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11-02-2009, 10:55 PM
| | Junior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Washington State
Posts: 1
| | | New to DM Forum
Hello to all at DM Forum. As the newbie it will take some time to learn my way around. Checking out the many forums at first. |
11-02-2009, 11:05 PM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sydney Australia
Posts: 1,287
| | | Hello Penny , Welcome !!
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Lee
Dx Dec 07 Control...nutrition & exercise
Latest A1c 6.1
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11-02-2009, 11:45 PM
| | Junior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 7
| | welcome, you will really like it here. 
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Most people think I know about diabeties for work and don't realize I am a diabetic myself.
Aggrenox for TIAs 
Last A1C 6.1
total 154 HDL 44 LDL 98 Trig 61
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11-02-2009, 11:54 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Missouri Ozarks
Posts: 1,884
| | | Welcome aboard Penny! Tell us more about yourself & how you manage your diabetes.
__________________  "Reputation is what others know about you.
Honor is what you know about yourself." Lois McMaster Bujold "Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go;
it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow." Alice Mackenzie Swaim
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11-03-2009, 03:48 AM
| | Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Olive Branch,Ms
Posts: 306
| | | Hi, and Welcome! Lot of smart people here to help you,
__________________ Retired 60
Lantus 20 units daily
Glucaphage 500x2 daily
Carvedilol 12.5 x 2 daily
Furosemide 40 mg daily
Benazepril 5mg daily
Aspirin 325mg daily
10/15/08 a1c 5.3
1/15/09 a1c 5.4
4/01/09 a1c 5.6
7/26/09 a1c 5.5
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11-03-2009, 06:45 AM
|  | Super Moderator
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 10,080
| | | Welcome Penny, glad you found the forums!
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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 |
11-03-2009, 07:01 AM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 6,393
| | | Hi Penny & Welcome to the forum!
There's a ton of valuable information to be found here, so we hope you stick around and post often.
Karen |
11-03-2009, 07:52 AM
|  | Senior Member | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Ohio
Posts: 5,699
| | Welcome Penny from this old Penny. This is the best forum around.
__________________  Love doesn't make the world go around, but it makes the ride worthwhile.
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11-03-2009, 08:48 AM
|  | Junior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Florida
Posts: 27
| | | Hi Penny, I'm pretty new also, but I think I've found a great place to learn about diabetes.
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Newbie, who needs advice
Diagnosed 10-28-09 T2
BG Fasting 409 
BG at discharge from Hospital 192
A1C 10/30/09 10.4
Daily Average BG 10-30-09 -> 11-20-09 : 107 
3x Metformin 500mg daily
1x Glipizide 5mg daily
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11-03-2009, 09:21 AM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Federal Way, Wa
Posts: 1,956
| | | Welcome from another Washingtonian. |
11-03-2009, 10:19 AM
| | Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Poulsbo Wa
Posts: 402
| | | Another one from the rainy state says welcome.
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Type 1 since September 1978. Pumper since 1998.
I want to die sleeping peacefully, - like my grandma; not screaming with horror, - like those, who were as passangers in her car.  |
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