What kind of meds do they have you on? That seems like alot of weight gain. I too feel we are defeating our purpose if we gain weight on the meds, because...
N- K Grayson
JDNK@...
May 3, 2003 1:15 am
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Thank you to everyone for responding but I must disagree with the person who said that the medications don't cause you to gain weight. I exercise 2 to 3 times...
N- K Grayson
JDNK@...
May 3, 2003 1:15 am
3382
The treatment for PCOS turned out to be a side-effect of Glucophage and Avandia. It is not only the insulin that has problems being used correctly by our ...
I have found the following site and its newsletter a wonderful help: < http://www.neuropathy.org/ > Gloria in MD galbinak@... [Non-text portions of this...
... Hi Nancy, You have to remember that we are not ALL on the same medication. My Endo told me at the beginning when I was diagnosed 2 yrs ago, that almost all...
Is it possible for your Dr. to change from the avandament to something else? I'm on glucophage/Actos/Atkins and have lost 46 pounds as of this morning. I've...
For those of us on Atkins fat is perfectly acceptable. We get them from meats, olive oil and things like that. Trying for mostly unsaturated. I have been on...
I must disagree with your parts of your comment about weight gain, studies have been done to show that alot of these diabetic medications slow down the...
N- K Grayson
JDNK@...
May 6, 2003 6:14 pm
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Dear AJ, and everybody, Yes, I partly agree with you, AJ, but some do not realise that diet generally means 'don't overdo the fat' ie., in moderation and also...
I'm 6 foot 1 inches, was at 220 pounds in Nov, now at 240 pounds and still seem to gaining pounds. I was curious about that statement about better glucose...
Hi Nancy, The way I received the information was that only on Metformin would I lose weight. I understood that to mean that most of the other tablets, combined...
Hi, thank you everyone for your responses they were very helpful. I did meet with my doctor and she agreed to take me off the glucaphage and now I'm on...
N- K Grayson
JDNK@...
May 9, 2003 12:26 am
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... From: N- K Grayson <JDNK@...> To: TypeTwo@yahoogroups.com Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 18:59:00 -0500 Subject: Re: [TypeTwo] Digest Number 685 Message-ID:...
N- K Grayson
JDNK@...
May 9, 2003 12:36 am
3394
Nancy, That's great. I'm glad you got medicine you wanted. I'm following Atkins and have lost 48.1 pounds as of this morning. If you would like to talk...
All insulin sensitisers (Avandia, ACtos, Metformin) have a tendency to make you put on weight. But if you look at the package inserts the amount of weight...
I just heard this on BBC from Professor of risk management at Sun College(?) in London. He says perception of risk is vastly higher based on: a. How new the...
Hi there. I came across this announcement, which I thought might be of interest to this group. The materials described in here are completely free. I...
Bill Watson
diabetic0004@...
May 14, 2003 3:31 pm
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I need help. I've been put on a 1500 calorie diet; 12 carbs, 5 oz protein, 50 grams fat. I'm 65 yrs. old, female, weight was 240. I've lost 18 pounds, walk...
Well lets see...sorry your feeling that way...12 carbs a day is way too low. Adkins diet says 20 a day and that is for 2 weeks only. Carbs can come up a bunch....
Railrust
railrust@...
May 23, 2003 1:38 pm
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This seems really strange to me too. Why the Actos now when doing so well without it. Carole ... From: Railrust [mailto:railrust@...] Sent: Friday,...
... The faint and shakes are cause by lows in glucose -- take a BG reading. If it below 70 take some glucose -- OJ will do. If it is not 70 and below, it is...
When I was first got diagnosed I was prescribed Glucophage. I had the same symptoms. They lasted for about 2 weeks and then went away. I'm rather surprised...
I'm surprised, also, that Dr. didn't try Glucophage first--supposed to be much safer drug, and preferred by Dr.'s. Also, I've been following Dr. Joel ...
The other side of diet can be a very low carb high protein one like Atkins. So far I've lost 53.2 pounds since the middle of November and my BP, Cholesterol,...
hi, my name is stephanie and i am an 18 year old female who just found out they have type 2 diabetes. my mom has been helping me on how to take care of it,...
Hi Stephanie...That is a very high blood sugar count. The damage done is a silent one when one has that high of blood sugar. In fact to put it bluntly...it...
Railrust
railrust@...
Jun 14, 2003 6:33 pm
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Hi Stephanie, The first thing is - welcome to the group,and if we can help you, we will. Second, about the meter reading: a, Do you remember if you washed your...
How many times have you heard that? However, what is not talked about and is probably more dangerous than high blood surgar is low blood surgar! My wife had a...
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