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06-18-2007, 10:31 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Quebec, Canada
Posts: 17
| | | Hey all!
Hey all,
I was diagnosed ~4 months ago after I had gotten sick in December. I'm glad to find a community where I can chat about stuff like checkups and just how other diabetics deal with things.
I forgot to add that i'm also allergic to milk, penicillin, and a bunch of other things which have made my short time with diabetes pretty rough since I can't drink milk I haven't been getting a lot of the essential nutrients like calcium etc and the doctors think that that might have contributed to me getting diabetes.
I should be more active tomorrow cause it's 12:30 AM here in Quebec, Canada and I need to get some sleep.
Elliott  |
06-18-2007, 10:46 PM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Ottawa, Canada
Posts: 3,293
| | | Hello and welcome to this wonderful place! |
06-18-2007, 10:48 PM
| | Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Medford Massachusetts
Posts: 322
| | Welcome Elliot to the forums. You've definately come to the right place. There are a lot of knowledgeable people and very supportive as well. Tell us more about yourself. What type of diabetes do you have? Are you on insulin or medication? Take care and good luck....  |
06-18-2007, 10:51 PM
| | | Welcome! I think you'll find a wide variety of opinions and experiences to consider on here, plus lots of support too  |
06-18-2007, 10:53 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Quebec, Canada
Posts: 17
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Originally Posted by catgalla  Welcome Elliot to the forums. You've definately come to the right place. There are a lot of knowledgeable people and very supportive as well. Tell us more about yourself. What type of diabetes do you have? Are you on insulin or medication? Take care and good luck.... | Oh. Sorry about that. I have type 1 and i'm on 4 injections a day with novorapid (short acting) and levemir (long acting). I don't take any medication other than calcium pills (6x/day  ) and vitamins.
I use a FreeStyle Mini and I use the Novo Nordisk NovoPen's
P.S: Thanks for the warm welcome |
06-18-2007, 10:58 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cleveland, Oh
Posts: 2,097
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- 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.
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A wise man speaks cuz he has something to say, a fool speaks cuz he has to say something.
-Plato
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06-18-2007, 11:20 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Colorado
Posts: 296
| | Welcome Elliot...
I didn't know there were any diabetics in Canada?? -lol
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Consider what will really matter at the end of your life and spend the rest of your life accordingly.
Diagnosed: T2 - 2003
MDI: Lantus / Novolog
Meters: Wavesense Presto
Last A1c - 5.6 - 08/2008
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06-19-2007, 05:11 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bethel, Ct
Posts: 75
| | | Welcome. This is the best place. You will find all the support and answers to your questions. |
06-19-2007, 05:15 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rothesay, New Brunswick Canada, eh
Posts: 7,047
| | | Bienvenu!
It sounds like you are on the right track. There's lots to learn here. |
06-19-2007, 06:00 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 7,177
| | | Welcome Elliott!
__________________ 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)  |
06-19-2007, 08:00 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 301
| | | Welcome aboard. I'm fairly new yet and still go thru the 'anger' portion now and again. It's tough, but i'm tougher, and it lookks like you are too.
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I don't believe in a no-win scenario.
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06-19-2007, 09:14 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Quebec, Canada
Posts: 17
| | Thanks for the info/welcome guys can't wait to start looking around. Which I will do...soon
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06-19-2007, 09:26 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Macomb Twp, Mich
Posts: 866
| | WELCOME ELLIOTT!! You will love all the fishing tips...OOPS! wrong site....you will love it here!
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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?? |
06-19-2007, 03:47 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: illinois
Posts: 3,316
| | | hi elliott and welcome to df!hope to see you areound alot.take care,trish |
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