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04-21-2008, 11:37 AM
| | Junior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Scotland
Posts: 2
| | | Hello I am a newish type 2
I have been diagnosed since October 2007 type 2, I am still a little bewildered by it all, I am diet and excerise at the moment, but am on simvastatin and asprin. i will continue to learn from the more experienced posters. |
04-21-2008, 11:43 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 7,225
| | | Welcome Weelum! Glad you found the forum. Read up on the older posts and ask lots of questions. There's great information to be found here.
Do you test your blood sugar often? Do you watch your carbs?
__________________ 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)  |
04-21-2008, 11:47 AM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Posts: 2,166
| | | Welcome weelum! Whereabouts in bonnie Scotland are you? My first wife had family in Glasgow and I used to love driving the single track roads up and over the highlands to the coast... Isle of Skye... beautiful! And then out of a misty grey days coming upon a beach with the clearest blue water and white sands... good memories! I'd drive all the way around to John O'Groats and then down through the whisky trail...
You've certainly come to the right place if you have questions. Do you test your own blood sugar? What are you most bewildered about?
__________________ ~ Frank Metabolic Syndrome Dx'd March 2003. Pumping since April 2004. VSG 20th October 2008 Obesity and Type 2 are strongly associated. Most people assume that Obesity is the cause and Diabetes the effect. It is equally valid to suggest that the underlying metabolic disorder which leads to the Type 2 causes the Obesity. |
04-21-2008, 01:21 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Vermont
Posts: 1,511
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Hi and welcome! Glad to have you here. Looking forward to all your questions. I'm testing to see if I have answers 
__________________ T2 Dx 9/2007 A1c 8.8, 12/2007 6.0, 4/2008 5.7, 9/2008 6.1
No meds, daily 81mg aspirin and multivitamin, nutrition & exercise.You can call me   Postcard exchange #2: 20 out & 17 in, exchange #1/2: 9 out & 4 in |
04-21-2008, 01:25 PM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Posts: 2,166
| | | OK... I've tried hard to be good but... to paraphrase one of my favourite movies, Spaceballs... I just have to say, "funny.. you don't look newish..!?!"
__________________ ~ Frank Metabolic Syndrome Dx'd March 2003. Pumping since April 2004. VSG 20th October 2008 Obesity and Type 2 are strongly associated. Most people assume that Obesity is the cause and Diabetes the effect. It is equally valid to suggest that the underlying metabolic disorder which leads to the Type 2 causes the Obesity. |
04-22-2008, 06:38 AM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 4,822
| | | HI & Welcome to the forum.
Karen |
04-24-2008, 12:14 PM
| | Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Essex
Posts: 340
| | | Hey-Weelum !! 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.
Coming to terms with your diabetes means understanding it and managing it, that's where the DF, plays that important role, there's a wealth of information and support on the DF to help you manage your diabetes, you're not on your own, so keep posting.
Good evening and welcome to the DF.
B/7 ESSEX UK. |
05-05-2008, 11:23 AM
| | Junior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Scotland
Posts: 2
| | | I live thirty miles north of Aberdeen in a town called Peterhead, yes you are right Scotland is a beautiful country, but I am no stranger to your country, I lived in London Canada for several years, my daughter was born there, we left when she was two 33 years ago, also my husbands uncle has lived in Alberta for about 50 years. |
05-06-2008, 07:38 PM
| | Junior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Louisiana
Posts: 80
| | | Welcome weelum. I'm very new at this too. Learning a lot day by day.
I've learned a lot from the wonderful people here by reading older posts and from their encouragement. Lots of good people around here.
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low carb diet / exercise / Metformin ER 1000 mg/day / HbA1C 6.3% |
05-06-2008, 07:44 PM
| | Senior Member | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: california
Posts: 642
| | | hi weelum...
welcome..glad you found us...it has been a great source of information for me!
susan |
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