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12/19/12 8:01 P

I have been on SP on and off since 2009. I was just diagnosed with diabetes on Monday of this week. I am still just getting started on this new journey. I have been away from SP for quite a while, but I think using the trackers will help me to maintain some order while I overhaul the way I do everything. I haven't even met with the dietician yet to discuss what I should be doing as far as changing my eating habits. For now, I am just trying to track my food, limit portion size, and try to decrease my obsession with carbs.

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9/15/12 8:14 P

Hi!

I've been a SP member for about 1 1/2 years but was just diagnosed w/Type 2 diabetes this week. MD has prescribed metformin 2x a day. I've changed my SP diet plan to Type 2 and it sure is helping! I'm also back tracking my walking. Today was the first day in a while that I've had some energy and not craved eating.

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9/13/12 8:51 A

Hi and welcome! I'm Dianna and when I was 1st dxd back in 2009, it was a bit of a struggle to learn this new way of being. My insurance only pays for one test strip a day which I found that if I wanted to know how different foods affected me, this just wouldn't do. I use a truetrack and a container of 50 strips cost 50$ at my local pharmacy so I checked amazon.com and I can get a much better deal there - usually under 35$ for 100 strips. And I'm glad I did because I learned (and still am) what foods set my blood sugar off into high spikes and how many carbs I can handle per meal. I also learned how exercise affects my blood sugar. This is powerful information if you're going to get a handle on your diabetes.

When I was 1st dxd my doctor put me on metformin twice a day. Now I'm down to one a day so hopefully some progress there.

Feel free to post questions. We're all here to support and learn.


~Dianna

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9/11/12 6:16 P

I a 35 years old and new to this forum. I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in May.
I am still learning on how to manage things. I am currently on Metformin once a day to help manage my diabetes.