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07-06-2008, 04:00 PM
| | Junior Member | | Join Date: Jul 2008
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Hi Everybody,
I'm a new diabetic, diagnosed in Jan., the first in my family. In Jan. my AlC was 11.87, in April it was 7.38, taking Metformin 500mg twice a day. I've found my diabetes to be odd, my numbers are not effected by potatos or good brands of ice cream (including ice cream cake from Coldstone). My numbers run from 100 - 120 in the mornings. I've started taking a ton of vitamins hoping to eventually get off the Metformin. Since Christmas I've lost 5" off my waist, but only 20 lbs. Is this just odd to me? I'm 6' 1" & weight 220 now, with a 33" waist. Everybody says I've lost a ton of weight & when I tell them how much they think I'm kidding. Anybody else seeing some of these symptoms?  |
07-06-2008, 06:02 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rothesay, New Brunswick Canada, eh
Posts: 6,592
| | Welcome Dave.
We're all different  |
07-06-2008, 06:25 PM
|  | Super Moderator
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Northern California
Posts: 6,419
| | Welcome to Diabetes Forums davec81z! Glad you found us. xMenace is right, we are all different. He is way different.  |
07-07-2008, 06:15 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 4,576
| | | Welcome to the forum, davec. Glad to have you on board with us!
Karen |
07-07-2008, 09:08 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 6,272
| | | Welcome Dave, glad you found the forums.
Lots of times with ice cream, the fats slow things down, causing the blood sugars to rise AFTER the 2 hr point. I've had really good ice cream with good 2 hr readings, but at 3 hrs, it starts creeping up. Same with pizza. Try your 3 or 4 hr reading and see if its still good...if so, you're quite lucky!
I still have the occasional small serving of premium icecream, but I know that more than one small scoop and i'm over the 140 mark 2 hrs later.
__________________ 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)  |
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