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06-01-2008, 11:06 PM
| | Junior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Huntsville, AL
Posts: 9
| | | Just diagnosed
Just wanted to say hello. I have just been diagnosed as Type 2 in April. I went in for routine lab work and my fasting glucose was 363, with an A1C of 13.9% Diabetes was the last thing I ever expected.
__________________ Jason
Type 2
Diagnosed 4/2008
Initial A1C 13.9% 
6/30/2008 7.2 
Metformin 1000mg
Glimepiride 2mg |
06-02-2008, 01:09 AM
|  | Senior Member | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Mt. Dandenong, Victoria, Australia
Posts: 1,721
| | | Welcome!!!!!!!!!!
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"Infinity isn't such a big deal. After all, it is only a point in the Seventh Dimension..."
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A1c's
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early July 2007: 16.2%; early Sept 2007: 8.0%; early Dec 2007: 5.9%; early Jun 2008: 6.4%; early Apr 2009: 6.4%
triglycerides: 89 (1.0); HDL chol: 50 (1.2); LDL chol: 19.5 (0.5); total cholesterol 87.5
Lantus before bed - 14u; Novorapid for meals (averaging 10-16u per day); Lowish carb diet |
06-02-2008, 04:04 AM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sydney Australia
Posts: 1,289
| | | G'day Jason. I'm sorry you have diabetes but very pleased you found us here.
Theres lots of good people that are always here to help
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Lee
Dx Dec 07 Control...nutrition & exercise
Latest A1c 6.1
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06-02-2008, 06:35 AM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 6,393
| | | HI Jason & Welcome.
Be sure to test your blood sugar often, limit your carbohydrate intake, and get in some form of exercise if you're not already doing so.
Karen |
06-02-2008, 06:48 AM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Landenberg, PA
Posts: 1,768
| | | Welcome to the club!
Lots to learn and, maybe, some habits to change. Let us know what the doc tells you to do.
Mike
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Type 1 since '88
Pumping since 2002 |
06-02-2008, 07:00 AM
|  | Super Moderator
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 10,080
| | | Hi Jason, welcome. Its scary to get that diagnosis...but as you'll see if you read many of the posts here that it is possible to have a healthy and happy life with it. You'll feel so much better when your numbers normalize...I didn't realize how bad I felt until I felt better.
There's a great book i'd like to recommend, "The First Year, Type 2 Diabetes," by Gretchen Becker. It is a worthwhile read. The author herself is T2 diabetic.
Also, testing regularly is SO IMPORTANT for good control. Unless you test, you have no way to know how various foods affect your blood sugar. If you test 2 hrs after your first bite of food, you'll be able to make smarter food choices.
Hang in there! The first few weeks are the hardest....in no time, this will just become a new way of life for you. Look around, ask lots of questions...we're all here to help each other.
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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 |
06-03-2008, 01:14 PM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Essex
Posts: 1,226
| | | We're here for you!! we know how it can feel when you have diabetes, the initial shock, anger, denial, the confusion about what it means for your life now and for the future, sometimes you just wish it would go away.
So good evening and welcome to the DF, a great support team on here.
B/7 ESSEX UK. |
06-03-2008, 01:24 PM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Posts: 5,281
| | Hi Jason, Welcome to DF! Glad you found us. Test often, cut back on carbohydrates, keep a diary and see an endocrinologist.
While exercise is generally a good idea, I now understand that exercising with a blood sugar greater than 200 mg/dl can actually cause more harm. The book above is a great place to start along with sites by David Mendosa... and Dr Ian Blumer...
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Frank
51 year old male, Metabolic Syndrome Dx Mar. 2003 |
06-03-2008, 01:40 PM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Alabama
Posts: 544
| | | I just wanted to say hello and welcome. I am sure you will have many questions in the next few months. Don't be afraid to ask. We all had lots of questions at first. If you ask something that has already been discussed it is all right. Some else probablly needs the answer to the same question.
Read some of the old post and you will find lots of answers to questions you did not even think to ask.
Again, welcome aboard.
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Patricia
Today is the first day of the rest of my life. |
06-03-2008, 02:25 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Universe, Planet Earth :P
Posts: 1,340
| | Welcome to the forums
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Type1 since october 2004.
Silver Animas 2020 (but on pump break) 
MDI: Novorapid and Levemir with Novopen4 
Mainly testing with: OneTouch UltraSmart called "The Vampire" and a Freestyle LITE called Buffy
hbA1c feb 2009: 5.1 |
06-04-2008, 07:21 PM
|  | Super Moderator
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Northern California
Posts: 9,311
| | Hi Jason! Welcome to Diabetes Forums. I am glad you joined and are asking questions. You will find lots of knowledgeable people here that are willing to help.
Glad you found us.... Welcome 
__________________  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  |
06-04-2008, 07:35 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Lowell, MA
Posts: 778
| | | Welcome Jason. The first couple of months is the tough part. visit us often and feel free to ask questions.
__________________  Diagnosed - 02/28/08
A1C - (8/10/2009= 5.7; 03/02/09 = 5.6 ; 12/29/08 = 5.8 ; 09/17/08 = 5.5 ; 05/27/08 = 5.7 ; 04/03/08 = 7.7 ; 02/29/08 = 10.1)
____________________________________ Diet and exercise only since 01/15/09 |
06-04-2008, 07:43 PM
|  | Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: montreal
Posts: 485
| | | hi Jason welcome to the forum .Hope you find the comfort you need and the answer to your questions .At least here you are with people that can understand what you're going over.
Bye Ricky
__________________  Hi my name is Richard for short Ricky .I'm from Montreal Canada .Diabetic since 1993. Micardis-80mg
Synthroid-0.05mg
Ativan-1mg
Effexor-37.5mg
Atélonol-50mg
Rivasa-80mg
Sinemet cr-25*100mgx2
Terazosin-8mg-4x2mg
Pantoprazole-40mg
Norvask-10mg
Lipitor-10mg
Clonidine-0.2mgx3
Requip- 5mg x 4
Hydrochlorethiazide-12.5 mg
furosemide-80mg
Vit E- 400ui x2
Humalin N -40units
Humalog 1.8unix10gr
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