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11-14-2008, 07:29 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Coral Springs, FL
Posts: 67
| | | Woo...woo...new & better A1C - T2
3/28/08
Total Cholesterol 235
LDL 120
HDL 47
Triglycerides 338
A1C 9.9
11/14/08
Total Cholesterol 178
LDL 91
HDL 50
Triglycerides 185 A1C 6.7 
Of course that's after loosing 10 pounds and being on 1000mg of metformin twice a day...and watching what I eat...cutting out all sugar (and cuting way back on artificial sweetners too - no desserts and less snacks and more healthy food), and trying to stick to a low-salt, low-fat, low cholesterol mostly vegetarian style eating regimen...funny thing, when you cut out the sugar everything else starts tasting better and your appetite decreases...time to loose more weight and get to doing some exercise...
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There is about as much water on Earth now as there was three billion years ago. But while the amount of water has remained static, the amount of tequila and Triple Sec available for the making of Margaritas has expanded enormously. So you see, we have made progress after all. -- Anonymous |
11-14-2008, 07:34 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 10,080
| | WAY TO GO neuromancer!!! That's a great improvement. Sounds like you're doing very well. You should be proud! 
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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 |
11-14-2008, 08:33 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Holland, Michigan USA
Posts: 895
| | Good job ! 
__________________ As always YMMV! High Fructose Corn Syrup = Weapons Grade Sugar Diagnosed: July 3 2008
A1C- 7/10/08= 10.6  11/17/08 = 5.6 5/29/09= 5.3
triglycerides - 7/15/08 = 192  11/17/2008 = 84
HDL - 7/15/08 = 46 11/17/2008 = 74
LDL - 7/15/08 = 106 11/17/2008 = 80
Low Carb Diet (15-50g/day)
Metformin ER 500mg 2x day
Neurontin 800mg 3x day
Meloxicam 15mg 1x day (arthritis)
Multivitamin, B12, fish oil
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11-14-2008, 09:22 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Southern California
Posts: 460
| | | Those are great numbers!!!
The Triglycerides are alway the tough one for me; mine are also usually in the 300 range. Since I've been eating low carb, I'm hoping that this next go around they will be somewhat lower.
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Levemir, Novolog
Metformin 850 x 3
Lower carb lifestyle A1C:
11/3/07: 7.5
2/23/08: 7.4
8/30/08: 8.1 1/29/09: 5.7 5/21/09: 5.7 9/28/09: 5.8 Triglycerides:
11/3/07: 321
2/23/08: 328
8/30/08: 330 1/29/09: 166 5/29/09: 230
9/28/09: 201 |
11-14-2008, 10:36 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Las Vegas
Posts: 782
| | | Glad to see your hard work is paying off Neuromancer. Awesome numbers.
__________________ "That which doesn't kill us makes us stronger" - Friedrich Nietzsche |
11-14-2008, 11:06 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Hastings Melbourne Australia
Posts: 4,286
| | Great stuff. Now all you have to do is keep the butter in the fridge and use olive oil.  Other than that great A1C. |
11-15-2008, 01:45 AM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Federal Way, Wa
Posts: 1,956
| | | Nicely done. Keep up the hard work and watch those numbers change. |
11-15-2008, 06:33 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Dallas, TX
Posts: 8
| | | Good job neuromancer; keep fighting the good fight!!
I visit the Dr later this month and hope to see some improvement.
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Lancelot Diagnosed 8-26-08
A1C 6.6 8-26-08
Metformin 500 mg started 10-11-08, 1X
A1C 5.7 11-26-08 |
11-15-2008, 07:37 AM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: NJ
Posts: 2,436
| | | ...funny thing, when you cut out the sugar everything else starts tasting better and your appetite decreases
that is so true...actually both sugar and salt repulse me more now...i just don't enjoy that icing on the cake anymore!
great paybacks for a fabulous effort, Neuromancer...keep up the good work!
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Type 1.5
Lower carbing and exercise
Humalog & Levemir...trying novolog fp
but i'm cool with that a1c..5.3 sorry had to post it! True: Insulin is NOT a cure... |
11-15-2008, 09:34 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Lake Ozark, Mo
Posts: 26
| | | Good job, its a tough road but well worth the trip.
Why did you cut out the sweetners?
I hope to have some good news in a few days.
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Kenny From beautiful Lake of the Ozarks
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11-15-2008, 11:06 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Coral Springs, FL
Posts: 67
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Originally Posted by Ken62  Good job, its a tough road but well worth the trip.
Why did you cut out the sweetners?
I hope to have some good news in a few days. | Because all artificial sweetners do is make you crave more sweets...once you loose your taste for sweeteners (other than naturally sweet things like real fruit) anything made with sugar and/or artificial sweeteners all end up tasting like garbage...you can get all the sweetness you need out of natural foods as the human body was not intended to ingest white refined sugar, coal-tar derivatives (saccarin), chlorinated sugar (splenda) and excess amino acids (aspartame)...need a little sweetner? Try cane juice and evaporated cane juice...it's natural, doesn't spike your blood sugar like it's white refined cousin, and it still has the vitamins and minerals in it that they strip out when they refine it...if you want a good read on this subject try SUGAR BLUES by William Dufty...
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There is about as much water on Earth now as there was three billion years ago. But while the amount of water has remained static, the amount of tequila and Triple Sec available for the making of Margaritas has expanded enormously. So you see, we have made progress after all. -- Anonymous |
11-15-2008, 03:50 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: South Dakota
Posts: 902
| | | Way to go!
-Lloyd
__________________ If it is to be, it's up to me! -Lloyd http://www.forecast.diabetes.org/mag...atures/success Insulin Dependent T2, C-peptide 0.5, Pumping 2 1/2years
10/28/09 5.4 7/20/09 5.4 4/20/09 5.3 1/20/09 A1c 5.2 12/2/08 A1c 5.0 10/6/08 A1c 5.1
8/11/08 A1c 5.2 5/12/08 A1c 4.92/18/08 A1c 4.9 11/2007 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 |
11-16-2008, 03:39 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Colorado
Posts: 315
| | sweeeet !!
Keep it up - patience, persistence and focus.
Good job ;-)
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If you find yourself in a hole...stop digging
Diagnosed: T2 - 2003
MDI: Levemir / Novolog
Meter: Wavesense Presto
A1c - 5.6 - 08/2008
A1c - 5.5 - 12/2008
A1c - 5.6 - 08/2009
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11-16-2008, 07:10 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Pittsburgh PA
Posts: 470
| | | Great job! Keep it up.
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Laura
T2 Insulin since April 07
Latest A1C is: 4.95
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11-17-2008, 02:00 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 693
| | Awesome and inspiring. |
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