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You Know You're Losing Weight When.....
Forget getting new clothes, you need new underwear. Your ring size gets smaller. You drop a shoe size You no longer take up more than a seat on the train / bus / plane Someone asks you what your secret is You finally get off medications...... What's yours?
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Varied blood sugar & Metformin
I have 2 questions in a sense because something is not making sense to me. 1. My doctor started me on Metformin again in December after managing without meds for almost a year. All of a sudden my blood sugar started going up instead of down regardless of what I ate that day. I asked my doctor about it and instead of coming…
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Is anyone else doing the Diabetes walks?
I'm doing the walk on September 28th here in NYC, just wondering how many other people have participated in these walks. I was only diagnosed in December, so this is my first one and I plan on doing the full 10K.
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Possible cure - Has anyone seen this?
Friend of mine posted this video today, warning that it's graphic showing surgery and blood. But it does seem pretty hopeful that there could be a cure on the horizon in our lifetimes. http://www.upworthy.com/meet-a-girl-whos-too-young-to-have-a-type-especially-this-kind?g=2&c=ufb1
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Is this happening to anyone else?
So the past 2 weeks due to stress and maybe not being strict on watching carbs, I now seem to get neuropathy in my hands and legs. The funny thing is it's now my trigger to know when my sugar is high because then the pain starts. What's strange is it starts happening even when my numbers are not even that high for an…
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Richard Simmons: The original Zumba instructor
Richard Simmons with his "Sweating to the Oldies" and "Party off the Pounds" videos pretty much paved the way for all of the new dance workouts we see now, like Zumba. Discuss.
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Metformin & liver issues?
So a little history: I was on Metformin for 2 weeks back in January when my doctor confirmed I had diabetes after blood work in December showing the same. However at the same time he put me on the Metformin, my dentist put me on Clyndamycin, a strong antibiotic. The problem was both medications were known to cause…
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Getting paid to get in shape
No, this isn't an advertisement, but as an Office Manager we get information that some may not be aware of. Some health insurances will reimburse you for going to the gym. Here's some information: Get up to $400 back! It pays to get in shape -- literally! If your health insurance provider is Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield…
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This makes no sense to me!
So I was diagnosed with T2 in December. At that time my A1c was 7.2. In January it was 6.8. At that time my Dr. put me on Metformin XR 500mg 1x a day. I was on it for 2 weeks, but also was on Clindamycin at the same time. Because of this, my system was all messed up, I was constantly in the bathroom. (Sorry if that's TMI).…
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Am I setting myself up for failure in the long run?
So I have lost 23 lbs since Thanksgiving so far. I've been averaging around 7-10 lbs a month. Here's some stats about me: SW:186 CW:163 GW:150 Height: 5'3" I've been able to maintain a relatively muscular build, but need to lose the fat that has accumulated on top of the muscle. When I did some of the tests listed on these…
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BG, Weight & PMS
Does anyone else go through this? I've read that blood sugar tends to spike the few days before your period then levels out. I only recently started tracking my BG since I was diagnosed several weeks ago. It seems to have spiked up a bit this week, but nothing crazy. However yesterday my BG was 120 upon waking, 129 before…
