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Now and Zen |
I had my three month follow up checkup Friday, BP 126/83, temp 98.2, oxygen saturation 98% annnd (drumroll, please) A1C 5.8(!)  Cute Doctor is pleased. I don’t go back for six months, although when I call in ninety days from now to renew a scrip they want to know if things are still the same. More happy news, the doctor told me that if I continue on the path I’m on I may be taken off the metformin in six months. ___________________________________________________________________________ "....imitate the action of the Tiger." | ||
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Plowing straight ahead come what may |
That is great news!...keep on keeping on club ******************************************************** "we've gotta roll with the punches, learn to play all of our hunches Making the best of what ever comes our way Forget that blind ambition and learn to trust your intuition Plowing straight ahead come what may And theres a cowboy in the jungle" Jimmy Buffet | |||
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Master-at-Arms |
Great news. Im currently taking 500mg 2x daily of same med. May I ask your doseage? Ive really got to get my diet and excercise going.... Foster's, Australian for Bud | |||
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Good news! Keep up the good work! Place your clothes and weapons where you can find them in the dark. “If in winning a race, you lose the respect of your fellow competitors, then you have won nothing” - Paul Elvstrom "The Great Dane" 1928 - 2016 | |||
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| california tumbles into the sea |
congrats! if your A1C is below 6.5, you no longer have type 2 diabetes. my wife stopped taking metformin months ago - her A1C dropped to 6.4. her fasting (upon waking) blood glucose is around 100 and below, which is great. she hasn't gone completely ketogenic, or cut all carbs, but she has cut down a lot - and it shows in her labs. imo with an A1C of 5.8, you don't need metformin. | |||
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| SIGforum Official Eye Doc  |
Unless things have changed since I studied, this is simply not true. My understanding is that one would then be a “lifestyle controlled” or “diet controlled” diabetic...but a diabetic nonetheless. “Change my mind!” | |||
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Congratulations! Less than two weeks ago I was informed by my new doctor that I have elevated cholesterol and A1C levels. That, and I have low Vitamin D. I too, am now taking Metformin 500mg x 2. Here's the rub: at 67, I'm as thin as a rail (5'10", 146 lbs.). I don't drink sodas, use Stevia in my coffee, avoid fried foods and the restaurants that serve them, and maintain a pretty active lifestyle. I admit that I no longer run. For 20+ years I was a distance runner. I also admit that I have been overdoing the sugar snacks -- ice cream, cookies, and a nasty plate of Starbursts I walk by and grab a handful. So, the sugar snacks have to go. The baked potatoes I like to make with sour cream, chives and bacon bits have to go. Pasta and pizza have to go. More G-BOMBS (greens, beans, onions, mushrooms, berries and seeds) in my diet. I was actually doing all this when I was a runner. I guess I got old and lazy. I hate taking meds. I'm going to work again so I can get off them. You can't truly call yourself "peaceful" unless you are capable of great violence. If you're not capable of great violence, you're not peaceful, you're harmless. NRA Benefactor/Patriot Member | |||
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Spread the Disease |
Very nice! You type 2 folks make me jealous. ________________________________________ -- Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past me I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. -- | |||
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| Now and Zen |
I also am taking 500mg twice a day. ___________________________________________________________________________ "....imitate the action of the Tiger." | |||
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| Now and Zen |
I am 5' 10" and when they weighed me Friday the scales showed 163. something. I'd sort of like to get up to 170, just so I don't look like someone recently released from a POW camp, I may look into some weight training. The doctor mentioned that I might also consider taking B-12 or a B-12 complex, that it would possibly help with the minor neuropathy that I have and may help me from developing any retinopathy. ___________________________________________________________________________ "....imitate the action of the Tiger." | |||
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| Now and Zen |
I've been averaging a FBG of 115 and a postprandial (two hours after the meal) BG of about 130. ___________________________________________________________________________ "....imitate the action of the Tiger." | |||
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| california tumbles into the sea |
if you believe the a.d.a | |||
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| 10mm is The Boom of Doom  |
Congratulations. Diet really can have a huge effect. I was diagnosed in 2012 with an A1C of 11.3, now down to 5.3. Keeping carbs under 20 gr per day accounts for most of the decrease. God Bless and Protect the Once and Future President, Donald John Trump. | |||
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| Too soon old, too late smart |
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I have several books by Joel Fuhrman, MD. If you ever watch PBS, they air a 90-minute program by him (he's go an awful voice, but his information is so compelling -- and supported by many peer-reviewed studies). About six years ago I was in the same boat, and started to follow his "nutritarian" program. It works! I got lazy though, and the result is as it is. I'm going back on his program. I see my doc at the end of February, and I want her to see the results and take me off the meds. https://www.youtube.com/result...oel+fuhrman+diabetes You can't truly call yourself "peaceful" unless you are capable of great violence. If you're not capable of great violence, you're not peaceful, you're harmless. NRA Benefactor/Patriot Member | |||
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| Muzzle flash aficionado  |
Those of you taking Metformin, be sure that your doctor monitors your kidney function! I had to be taken off it some years ago because it was affecting my kidneys. flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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| I'm not laughing WITH you  |
Good numbers. But don't think you have it beat. You have to keep on it. Rolan Kraps SASS Regulator Gainesville, Georgia. NRA Range Safety Officer NRA Certified Instructor - Pistol / Personal Protection Inside the Home | |||
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| Too soon old, too late smart |
I sure hope that is not entirely true, but if it is, so be it. In the meantime, if I understand Dr. Barnard correctly, sugar builds up in the blood because of cellular fat saturation. Insulin is what enables the sugar to be absorbed by the cell, but excess fat in the cell hampers the insulin’s ability to unlock the cell for the sugar. Maybe that’s why 100 units a day of insulin and 500x day of Metformin wasn’t doing me any good. I needed to dry the fat out of my cells so to speak. Now, before anyone does anything, they might want to watch how Barnard explains what I just tried to say. Link | |||
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| The Velvet Voicebox |
Great news Club. Keep it up my man. "All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in single words: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope." --Sir Winston Churchill "The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should also have guns. Otherwise they will win and the decent people will lose." --James Earl Jones | |||
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| Master-at-Arms |
Good to know flashguy, Ill mention it at my next visit. Any kidney symptoms indicating a problem, if you remember? Foster's, Australian for Bud | |||
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