I am new to this group and to this wonderful new drug.
Are any of the rest of you on it?
I have been on Insulin of various kinds for 25 years and function as a
Type2 more or less.  Never has it been well defined even with all the

Hello,  my name is Ed.  I was told today that I have type 2 Diabetes.
Needless to say but I'm a bit worried and confused on what exactly I
need to do next.  My A1C came back as a 10.5 and I have an appointment
for next Tuesday to go in and get the perscription for my meds.  I have

It has helped my BG levels go from 7.2 (A1C) to 6.1 in 4 months with no diet
change at all. I'm not great at the diet thing, but don't eat sweets,
excessive carbs (maybe 150gm per day), and no candy.
No, I don't work for the company either, just a very satisfied user. Had

--
Eddie
Type 2

I heard this twice on the radio last night. There's an article either
in the New York Times or the Wall Street Journal, I don't recall which
one, about how drug companies are hiring pretty people with lots of
'enthusiasm' to inform doctors about the latest FDA-approved drugs.

Just got my latest results - numbers in parantheses are the history.
FBG    6.1 mmol/l  (7.5, 7.4, 8.2, 6.6)
A1c     5.8%    (6.9, 6.3, 6.8, 6.3)
Trig.    0.95 mmol/l    (3.82, 2.15, 1.05)

A lot of articles (and doctors) focus on the really bad complications of
diabetes. Which is fine, seeing as these things are very serious,
debilitating and even life-threatening conditions.
The thing is, there are lots of other conditions that are not so obvious

First and foremost I am not suggesting to anyone to stop taking
Metformin I am just relating my own personal experiences with the drug.
Before I chose to start taking Metformin about four months ago my lowest
BG reading was usually 4.3 (78) and I was suffering fiercely from Dawn

Do you count PP hours from the first or last of the meal?
A good meal can take 30 -60 minutes to enjoy so it can make a big
difference.

So, Take a look at this amazingly developed body builder at the page
below and ask yourself is he going live to be a healthy middle aged
person:
http://www.igman.com/Misc/Are-Protein-Diets-Dangerous/

Watched the news tonight and they had a feature on a
homeless man.  It points out two thngs.  But for providence that peersn
might be you.  Life is
a throw od the dice and in a momrnt you will

            thought you lot might like to get your hands on free King
Kong memrobilia. I went on the site called
                                    WWW.BRAINCHILL.CO.UK
It has loads of free things. Wicked for us students who are hard up

'Blubberslapping' named 2005 Word of the Year
By Wally M. Hastings December 8, 2005 7:50AM
The phenomenal year of the Blubberslap continues this week following
the announcement that the New Online World Dictionary has  now

what amount of lucazade is required in volume! for the gtt test?
As im in next week for my yearly review and as of yet i have  not had
one!!!!! It may well be a good idea to do a self test and record the results
so as to give the DN a better idea of my state of health.

Hi -- I recently bought a TrueTrack meter at Walgreens.  I had been
using a One Touch Ultra but the cost of the test strips was killing my
budget.
The True Track meter's strips are about 1/2 the cost of the OTU's and I