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05-31-2007, 06:34 AM
| | Junior Member | | Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 3
| | | I'm New Here
from upstate ny.
My fiance has type 2 diabetes and I'm trying to learn more about the disease.
Need to learn more the proper cooking to help him lose weight.
We are concentrating on low fat and carbs but high in fiber.
Hope to learn alot here. |
05-31-2007, 07:18 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Fort Collins, CO
Posts: 368
| | | Welcome to the forum, Hollyhandi. You'll find an incredible amount of valuable information here in addition to many wonderful and caring people. Don't hesitate to ask 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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05-31-2007, 07:37 AM
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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, 07:39 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 7,177
| | | Welcome Holly! Glad you found the forum. You'll get lots of great information here.
Does your finacee' take medicines for his diabetes or does he control with diet/exercise?
There's a great book for newly diagnosed T2's (actually any T2 can learn from it), "Type II Diabetes, The First Year" by Gretchen Becker. It has lots of information in it. You might want to look for it at your local Borders or Books-A-Million. It was very helpful to me.
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)  |
05-31-2007, 07:48 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 301
| | Hi Holly,
Welcome! Great place here with so much great info and help and support. 
Kurt
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I don't believe in a no-win scenario.
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05-31-2007, 08:47 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 4,815
| | | HI & Welcome to this great forum, Holly!
Karen |
05-31-2007, 08:54 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: illinois
Posts: 3,316
| | | welcome holly!the american diabetic association has a good website-www.diabetes.org.take care,trish |
05-31-2007, 09:29 AM
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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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05-31-2007, 11:10 AM
| | Junior Member | | Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 3
| | | He's lucky in that he takes glucopage (sp ) twice a day I think.
He takes so many pills I can't remember which is what .
We are trying to both lose weight by eatting lowfat/low carbs and more fiber.
Doc says if he can get his weight down we should be able to handle it with diet.
My brother did. |
05-31-2007, 11:21 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: missouri
Posts: 1,062
| | | Glad to meet you hollyhandi,You've come to the best place for info and news and just extraordinarily good people. We come up with lots of food ideas and recipes,great place! Again,WELCOME!
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Difficulties present choices:
we can either waste away from
our wounds or use them to grow our souls
The balance is,as always,delicate
We are constantly falling off one side are the other.
But the center is always there,waiting for us to discover it.
like a true Libran: balance is the key
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05-31-2007, 11:47 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Northern California
Posts: 7,389
| | | Hi Holly, welcome to the forums. I am glad you found us! |
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