Erectile dysfunction affects 18 percent of U.S. men
POSTED: 6:29 p.m. EST, February 1, 2007

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- There's more bad news for those pudgy couch potatoes,
junk food junkies and TV devotees -- and this time it really hits them where it
hurts.

A study published Thursday found that about 18 percent of U.S. men age 20 and up
suffer from erectile dysfunction -- and the condition is strongly linked to a
sedentary lifestyle of little physical exercise, poor diet and lots of
television.

Not surprisingly, the condition was most common in older men. But there was a
strikingly high prevalence in men with diabetes and high blood pressure.

"This really means that staying active -- moving more and eating less -- and
staying healthy, in addition to being good for your cardiovascular health may
also be good for your sexual health," said epidemiologist Elizabeth Selvin of
Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, who led the study, in an
interview.

"It's just another reason to get off the couch and exercise," Selvin added.

The study in the American Journal of Medicine sought to get a sense of the
prevalence of erectile dysfunction, formerly called impotence, in what Selvin
called "the post-Viagra era."

The U.S. government approved Pfizer Inc.'s Viagra in 1998 as the first pill for
erectile dysfunction -- the inability to attain an adequate penile erection for
satisfactory sexual activity.

The arrival of Viagra not only provided a treatment option, but boosted
awareness of the formerly taboo subject and made it more acceptable to discuss.

The study estimated that 18.4 percent of U.S. men age 20 and older -- about 18
million -- have the condition. Among those ages 20-39, 5.1 percent had it; ages
40-59, 14.8 percent; ages 60-69, 43.8 percent; and age 70 and older 70.2
percent.

Half of the men in the study who had diabetes also had erectile dysfunction.
Nearly 90 percent of men with erectile dysfunction had risk factors for
cardiovascular disease, including diabetes, high blood pressure, poor
cholesterol levels or smoking, the study found.

TV watching
Men who watched three or more hours of TV per day were much more likely to have
erectile dysfunction than men who watched less than an hour per day. And men
with erectile dysfunction were less likely to have done vigorous physical
activity in the previous 30 days than other men.

Selvin said there are two clear messages from the findings. One is that
lifestyle changes -- losing weight, exercising more and eating healthier foods
-- may be very effective in warding off erectile dysfunction rather than merely
relying on a pill.

"By making lifestyle changes now, you can prevent this decline in sexual
function," Selvin said.

The other message, she said, is for doctors to be more aggressive in screening
and managing their middle-aged and older patients for this common
quality-of-life issue.

Selvin and colleagues Arthur Burnett and Elizabeth Platz based their findings on
data from 2,126 men who took part in a broad national health and nutrition
survey whose participants were representative of the general U.S. population.

Men who said they were "never able" or "sometimes able" to maintain an erection
were listed as having erectile dysfunction. Those who said they were "always or
almost always able" or "usually able" were not.

The study was funded by the National Institutes of Health.Erectile dysfunction
affects more than 18M



   ----- Original Message -----
   From: kwmel65
   To: TypeTwo@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 5:21 PM
   Subject: [TypeTwo] big problem !


   Is anyone having problems performing sexually,I am 41 yrs old and i
   cannot maintain erections. I NEED SOME HELP





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Is anyone having problems performing sexually,I am 41 yrs old and i
cannot maintain erections. I NEED SOME HELP

Here is the address of my Byetta group.

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Diabetes_And_Byetta/

There are about 350 members, almost all taking Byetta.

Andrew

On Sep 18, 2006, at 4:34 AM, TypeTwo@yahoogroups.com wrote:

> 1. Works good for me
>     Posted by: "Shey" sheymc@... sheymc
>     Date: Sun Sep 17, 2006 8:13 am (PDT)
>
> The byetta is working good.
> My sugar levels are starting to run under 100.at least most of the time
>
> I do have a problem at times when I get side tracked.
> And forget to grab a bite to eat .
> That is not a good feeling.
> I my self have had no weight loss.
> But cousin has lost 20 plus pounds in a month.
> I take this because  Sugar levels were running 150-298
> With just other diabetes meds.
> Is this the large group you have at Yahoo.
> Or is it at another site
> Thanks for all your input
> smc

The byetta is working good.
My sugar levels are starting to run under 100.at least most of the time

I do have a problem at times when I get side tracked.
And forget to grab a bite to eat .
That is not a good feeling.
I my self have had no weight loss.
But cousin has lost 20 plus pounds in a month.
I take this because  Sugar levels were running 150-298
With just other diabetes meds.
Is this the large group you have at Yahoo.
Or is it at another site
Thanks for all your input
smc

I have been taking Byetta for over a year and it is still working
great. I have not lost any weight on it, but that is not the purpose of
Byetta. The purpose is to control your after meal sugars, and for that
it works great for me.

What kind of issues is your husband having with it. I have tried to
learn all I could, so maybe I can help. If not, I own the largest
Byetta group on Yahoo, and they will probably have the answer.

Andrew


On Sep 3, 2006, at 4:06 AM, TypeTwo@yahoogroups.com wrote:

> Re: Byetta
>     Posted by: "Adrian Grillot" jjscg123@... chickasaw45826
>     Date: Sat Sep 2, 2006 7:31 am (PDT)
>
>  Yes my husband does....it work great the first couple of months then
> It didn't seem to do much...but the Dr. Wants him to stay on it for a
> couple
> Of more months....how is it working for you guys???
> Jane
>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: Shey
> Date: 09/01/06 22:06:33
> To: TypeTwo@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [TypeTwo] Byetta
>
> Does any one in this group take Byetta?
>
> sheymc
>

Yes my husband does....it work great the first couple of months then
It didn't seem to do much...but the Dr. Wants him to stay on it for a couple
Of more months....how is it working for you guys???
Jane

-------Original Message-------

From: Shey
Date: 09/01/06 22:06:33
To: TypeTwo@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [TypeTwo] Byetta

Does any one in this group take Byetta?

sheymc





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i have and will again when i get my refill


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Does any one in this group take Byetta?

sheymc

Hello it is Wayne again, I spoke to my friend that is usually telling
me what I should and should not eat and told him in simple english get
off my back, if I want to eat junk food then this is what I will do
after all it is my life and what I choose to do with myself is my
business, but at the present time my friend is in the hospital so it
will be some time before he gets out.

Perhaps he would understand if you just told him, that in spite of the fact
that the food you are eating is likely to put you in an early grave, you
have the right to make the decision to eat wisely or just die young.  And if
dying young isn't going to stop you from eating junk food, his harping at
you, surely is not.


----- Original Message -----



From: "muttlyzoo" <muttlyzoo@...>
To: <TypeTwo@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 1:34 PM
Subject: [TypeTwo] NO ACTIVITY


> Hello to all, I havea male friend that is constantly bugging me about
> my diabetes, I am hooked on junk food[ potato chips, cheeses, anything
> with sugar] I know that I should not be eating these things but they
> are so much easier than cooking a meal, you know like just instint no
> cooking or preparing and NO DISHES to clean up. But this guy just keeps
> chastising me over and over, he has a problem trying to quit smoking
> but I never bother himon this subject so I really do not understand why
> oh why he goes on about my sugary problem and how I may get away from
> eating them. Any suggestions?
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Hello to all, I havea male friend that is constantly bugging me about
my diabetes, I am hooked on junk food[ potato chips, cheeses, anything
with sugar] I know that I should not be eating these things but they
are so much easier than cooking a meal, you know like just instint no
cooking or preparing and NO DISHES to clean up. But this guy just keeps
chastising me over and over, he has a problem trying to quit smoking
but I never bother himon this subject so I really do not understand why
oh why he goes on about my sugary problem and how I may get away from
eating them. Any suggestions?

Hello to all I am a new member, my name is Wayne, I am 50yrs. old and
have TYPE 2, was diagnosed back in 1997 but did not get treated until
the year 2000 when I found myself homeless for the first time of my
life.I ended up at a Salvation Army Men's Hostel, and through them I
finally received help. Currently I use GLYBURIDE and METFORMIN as well
as other drugs and also I was born with a genetic disease called
KLINEFELTER SYNDROME OR 47xxy. Between these two problems my life is
anything but dull. Also I happen tolive in downtown
Toronto,Ontario,Canada. Wayne

So I will do it again.

Hi my name is Mary. I am 35 years old and I am type 2 diognosed
March 2000. I spent the first several years denying there was
anything wrong with me. Then spent the next couple of years not
caring. It was not till about a year ago that I actually started to
take my diabetes serious. But not till my eyes started to go and I
started experiencing neuropothy in my feet. I tokk it dead serious
when my highest BG reading was 474 and my doctor shrugged it off.
Found a new doctor and then started on the difficult road of taking
control of my diabetes instead of it taking control of me. I am now
sitting at BGs of 90 to 125 6 months after taking control back. I am
still not where I need or want to be but it is a start. I am
overweight and also suffer from high blood pressure, asthma and a
back injury that prevents me from doing any kind of exercise. I am
currently awaiting back surgery. So I find that it is a little
difficult keeping my BGs controlled without exercise.

Looking forword to getting ot know people and learning and sharing
my experiences with others.


Mary in Utah
Dx 3/2000
Last A1C 7.0

As long as they also track the purchase of cigarettes and send notices
to buyers that they should quit smoking, I might be able to accept this
as OK. LOL

Seriously, I think this is bad public policy:

1) it won't work
2) benefits from lower medical expenses will fall far short of the
costs to administer this program
3) it won't involve people who don't get medical care, and I think that
population is more likely to suffer complications from high blood sugar

Anyone know whether it conflicts with HEPA or similar federal
legislation?

Andrew

On Dec 22, 2005, at 9:33 AM, TypeTwo@yahoogroups.com wrote:

>
>    Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 06:40:09 -0800 (PST)
>    From: Drew DUBLER <drew@...>
> Subject: N.Y.C. Adopts Code to Monitor People with Diabetes
>
> NEW YORK - Hoping to save hundreds of lives, New York adopted a health
> code regulation
> Wednesday that will make it the first American city to keep track of
> people with diabetes in
> much the same way it does with patients infected with HIV or
> tuberculosis.
>
> The city will occasionally use its database to prod diabetics to take
> better care of
> themselves.
>
> The policy breaks new ground because it involves the collection of
> information about people who
> have a disease that is neither contagious nor caused by an
> environmental toxin. It has also
> raised privacy concerns in some quarters.
>
> New York's health commissioner, Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, said the
> program's potential to save
> thousands of lives outweighs what it gives up in medical privacy.
>
> "We will ensure that the utmost care will be taken to keep people's
> privacy and information
> protected," he said.
>
> Under a revised city code passed by the Board of Health, most medical
> laboratories in New York
> will be required to electronically forward the results of thousands of
> blood-sugar tests to the
> city Health Department, which will then analyze the data to identify
> people having trouble
> controlling their diabetes.
>
> Some patients might then get letters or phone calls from their
> doctors, prodding them to take
> medication, come in more frequently for checkups, or change their diet.
>
> Diabetes is the fourth-leading cause of death in the city, but people
> who aggressively monitor
> their condition are less likely to develop fatal or debilitating
> symptoms, including blindness,
> kidney failure and heart problems.
>
> When it was first proposed last summer, the program was greeted with a
> mixture of excitement
> and trepidation.
>
> A spokesman for the American Diabetes Association declined to comment
> on the surveillance
> program, saying the group needed time to review its specifics. In
> general, the ADA supports
> diabetes registries but says patients should be asked for their
> consent before their health
> information is seen by anyone other than their doctors.
>
> Frieden said people skittish about their privacy will be allowed to
> opt out of the program.
> Details on how that would work, however, are still being developed.
>
> New York's first use of such a health registry came in the late 19th
> century as part of a
> battle against an epidemic of tuberculosis. Since then, the list of
> illnesses reported to city
> officials has steadily expanded, but still consists mostly of
> contagious illnesses or ones with
> an environmental cause, like food poisoning.
>
> Frieden said diabetes' status as a leading killer made it just as
> important to watch as any
> contagious disease.
>
> Diabetes killed 1,891 New Yorkers in 2003, the last year for which
> figures were available.
>
> DREW
> T2 since '91
>

NEW YORK - Hoping to save hundreds of lives, New York adopted a health code
regulation
Wednesday that will make it the first American city to keep track of people with
diabetes in
much the same way it does with patients infected with HIV or tuberculosis.

The city will occasionally use its database to prod diabetics to take better
care of
themselves.

The policy breaks new ground because it involves the collection of information
about people who
have a disease that is neither contagious nor caused by an environmental toxin.
It has also
raised privacy concerns in some quarters.

New York's health commissioner, Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, said the program's
potential to save
thousands of lives outweighs what it gives up in medical privacy.

"We will ensure that the utmost care will be taken to keep people's privacy and
information
protected," he said.

Under a revised city code passed by the Board of Health, most medical
laboratories in New York
will be required to electronically forward the results of thousands of
blood-sugar tests to the
city Health Department, which will then analyze the data to identify people
having trouble
controlling their diabetes.

Some patients might then get letters or phone calls from their doctors, prodding
them to take
medication, come in more frequently for checkups, or change their diet.

Diabetes is the fourth-leading cause of death in the city, but people who
aggressively monitor
their condition are less likely to develop fatal or debilitating symptoms,
including blindness,
kidney failure and heart problems.

When it was first proposed last summer, the program was greeted with a mixture
of excitement
and trepidation.

A spokesman for the American Diabetes Association declined to comment on the
surveillance
program, saying the group needed time to review its specifics. In general, the
ADA supports
diabetes registries but says patients should be asked for their consent before
their health
information is seen by anyone other than their doctors.

Frieden said people skittish about their privacy will be allowed to opt out of
the program.
Details on how that would work, however, are still being developed.

New York's first use of such a health registry came in the late 19th century as
part of a
battle against an epidemic of tuberculosis. Since then, the list of illnesses
reported to city
officials has steadily expanded, but still consists mostly of contagious
illnesses or ones with
an environmental cause, like food poisoning.

Frieden said diabetes' status as a leading killer made it just as important to
watch as any
contagious disease.

Diabetes killed 1,891 New Yorkers in 2003, the last year for which figures were
available.

DREW
T2 since '91

The first treatment for diabetic type 2 is to loose at least 10-15% of your body
weight -- only then consider chronic drug therapy --regardless of what any
physician says.
Best Regards,
      Roger /Nashville
   ----- Original Message -----
   From: Drew DUBLER
   To: TypeTwo@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 11:53 AM
   Subject: Re: [TypeTwo] Hi Drew


   > Is the test you mentioned the 3 month test?
   >
   Yes, it gives an average of the past three months.
   A very reliable test.

   >I did have it twice since last year and it showed
   > nothing. I was seeing this doctor who said I didnt
   > have it. So I knew my mom had told me how hers was
   > diagnosed. So I changed doctors and this one found
   > it in a fasting glucose test. My number was 205. I
   > wonder if others are diagnosed by this glucose test?
   >
   Many things affect a single glucose reading. So a
   single fasting glucose test is NOT reliable as proof
   of diabetes, but with diabetes running in your family,
   I would definitely consider it as a sign of pre-diabetes
   which can be controlled by diet and exercise.

   Drew
   T2 since '91


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hi yes i had a fasting  glucose test   mine was 298 when the found it
and my tryclisreides were 389
i have my sugar down to 147 in the morning and about the 190's in the
late afternoon




Drew DUBLER wrote:

> > Is the test you mentioned the 3 month test?
> >
> Yes, it gives an average of the past three months.
> A very reliable test.
>
> >I did have it twice since last year and it showed
> > nothing. I was seeing this doctor who said I didnt
> > have it. So I knew my mom had told me how hers was
> > diagnosed. So I changed doctors and this one found
> > it in a fasting glucose test. My number was 205. I
> > wonder if others are diagnosed by this glucose test?
> >
> Many things affect a single glucose reading. So a
> single fasting glucose test is NOT reliable as proof
> of diabetes, but with diabetes running in your family,
> I would definitely consider it as a sign of pre-diabetes
> which can be controlled by diet and exercise.
>
> Drew
> T2 since '91
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> Is the test you mentioned the 3 month test?
>
Yes, it gives an average of the past three months.
A very reliable test.

>I did have it twice since last year and it showed
> nothing. I was seeing this doctor who said I didnt
> have it. So I knew my mom had told me how hers was
> diagnosed. So I changed doctors and this one found
> it in a fasting glucose test. My number was 205. I
> wonder if others are diagnosed by this glucose test?
>
Many things affect a single glucose reading. So a
single fasting glucose test is NOT reliable as proof
of diabetes, but with diabetes running in your family,
I would definitely consider it as a sign of pre-diabetes
which can be controlled by diet and exercise.

Drew
T2 since '91

So you are saying both your mother and your daughter are diabetic?  The
reading of 265 I think is pretty conclusive diagnosis of diabetes by any
ones standards, but as I am not a dr., I am just saying, that in my opinion.
I am assuming that you did not report that finding to yoru doctor at the
time or likely you would have gotten started with some medication then.

I think 99 percent of us that are Type ll love to eat and LOVE our carbs.
It is tough to make those changes, very tough, but we are all just darned
lucky we have the chance to make improvements in our long term prognosis by
being able to make those choices.  With so many other diagnosis, the person
is helpless to change their final outcome.  You can not only make major
changes in the progression of your disease, but you have the important
opportunity to also impact your mother and your daughter's perspective on
their desease and offer them support.  You probably know by now that 100 is
the magic blood sugar number.  Being as close as we can get to that number
is what will alter the course of our future.  I am very puzzled as to why
you have not been started on medication with those numbers.  Every day with
sugars that high, puts you at greater risk for long term complications in my
opinion.
  The numbness in your feet is also due to neuropathy.  It usually starts in
the toes, but progesses if you do not get your sugar under control.  It tend
later to affect your sexual organs in both men and women.  You can lose the
good sexual feelings which come from nerve stimulation.  This is not a good
thing, particularly for women who tend to have a lower sex drive than their
husbands anyway.  Husbands are not happy when their wives have an even lower
sex drive because of the neuropathy.  I dont' know that I have seen this
discussed before on this list but I think it is important that we share this
as I know it affects a lot of women.

So, Linda, you did the right thing by joining the group as it shows that you
are ready to take care of your desease as best you can.


Carole in WI
----- Original Message -----
From: "Linda Hammonds" <BlueRoses41@...>
To: <TypeTwo@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 10:15 AM
Subject: [TypeTwo] Hi


> Hi Carole. Thanks for the welcome. Well, I was just diagnosed last week
> but I had a feeling for awhile I was diabetic. I guess I didnt want to
> hear it you know? I remember about three years ago taking my sugar while
> visiting my mom who is diabetic and getting a reading of 265 and not
> thinking much about it. Then about a year ago one of my little toes went
> numb and I thought wow I sure hope I dont have what my mom has. She has
> severe neuropathy and is in a wheelchair. So, is it possible to have had
> it for quite awhile and not known? I started getting the symptoms a few
> months ago and I knew I better go to my doctor. I havent started on meds
> yet. I am overweight. I am trying to eat more fruits and vegetables and
> trying to limit the carbs like you said. But its hard for someone whos
> lived on sweets all my life! Do you take pills for yours? My sugar runs
> after breakfast about 170, before dinner its only about 110 and after I
> eat in the evening around 220. Its all new to me excep!
> t my daughter has had it for 4 years. Thanks for being there for support.
> I really need that now. Linda
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Is the test you mentioned the 3 month test? I did have it twice since last year
and it showed nothing. I was seeing this doctor who said I didnt have it. So I
knew my mom had told me how hers was diagnosed. So I changed doctors and this
one found it in a fasting glucose test. My number was 205. I wonder if others
are diagnosed by this glucose test?

Hi Carole. Thanks for the welcome. Well, I was just diagnosed last week but I
had a feeling for awhile I was diabetic. I guess I didnt want to hear it you
know? I remember about three years ago taking my sugar while visiting my mom who
is diabetic and getting a reading of 265 and not thinking much about it. Then
about a year ago one of my little toes went numb and I thought wow I sure hope I
dont have what my mom has. She has severe neuropathy and is in a wheelchair. So,
is it possible to have had it for quite awhile and not known? I started getting
the symptoms a few months ago and I knew I better go to my doctor. I havent
started on meds yet. I am overweight. I am trying to eat more fruits and
vegetables and trying to limit the carbs like you said. But its hard for someone
whos lived on sweets all my life! Do you take pills for yours? My sugar runs
after breakfast about 170, before dinner its only about 110 and after I eat in
the evening around 220. Its all new to me except my daughter has had it for 4
years. Thanks for being there for support. I really need that now. Linda

Robin,
I have for the first time, just gotten the same news.  Mine I Think though
was diagnosed from a urine test.  My doctor and I are hoping my high protein
count in my urine was due to the fact that I also had a urinary tract
infection.  She was surprised to see such a high protein count when no
problem existed 8 months ago.  It is possible your protein count is off, so
don't push the panic button.  I go back in a month to redo the urine test to
see if my numbers have come back where they should be.  I needed to take a
course of antibiotics first.

YOU are doing everything you can and should be doing.  I am in aw of your
wonderful sugar control numbers.  It would seem hard to believe with such
good numbers that you could have developed a serious kidney problem so I am
hoping for the best for you.
I think given your concern, you should call the dr. and ask if she can give
you any more information on what the new tests are looking for or offer you
any more information to reduce your concern.

Best of Luck on this,

Carole in WI


----- Original Message -----
From: "Robin" <browneyed_girl113@...>
To: <TypeTwo@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 8:35 AM
Subject: [TypeTwo] What to do???


> Hi,I went to my diabetic dr. last wk. and she told me that I had
> protien in my urine the last time I was there which was 3 months
> ago.And she took another blood test and her office called me yesterday
> and I am supposed to go in the morning for more blood work. I take
> water pills too and had to be off of them for a couple of days for the
> test.I do pretty good about keeping my blood sugar down under 120 and
> my A1C test was 5.5 which is what it usually is.So I don't know if the
> protien spilling into my kidneys is caused by my diabetes or what.Do
> any of you know anything about this.I have been diabetic for 3 1/2 yrs.
> now I was 48 when I was diagnosed with it,I take Metformin 500mg.2x a
> day.If anyone can tell me something about this I would appreicate it.
> Thanks Robin
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Robin wrote:
> Hi,I went to my diabetic dr. last wk. and she told me that I had
> protien in my urine the last time I was there which was 3 months
> ago.And she took another blood test and her office called me yesterday
> and I am supposed to go in the morning for more blood work. I take
> water pills too and had to be off of them for a couple of days for the
> test.I do pretty good about keeping my blood sugar down under 120 and
> my A1C test was 5.5 which is what it usually is.So I don't know if the
> protien spilling into my kidneys is caused by my diabetes or what.Do
> any of you know anything about this.I have been diabetic for 3 1/2 yrs.
> now I was 48 when I was diagnosed with it,I take Metformin 500mg.2x a
> day.If anyone can tell me something about this I would appreicate it.
> Thanks Robin

Hi, Robin. None of us here are medical doctors (at least I don't think
so) so we can't really give you any advice on the subject.

Your doctor is your best source of information.

I Googled and found:

http://www.diabetesuffolk.com/Complications/Diabetic%20Nephropathy.asp

See if that helps any.

Sue Crocker
List Mom

Hi,I went to my diabetic dr. last wk. and she told me that I had
protien in my urine the last time I was there which was 3 months
ago.And she took another blood test and her office called me yesterday
and I am supposed to go in the morning for more blood work. I take
water pills too and had to be off of them for a couple of days for the
test.I do pretty good about keeping my blood sugar down under 120 and
my A1C test was 5.5 which is what it usually is.So I don't know if the
protien spilling into my kidneys is caused by my diabetes or what.Do
any of you know anything about this.I have been diabetic for 3 1/2 yrs.
now I was 48 when I was diagnosed with it,I take Metformin 500mg.2x a
day.If anyone can tell me something about this I would appreicate it.
Thanks Robin

> Im new to the group. My name is Linda and Im 42 years old.
> I just recently found out I was diabetic. It hasnt really
> sunk in yet I guess. I also have mild neuropathy in my toes.
> I hope to make some friends here and get to know others who
> have this too. Linda
>
What was the result of your HbAic test?

Drew
T2 since '91

Welcome to the list Linda.  I was about 50 when diagnosed and had the same
tingling in my toes.  The list has been pretty quiet lately but a new member
can get us talking again. There is a lot to learn and hopefully if you have
specific questions, some of the list members can share some of their
knowledge and experience with you.  Can you tell us a bit more about your
situation?  Are you using a blood sugar monitor?  What have your sugars been
running?  What kind of diet are you working on?  You will find a lot of
different diet ideas both on and off this list, but most of us know that
carbohydrates need to be sharply reduced in diabetic people.  I believe it
is the carbohydrates that produce that "apple" shape so many of us fight
with.  Carbohydrates go right to the middle of your body and drive up your
triglycerides.

Well anyway, welcome.  There is life after diagnosis, and while diagnosis is
a total bummer, it is SO much better than what you could have been diagnosed
with so do your best to make the best of it so you can get on with your new
healthier life style.

Carole in WI


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> Im new to the group. My name is Linda and Im 42 years old. I just
> recently found out I was diabetic. It hasnt really sunk in yet I guess.
> I also have mild neuropathy in my toes. I hope to make some friends here
> and get to know others who have this too. Linda
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Im new to the group. My name is Linda and Im 42 years old. I just
recently found out I was diabetic. It hasnt really sunk in yet I guess.
I also have mild neuropathy in my toes. I hope to make some friends here
and get to know others who have this too. Linda

Godbless ya..I know how you feel.I take 8 pills aday.My bg will range any where
from 225 to 375.I also try to watch what I eat. I found out I had high blood
sugar about 2 years ago.I went on meds and then got it under controll.They took
me off meds ,went over 1 year with out them and now about 3 weeks ago it started
going all crazy.Hey but you know what ,good Lord willing it will go back down.I
am to stubborn  to accept it the way it is.,

cinda <lou@...> wrote:thanks for the reply
me blood sugar has been as low as 147 and as hight as 267
iam on med for it when they found i was a dibetic my sugar was at 400
iam just trying to whatch what i eat and take my pills i really dont
know what else to do



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> Did you mean to say "tired"? What are your blood sugar levels at?
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thanks for the reply
me blood sugar has been as low as 147 and as hight as 267
iam on med for it when they found i was a dibetic my sugar was at 400
iam just trying to whatch what i eat and take my pills i really dont
know what else to do



Sue Crocker wrote:

> tonka12004 wrote:
> > i would like to know why iam so try most of the ime with this type 2
> > can anyone make any sugestions
>
> Did you mean to say "tired"? What are your blood sugar levels at?
>
> If your levels are high, you may feel tired all the time.
>
> How well are you handling your diabetes?
>
> Sue
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tonka12004 wrote:
> i would like to know why iam so try most of the ime with this type 2
> can anyone make any sugestions

Did you mean to say "tired"? What are your blood sugar levels at?

If your levels are high, you may feel tired all the time.

How well are you handling your diabetes?

Sue