Re: Coreg, a study of failure.

bgl wrote:
"Michael" <micoder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I am thinking seriously of asking my physician for metformin or another
drug that does the same thing. I may not get it because he just looks at
my A1c and say I'm fine. He doesn't realize how hard it is for me to keep
my A1C in the 5's.

As I said before, I would like to be able to eat a piece of fruit now and
then and a salad every day. I know I will never be able to eat normal diet
and don't expect it. But, I sure miss blueberries.


What do you mean by he "doesn't realize" -- have you told him in no
uncertain terms?

Have you told him, specifically, what your "you're fine A1c" diet consists
of & what you have to do to maintain it? A really detailed list? Do you have
a detailed food log covering several days or even weeks along with your bg
test results? Has he *refused* to give you medication? Does he just not
listen? Or what?

My endo had no problem prescribing meds for pp control so I could eat a more
normal diet & pattern (please, people, I'm not talking Pizza Pigouts Every
Day or McDonald's MonsterMealw/Fries). She understands the quality of life
aspect.

Also, & I probably missed it among a lot of the noise lately -- what about
your exercise patterns? Can you? Do you? Could you? Would you?
bj



Hi bj,

At this point I am only doing yoga. My yoga routine lasts an hour. My right knee has a torn ligament. I am not scheduled for surgery until Sept 14th. This bad knee has limited my exercise a lot.

I have a treadmill but cannot now use it. If I do use my knee the pain at night prevents sleep. When I recover from surgery, I fully intend to begin using this treadmill daily.

I have argued with my physician about my condition. He says I don't even have type 2 diabetes. He described it as perhaps pre-diabetes. I have not asked yet for medication from him. I hoped to control my BG solely with diet and exercise. When you can't exercise much this idea kind of falls apart.

I think type 2 is so common that some physicians don't really take it seriously. I take it very seriously because my wife's type 2 went undiagnosed for several years. Her vision was permanently damaged. I don't want to let this sort of thing happen to me. I diagnosed my wife's type 2 diabetes a year before her doctor did. My wife refused to accept my diagnosis because I was not a physician. She also wanted to continue eating the way she had all her life. I finally took her into her doctor and demanded that she get an oral BG tolerance test. She flunked big time. She has been managing it quite well after she was willing to accept this diagnosis.

Michael
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