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06-06-2008, 01:46 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland
Posts: 3,425
| | | Got A1c results today
Well I just got the results of my latest A1c, down from 6.8% to 6.1%. I'm a happy camper, little celebration tonight and then back to work to break that 6.0 barrier.
Heard my liver, Cholesterol levels were fine (results by phone), will get details next week. 
__________________  Christmas card exchange: Sign up here Postcard Round 3: 1 of 8 received Cosmo the Duck: en route to Alison in Oz Ping the Duck: in Ireland
Diagnosed T2 on 26th Nov'07
Metformin 500mg twice daily
Enap 5mg
14th Dec'07: 11.6%
15th Jan'08: 9% 
3rd March'08 6.8% 
6th June'08 6.1%
30th Sept'08: 5.1% |
06-06-2008, 01:57 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 7,227
| | Way to go Dave! You've worked hard and seen great results. 
__________________ 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)  |
06-06-2008, 01:58 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Posts: 2,173
| | Good For you David! 
Why not treat yourself to a nice bath..? 
__________________ ~ 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. |
06-06-2008, 02:00 PM
|  | Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Oswego, NY
Posts: 266
| | | congrats on your improvement! |
06-06-2008, 02:01 PM
|  | Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Kansas
Posts: 353
| | I know I'm a noob, but may i congratulate you also! |
06-06-2008, 02:24 PM
|  | Senior Member | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Vermont, 50 miles from nowhere
Posts: 2,411
| | | Congratulations. A celebration is definately in order.
__________________
Val
Take care of your body. Where else are you going to live? |
06-06-2008, 02:31 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Alabama
Posts: 906
| | | Way to go, Dave! Woo-hoo! Congratulations.
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Glycemic impact diet
exercise
Metformin 2000 mg
Byetta 5 mcg/2x daily
Enalapril 40 mg
A1C, 11-14-08: 5.2!!
A1C, 8-7-08: 6.3 
A1C, 5-1-08: 5.6!!
A1C, 2-5-08: 7.4  |
06-06-2008, 02:51 PM
| | Senior Member | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: california
Posts: 642
| | | good for you dave...congratulations on improving your health!!!!
susan |
06-06-2008, 03:34 PM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sydney Australia
Posts: 682
| | Well done Dave!! you have really made some wonderful improvements to your health.Looking forward to your next 3month result 
__________________
It's just an opinion of mine
& maybe not one to adopt.
Lee
Dx Dec 07
Control :
nutrition & exercise
Vitamin B ...July 08
Fish Oil Capsules... June 08
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06-06-2008, 03:37 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Southlake, Texas
Posts: 1,858
| | | Way to go Dave! If you don't watch out, you won't be a "big" Irishman anymore!
Be careful now and don't celebrate for too long . . .
__________________  Type 1 since 1979 (Age 18)
Pumping w/MM 522 since Feb '08
HbA1c 6.1 - April '08 & Nov. '08 |
06-06-2008, 03:38 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: South Dakota
Posts: 661
| | | Well Done!
-Lloyd
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If it is to be, it's up to me! -Lloyd
Average glucose 2008 92, 2007 97 2006 195
Pumping 20 months
10/6/08 A1c 5.1 8/11/08 A1c 5.2 5/12/08 A1c 4.92/18/08 A1c 4.911/2007 A1c 5.3
8/2007 A1c 5.5 6/2007 A1c 5.7 3/2007 A1c 6.9 12/2006, A1c 7.8 9/2006, A1c 8.5
6/2006 A1c 8.7 |
06-06-2008, 04:32 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: NC
Posts: 7,297
| | Awesome David but I knew you could do it !!!!! 
__________________  Rest In Peace Jack- 5/1/08. You may be gone from us but you will never be forgotten. Our love goes with you.
Pumping ain't easy but it's well worth the effort to me.
I am a person. I WILL NOT allow myself to be defined by a number!!!!
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06-07-2008, 03:49 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Lowell, MA
Posts: 674
| | Good work Dave. How did you celebrate? |
06-07-2008, 04:03 AM
|  | Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Cicero, IL
Posts: 204
| | | Good job. Keep up the fight and you will break thru to the 5's before you know it.
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Protons have mass?
I didn't even know they were Catholic!
Diagnosed type 2 on 11-11-06. Wgt 251, A1C 6.1
Diet control only!
Currently 177 lbs, A1C 5.6, cholesterol 160, LDL 95,HDL
53, triglycerides 37. BP 110/70
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06-07-2008, 06:19 AM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland
Posts: 3,425
| | Thanks guys, is great having a place to share even a small improvement with people who really understand what it takes to make an improvement. Quote:
Originally Posted by shutterbug  Good work Dave. How did you celebrate? | I had a nice Chinese takeaway:
- Chicken and Sweetcorn soup
- Breast of chicken curry
- Small portion of fried rice
It tasted so good, funny how not eating something for 6 months makes it take even nicer.
__________________ Christmas card exchange: Sign up here Postcard Round 3: 1 of 8 received Cosmo the Duck: en route to Alison in Oz Ping the Duck: in Ireland
Diagnosed T2 on 26th Nov'07
Metformin 500mg twice daily
Enap 5mg
14th Dec'07: 11.6%
15th Jan'08: 9%
3rd March'08 6.8%
6th June'08 6.1%
30th Sept'08: 5.1% |
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