Just joined… Thanks Taty for the invitation.
How nice that you’ve formed this club. I’ll try to do
some reseach on alternative methods to post here. Is
that okay? <br
before my computer would let me log on! I guess they
must have been working on the system but it is
frustrating… snarl, snarl… not to be able to log on!!!!
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I just would like to say hi to everyone and say I am glad there is a place where
I can come and talk. Had type 2 for 3 years and still have a hard<br
accepting it.
Hello all! I was diagnosed with Type 2 in
December. I was on 2000mg of Glucophage and 8mg of Avandia
daily. I even lost 40 pounds, but it didn’t bring my
blood sugar down low enough. I now am on Glucovance
(1500mg Glucophage and 15mg of Glyburide)daily, and it
works OK. Sounds like it won’t be long before I start
to take shots. I’m just now starting to get past the
“denial” stage into acceptance. It has been difficult for
me, since I’ve always been in control of my life.
I’ve had a very successful career, great kids, and a
great marriage, so it is hard for me to accept that I
have this disease that I can’t make go away. My
hardest thing is the fact that I am so busy, I tend to
ignore the fact that I’m diabetic. Last week, my Doc had
me take Monday off of work, and just spend three
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Hello, thanks for the invite. This is a very
informative club. Sometimes I feel like I am wrong for
feeling the way I do. <br
diagnosed with type 1 in Nov, 2000. We all were surprised
and angry. We know that type 2 runs in both of our
familys but Shane is the first to be diagnosed with type
1. Getting him to eat on time and what he needs to
is a battle. He takes his shots well and he checks
his own sugar, but the eating battle continues. I get
so angry about fighting with him and I often run to
a corner to cry. I dont know what to do. We have
caught him more than once with a bag of candy in his
room, half gone. We put these things up but he manages
to get them I am not sure how. I guess we will have
to lock it all up. If anyone has any advice I would
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Thank you so much for inviting me to join this
group. I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes two months
ago and an feeling a bit overwhelmed. I’m on 2000
mgs. of glucophage a day and my blood sugar seems to
be under control. I am also adhering to a strict
diet. I look forward to getting to know and learning
from you.<br
Hello. I found the following info on
diabetes.org<br
Stress is
a normal part of life, but one that can make it
harder to control your blood glucose (sugar). There are
several ways to fight stress and make your diabetes
control easier. <br
results when something causes your body to behave as if
it were under attack. Sources of stress can be
physical, like injury or illness. Or they can be mental,
like problems in your marriage, job, health, or
finances.<br
This preparation is called the fight-or-flight
response. In the fight-or-flight response, levels of many
hormones shoot up. Their net effect is to make a lot of
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to Diabetes and Your Emotions!<br
mentioned in the founders message that I’ve had Diabetes
for 30 years. Since I was diagnosed so young, I
really didn’t have the chance to go through an
adjustment period. I didn’t always stay on top of things
when it came to controlling my sugars. I didn’t really
start thinking about controlling my sugars until I was
about 12 years old, that’s when I was told that I
needed lazer surgery in both eyes. Even then, I still
didn’t seriously start to take care of myself until I
was 14 years old. I started testing my sugars daily.
I would get upset when it seemed that I had tried
my best but the glucose monitor would give me a bad
reading.<br
quite a few severe lows. A Diabetes Educator suggested
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