Guest guest Posted August 5, 2001 Report Share Posted August 5, 2001 --- In diabetes_int@y..., " Naomi s " <nws@l...> wrote (Message # 29324, dated Apr. 9, 2001 10:13pm): > Speaking of , did he unsub from the > group? I haven't heard anything > out of him in a very long time. > Tootie No, Tootie, I'm still around - I just got a few months behind with my emails, that's all it was, but I am slowly catching up. I also had a little hassle converting from EGroups to Yahoo! but it seems to be working now. I hope that you are still beating the odds, Tootie! Pforzheim, Germany Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 6, 2001 Report Share Posted August 6, 2001 > , > It was so good to hear from you. > How are you and your wife doing now? > I hope everything is much better for > you. I am doing fine, thanks, Tootie. I seem to have the diabetes thing licked at last - HbA1c around 4.5% for at least 6 months now and I am just taking a nominal 250mg Glucophage each morning (my physician is being very cautious). My wife has had around 6.1% also for many months with a Glucophage 850mg split in two, half in the morning and half at night, plus 0.5mg Amaryl in the morning only - but then she doesn't exercise and I do. And you may remember I started out with HbA1c of 12 and she with BGs in the 700's! I attribute the improvement to us both eating mainly fruit and vegetables now - just as Sam always recommends! In fact it was mostly Sam (plus the ADA) that got us onto it. So it shows that if you do all the right things, learn all you can about the disease, have a little luck, keep an open mind and have faith, even diabetes can be beaten. And what we were told was an 800- pound gorilla turns out to have been just a wicked little monkey! > I'm still hanging in here but > having a few new problems. It's > like I told the man from Accu-Chek > who calls on a regular basis.... Wow! You know when you have diabetes big-time when the test strip manufacturer sends a salesman around to see you regularly (hoping for a big order, I presume)! Wow! > Diabetes is NOT going to do me in! > I know how to control it. I just > wish I could control the other things > in my life. Yeah, well you can't control everything! Being able to control your diabetes is more than many folks can hope for! Most can't even control their kids! > Please keep in touch. Sure I will. To tell the truth, I have been concentrating on the weight-loss problem since I last posted here and I think that I have that licked, too. Again the fruit and vegetables did the job for me - all I have to do is to exercise for an hour or so each day and eat my fruit and vegetables and my weight just creeps sloooowly downwards. I expect to arrive in normal weight range (under BMI 25) some time next month if all goes according to plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 7, 2001 Report Share Posted August 7, 2001 , Could you post a little more about what fruits and veggies you eat? I would be interested in that information. I also exercise an hour a day but my weight is stalling... thanks ressy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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