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  • About Me

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    spittman

    Female
    Reston, VA, USA
    Member since June 8

  • Recent Activity

    November 2

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    • Thumbs Up

      From richjej45 November 3

      i know you can do it

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      From Aprilluv2 August 20

      Thank you for the comment. Actually I spoke to the diabetic educator who is also a PA at a endo docs office and she agreed wioth me in what i found So I started back on all my orals and I am taking a 35 unit shot in AM and PM and my sugar is now in the 160's again Thank heavens

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      From SockFuzz August 7

      Hi, it's nice to see some new faces posting around the Dibetes forum! Hope to see lots more of you. :)

    • Hug

      From dinz June 16

      hi,im hoping we can get more heart attack survivors chatting out here..

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      From richjej45 June 12

      thank you for your support

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  • Goals

    Progress

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    Goal End Date is Mar 20, 10 118 more days.
    Current Weight (Lbs)
    170
  • Support Groups

    • Close Diabetes Type 2

      Type 2 Diabetic insulin dependent.

      Treatments

      Amaryl Working / Worked
      used at the beginning. Was good but not enough.
      Byetta Working / Worked
      Not hungry if I inject 20 mins before each meal. very good 10mcg
      Glipizide Working / Worked
      very good no longer on it.
      Lantus Working / Worked
      50-100 units at night. Works well. Had 20 pound weight gain at the beginning.
      Levemir Not Working
      Was terrible. Had insulin resistence. Did not work at all.
      Metformin Not Working
      Felt sick all the time. Everything I eat vomited even water on the lowest dose. If one can pass the side effect it is the miracle drug.
      NovoLog Working / Worked
      Great. Works best 10-15 min before each meal.
      Crestor Working / Worked
      Works great.
      Tricor Working / Worked
      Works great
      Plavix Working / Worked
      I get hot really easily since I take this medicine
    • Close Gastric Bypass Surgery

      Getting Vertical Sleeve soon

    • Open Heart Attack

      I had a heart attack in October 2008

      Treatments

      Aspirin Working / Worked
      Coreg Not Working
      Fish Oil Working / Worked
      Stents Working / Worked
      3 stents
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