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04-30-2008, 11:38 PM
| | Junior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: CT
Posts: 3
| | | New T2 in the Fold :-)
Hi everyone ... I'm not a new diabetic, but I am new to this forum. 
I've been T2 since '93. I am not a good diabetic,  I'm hoping by talking, that I will be accountable, and get my act together.
I recently bought a book called "Using Insulin". I like the book, and hope it's all it looks like it is. : 
I've order a gram scale from Amazon, so hopefully I will do the carb thing the right way. Each time I read, I pick up something that I didn't the previous time I read it. hehe |
04-30-2008, 11:41 PM
|  | Super Moderator
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Northern California
Posts: 9,309
| | | Hi Gossie and Welcome to Diabetes forums. Sometimes it just takes a good "kick" to get moving. Hopefully, you will find the motivation you need to get going and take care of your health.
Welcome to the forums. Lots of very knowledgeable people here who are willing and very able to help!
__________________  Nancy Kind words can be short and easy to speak but their echoes are truly endless. Mother Teresa diagnosed type 1 October 1986
currently using Medtronic MiniMed
paradigm 715 CLEAR  |
05-01-2008, 03:24 AM
| | Junior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posts: 87
| | | Hi. I hate that 'good diabetic/bad diabetic' moniker. It's really hard work keeping up the regime. Tomorrow's a new day. Don't be too harsh on yourself. Just keep doing what you can, and if you slip up, well, try again tomorrow.
Just today, I heard a story about a person who'd just found out she had an underactive thyroid. She was devastated that she would have to take half a tablet a day for 'the rest of her life' to control the condition. She actually sought counselling to deal with it. I wish! So just take it day by day. Cheers. |
05-01-2008, 06:26 AM
|  | Super Moderator
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 10,080
| | | Hi Gossie, welcome! Glad you found the forums. Its a great place for information and support.
You mention being a "bad" diabetic...we've all been "bad" at one time or another...we're only human. Just don't let your "bad" days turn into bad weeks or bad months. When you slip up, just pick yourself up and start over.
If you want to share what gives you the most problems, maybe someone here has the same problem and can offer advice on how to better deal with it.
Look around, post often. Sounds like you're ready to jump back "on the wagon." Good for you!
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T2, diagnosed 8/31/06.
Metformin 500 mg twice daily
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 (after dealing with shingles & bronchiti)
2/09: 5.5 |
05-01-2008, 06:34 AM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 6,393
| | | Welcome to the forum, Gossie.
Karen |
05-01-2008, 06:35 AM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland
Posts: 5,906
| | | Gossie,
Welcome to the forums, it's a great place for information, motivation and support, the people here are always ready to help.
I know you are not new to Diabetes, but, there is a book called "The First Year: Type 2 Diabetes" by Gretchen Becker, which might be worth your while reading, it's very informative and easy to read, you never know you may find some new tips in it.
Climb back on the wagon, it's not always easy but it is always worth it and we'll help you get on board.
Visit and post often,
__________________  Cosmo the Duck: is with Gretchen in Cambridge, MA. Ping the Duck: is with Nancy
Metformin 500mg twice daily, Enap 5mg
Diagnosed T2 on 26th Nov'07, with BG of 21mmol/L (378mg/dL) and A1c of 11.6%.
Most recent A1c 10/09/09: 6.1%
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05-01-2008, 09:47 AM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New Brunswick Canada, eh
Posts: 8,671
| | Welcome,
This is not a newbie suggestion but a get-back-to-fundamentals suggestion: put Mendosa on your list of must visit sites! |
05-01-2008, 02:04 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Derby,UK
Posts: 1,375
| | | Welcome Gossie there are some great guys and gals here who know there stuff, hope to chat to you soon
Azz |
05-01-2008, 09:34 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Mind -Langhorne PA Heart - The Shenandoah Valley
Posts: 635
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by gossie  Hi everyone ... I'm not a new diabetic, but I am new to this forum.
I've been T2 since '93. I am not a good diabetic, I'm hoping by talking, that I will be accountable, and get my act together.
I recently bought a book called "Using Insulin". I like the book, and hope it's all it looks like it is. :
I've order a gram scale from Amazon, so hopefully I will do the carb thing the right way. Each time I read, I pick up something that I didn't the previous time I read it. hehe | There are no bad diabetics Just bad behaviors its the behaviors we need to address not the person.  or something like that welcome to our collective nightmare.
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You too will be assimilated! You will become one with the Borg. You will all become one with the borg."
To lose this war means more than defeat. To surrender is to never go home. All of us must rise to the call above and beyond". Lt Col TC McQueen  |
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