive your enemies. They HATE that!
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05-22-2007, 09:26 PM
|  | Super Moderator
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Northern California
Posts: 7,389
| | | Welcome to the forums MissDB. Glad your found us. |
05-23-2007, 04:17 AM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Ontario Canada
Posts: 3,213
| | Hi Miss DB:
It's Nice to see you here. It's certainly
unfortunate that the Drs. didn't test
you sooner but thankfully you know now
and you will be able to get your sugars
under better control. Ask for help if you
need to. Take Care.
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Type 1 for 46 yrs. %%%%%%%%%%
Dxd. Dec./1961 %%%%%%%%%%
MDI ~  %%%%%%%%%% ***CARLIE*** ~*~*~*~*~*~
*Good Luck 07-08 Sens*
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05-23-2007, 06:40 AM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 4,815
| | | Welcome to this great forum, MissDB. Great people and tons of information to be found here.
Karen |
05-23-2007, 06:47 AM
|  | Super Moderator
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 7,177
| | | Welcome MsDB: Glad you found the forum. Lots of great folks and good information here. Keep posting.
__________________ T2, diagnosed 8/31/06.
Byetta 5 mcg
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 (right after dealing with shingles and bronchitis)  |
05-23-2007, 06:54 AM
| | Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 301
| | Welcome to the forum
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I don't believe in a no-win scenario.
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05-24-2007, 06:36 PM
|  | Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Massachusetts, US
Posts: 440
| | | Welcome! Dr's aren't alyways on the ball. My Primary care Dr. was ok with me with an A1C of 7.8!... I wasn't happy, I questioned a few things and now I'm on a stronger Med. So far the glucose averages 127. So I am almost there. When I see my
new endo I'm gonna try to get on Lantus. Good Luck! |
05-24-2007, 07:22 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rothesay, New Brunswick Canada, eh
Posts: 7,047
| | | Welcome neighbour!
*sigh* |
05-25-2007, 07:55 PM
| | Junior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: New Brunswick
Posts: 16
| | | Thanks for your all your Welcome messages.
Yes I am on meds. I take Avandamet (1 tablet twice a day, it's a combo of Rosiglitazone 4mg and metformin 100mg).
When I went to the diabetes education classes in January, they tested for protein in the urine, and lucky me, tested positive. So I now also take altace
Since being told of my diabetes, I have reduced my intake of carbs and have increased my regular exercise program. I say thank goodness I was a fairly healthy eater to begin with and also that I walked often. Now It's daily and for at least the recommended 30 minutes.
I don't know what my initial A1C test result was. Here are the results I do know.
Nov '06- 10.1
Jan '07- 7.8
Apr '07- 7.6
Triglycerides
Nov '06- 3.52
Jan '07- 2.37
My weight has also decreased by 25 lbs!
My daily bg readings are for the most part very close to normal, if not in the normal range.
MissDB |
05-26-2007, 06:11 AM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Macomb Twp, Mich
Posts: 866
| | | Welcome Missdb!!!!
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Diagnosed Type 2 April '07
2000mg Metformin daily,Crestor,Plavix,Atenolol,Pottasium,Diet Coke taken as needed!!
(April '07-A1C= 6.9)
(August '07 A1C= 6.4)
(March '08 A1C= 6.4)
(June '08 A1C= 6.3)
(Sept '08 A1C= 7.4)   When signmakers go on strike, is their anything written on their signs?? |
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