shaldra

I was serious over weight and had a fbs of 75, a 2 hr OGTT value of 60 and a HbA1c of 6.0. Drove doctors crazy. They drove me crazy. So go forward 6 years, fbs still under 100 (97) but HbA1c was 8.5. New doctors said type 2 diabetic, take meds, lose wt and change life style. In particular try to reduce stress levels and…

On reading the rest of the posts, I can add that Abbott who manufactures the Freestyle kits, has a great low cost or free plan that supplies enuf strips for twice a day testing for non insulin or up to 4 times a day testing for insulin dependent diabetics or they did last time I checked. The limits on testing for those…

I use a Freestyle Freedom Lite and have done so for almost 3 years and found it both easy to use and accurate. I get all my supplies thru a program run by Walgrens Pharmacy which is really good if you are over 65, but I don't know if it applies to under 65. It would be worth checking into various pharmacy programs as I…

Before this Jan when the Drs etc insisted I should reduce protein, increase carbs to reduce purines in diet, I was happy without chocolate - hadn't missed it for last 2 1/2 yrs. Now with only a slight decrease in protein over all and increase in carbs, my sweet tooth and wish for chocolate is getting more annoying then the…

:smile: Today is/was my exercise day off. I usually exercise on Sundays and take Tuesdays or Thursdays off, but this week it was today as it was a beautiful warm sunny day here in Fl and the 4 whippets living with me decided it was a good day to spend outside preferrably loose on the 5 acres and not confined to their…

Exercise is something I have always gotten a lot of in the past. Then, I was in a van accident which totaled the van and I walked away from thinking I had no injuries. Turned out had major damage to my lower spine and exercise as well as a large part of my income dissappeared from my life. I have always been heavy, but due…

I too am over 60 and found it impossible to loose weight. Finally took a complete lifestyle change including a move to Florida and semi-retirement to make diet changes both possible and doable. I needed to lose 130 to140 lbs and have now lost 102 lbs. Unfortunately, there were a couple of things I did not know about rapid…

Having essentially destroyed my spine from T10 on down thru entire lumber spine and then discovering I had a host of other medical problems that have to be addressed before any surgery, I went swimming, water aerobics and water walking route - I am up to 5 - 90 min sessions a week, lost over 70 lbs and when in the water…