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05-28-2007, 08:19 PM
| | Junior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Georgia
Posts: 3
| | | Just Diagnosed
Hi ya'll. I was just diagnosed with Type 2 this past week. Guess I still don't know much about the disease. I meet with my dietician on Thursday so I guess I will learn alot that day. My A1C was 8.5. I am 36 yrs. old and I found out through a routine physical. I started taking 1.25 mg Glyburide on Saturday. Anyway, I guess I will be hanging out with ya'll alot now.....  Wish me luck!
Stephen |
05-28-2007, 08:28 PM
| | Senior Member | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: california
Posts: 628
| | | hi stephen...sorry about your diagnosis....i found out a week and a half ago....seems like we lucked out in finding this forum....so far i have learned a bunch and people have been very welcoming...good luck to you!! |
05-28-2007, 08:28 PM
|  | Super Moderator
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Northern California
Posts: 7,389
| | | Hey Stephen, welcome to the forums. I wish you all the luck in the world!!!! You have found a good site. |
05-29-2007, 02:13 AM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Ontario Canada
Posts: 3,213
| | Hi There Stephen! It's Good to meet you.
You're quite lucky. Okay not to be dxd.,
but to start with an A1c of 8.5. More People
than not have way higher A1c's when dxd.
That should make your new "burden" a bit
easier to get under control.
Pull up a chair. There's lots of room. 
Welcome and Good Luck to Ya.
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Type 1 for 46 yrs. %%%%%%%%%%
Dxd. Dec./1961 %%%%%%%%%%
MDI ~  %%%%%%%%%% ***CARLIE*** ~*~*~*~*~*~
*Good Luck 07-08 Sens*
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05-29-2007, 03:30 AM
| | Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Plano Illinois
Posts: 130
| | | Welcome! You have found a great place for support and lots of info. Diabetes is a life changing diagnosis, but I sure feel a whole lot healthier since I was diagnosed in February and made some major lifestyle changes!
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Diagnosed Type 2 February 14, 2007
A1C 2/07 11.8
A1C 4/07 7.4
A1C 9/07 6.5
A1C 2/08 6.4
Metformin 1000 mg x2
Lyrica 50 mg x 3
Simvastatin 20 mg x1
Hydrochlorothiazide 50 mg x 1
Methadone (for neuropathy) 2.5 mg x 1
Aspirin 81 mg x 1 |
05-29-2007, 06:03 PM
| | Banned
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: illinois
Posts: 3,316
| | | welcome stephen!it can be overwhelming at first-but we're here for you!take care,trish |
05-30-2007, 07:07 AM
|  | Super Moderator
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 7,177
| | | Hi Stephen, Welcome! Getting that diagnosis is scary, but you can learn to live a happy and healthy life with the Big-D. Things will get easier as time goes by. You'll find lots of great information here.
Hope you have a monitor and are testing a lot, esp. 2 hrs after the start of your meals...this is the only way you'll know how certain foods affect your blood sugar. Doing this will help you learn what to avoid and what to eat regularly. If you don't have one already, you doctor can probably give you one as they usually have monitors supplied by the strip companies.
Again, welcome!
Linda
__________________ 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)  |
05-30-2007, 07:14 AM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Macomb Twp, Mich
Posts: 866
| | | WELCOME STEPHEN!!!!!!!!!!!!
you will love it here..GREAT people..GREAT advice..
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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?? |
05-30-2007, 07:52 AM
|  | Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Fort Collins, CO
Posts: 368
| | | Welcome Stephen. Being diagnosed can be an overwhelming experience, and you have come to the right place for support. If you think of this as a new beginning to a healthier lifestyle, you'll have an easier time at managing your diabetes. Good luck meeting with the dietitian. Ask a lot of questions.
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Metformin ER - 500 mg 2x/day
Byetta - 5 mcg 2x/day
Avapro - 75 mg/day
Lipitor - 10 mg/day
Aspirin 81 mg - 2x/day
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05-30-2007, 06:54 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  |
05-31-2007, 07:49 AM
| | Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 301
| | | Hi Stephen, welcome to the forum.
I was diagnosed the begining of May, also thru my routine physical. There is a lot of great info and support here.
Kurt
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I don't believe in a no-win scenario.
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09-04-2007, 08:26 PM
| | Junior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Georgia
Posts: 3
| | | Update....
Ok, I figure I will post my results I have had so far. I only stayed on the Glyburide for 1 week and doctor pulled me off of it. A1C is now 5.7, cholesterol dropped 50 pts., lost 34 lbs., and have been running 2 to 3 miles 3 times a week. My goal was to get back to where I could run a mile without stopping and now I go 2 to 3 without stopping. I am still 268 lbs so it is pretty tough but I feel being diagnosed has probably got me in the best shape I have been in a long time. I will keep ya'll posted in the future! |
09-04-2007, 08:43 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 1,736
| | | Good going. So many people just drop out and seem ok even when they are not
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Diabetes is a condition that you have to manage or it will manage you. The care team is only there in a supporting role
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09-04-2007, 10:03 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: B.C., Canada
Posts: 1,879
| | | Awesome job! You rock!
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Happiness isn't getting what you want.....
It's wanting what you've got.
Last A1C - 5.9
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09-05-2007, 10:51 AM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: West Virginia
Posts: 538
| | | Way to go Stephen! You're making excellent progress. You say that the doctor took you off the Glyburide after 1 week. Did he prescribe something else?
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The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. |
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