Re: A Simple Question -- I Just Hope It Doesn't Get Nasty

On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 18:43:04 GMT, "rich" <dummyaddress@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

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>"Bailey's Girl" <baileys_girl_nospam_@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Since my goal is to keep my BGL's in normal range without meds, I'm
>> curious if there are T2's who have managed to do that specifically
>> following these guidelines (The Diabetes Food Pyramid):
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>Some would argue that the goal of avoiding meds is a bad goal.

Really?! Now, I have to admit this does surprise me! While I'll
admit that my initial reaction was "I can't do shots", even now that I
know that isn't the only option, I'm still wanting to avoid having to
take medication, for financial reasons if nothing else.

I readily admit I'm quite naive about all of this, but why would
wanting to avoid meds be a bad goal?

>I'm not one of them. One of my happiest post-dx days was when I was taken off of my 2
>BP meds and my cholesterol med. I'm prepared to do meds if and when it
>becomes *necessary* but not before.

Congratulations to you on your milestone and good luck! :-)

I rarely take anything now -- I even try to avoid anything for
headaches (which it suddenly occurs to me I don't have very often
anymore). If the time came that medication was recommended this would
be a very difficult decision for me, personally. A lot of factors,
aside from dollars, would have to be weighed. It's a decision I
seriously do not want to have to make.

>When I was first dx'ed I did the ada diet as expounded by my diabetes
>educator. My a1c went from 6.4 to 6.9. Then I found this place and read
>and followed the test test test (ttt) advice of Jennifer, as expounded by
>her disciple Alan S, and my a1c went to 5.7 than 5.4 and now 5.3. As a side
>benefit I saw that ttt was steadily eliminating many carbs from my diet, my
>weight was dropping (from 390 to 335) and I was able to eliminate my meds.
>So when I stalled at that weight the notion of low carb, about which I had
>been **VERY** skeptical, now had some credibility with me due to my
>experience. So I adopted a more deliberate and purposeful low carb diet,
>still doing ttt. Weight loss resumed and I am now down to 290.

Congratulations again! :-)

>As with anything diabetes, YMMV and I am describing my experience, not
>necessarily advocating that course of action to anyone else.

Of course, I understand. Thanks for sharing, Rich. :-)


August Goals: Keep BGLs in normal range; Not hungry, don't eat
Weight: 21 pounds gone (whoop!)
Measurements: 8 inches gone 06/19/2005
Cholesterol: 145
FBG: <100 since 07/01/2005 A1c 6.8!
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