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  • Wilmington, Ma
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Hi Angela. Unexplained weight gain is one of the major symptoms of T2 Diabetes and is not often emphasised by Diabetes professionals. As people here have said diet and exercise are the key. If you have joint problems you could opt for low impa...
on Friday
Excellent article John, and all dieticians, nutritionists and others in the medical profession should be forced to read it. A reduced cab diet is the only way forward for most non insulin dependent T2 Diabetics.
on Friday
Hi Angela- I'm a T2 - over 15 years - just started insulin in January 09. I'm not going to get in to all the detail right now because it would take longer than I have right now - BUT - Angela, you should know right now that there are very differ...
October 27
I just read this article about a study on mice of course: "Antioxidants May Raise (type 2) Diabetes Risk: Study" I thought it was interesting: "Our study suggest that antioxidants may contribute to early development of insulin resistance, a patho...
October 7
Lantus can increase resistance and weight. Also, I take my Lantus in 2 separate doses - morning and night - as 1 shot doesn't last 24 hours even though it says it does. It's ALL connected - weight, insulin, carbs Research and taking control of y...
October 6
Weight training will do the trick in terms of insulin resistance. The only way I know to manage cravings is low carb - and it will lower A1c Lot of good information here - http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/
October 6
Hi Manny - I entered the great diabetic "vicious cycle" - insulin resistant to begin with > started insulin > gained weight > insulin resistance increased > more insulin...........on and on For me, fluctuations in insulin resistance are extremel...
October 6
Have you cosidered asking your doctor about running a test on your thyroid? Some of your symtoms sounds like the ones I had before I knew what was wrong.I had gained some weight then lost alot.I hope you can get the answers your looking for.
October 5

Profile Information

Hometown (where you come from):
wilmington, united states
Do you have diabetes?
Yes
Type of diabetes
Type 2
Date diagnosed
December 2, 2008
What glucose meter do you use?
One Touch Mini
Type of treatment you use
Oral, Shots
How did you find out about us? What were you searching for?
searching on google.
What do you do for a living?
software engineer

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At 6:59am on December 5, 2008, Ron said…
Welcome to TuDiabetes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Glad you are here!!!!!!!!!!
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