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How can I change my eating??

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Oh, those carbs!

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Any other Mac users feeling left out?

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Profile Information

Hometown (where you come from):
Kansas City
Do you have diabetes?
Yes
Type of diabetes
Type 2
Date diagnosed
May 11, 2007
Most recent A1C (Blood Glucose Average) Value
5.2
What glucose meter do you use?
Sidekick
Type of treatment you use
Oral, Diet and Exercise
What is the address for your Twitter profile or other web site, if any?
http://none
How did you find out about us? What were you searching for?
Yahoo Answers
Who referred you? (if anyone)
N/A
What do you do for a living?
Health Care Consultant

About DeeVa

I split my time between Kansas City & Los Angeles. I run a health-care business & am a pretty determined and driven lady. In my spare time, I am into vampires, pirates, goth and alternative music, Mac computers and my cats. I love to travel and you can often find me out on the road - nothing, but NOTHING slows me down!

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THINNER

Today I ran into an old friend whom I had not seen in a long time. They were quite shocked at my appearance, "How much weight have you lost - you look great!" Well, as of this week, it's 65 pounds in 6 months. And they were amazed - wanted to know if I'd had a gastric bypass or something? "Nope, Diabetes!" Then I explained my new lifestyle, low carb eating, exercise, etc. - how boring that must sound - not nearly as exciting as a new diet pill or the lap-band, or radical liposuction. Sorry, I di… Continue

Posted on November 16, 2007 at 10:30pm —

DeeVa KC

Milestones

As of today, I have lost more than forty pounds since my diagnosis in May. That's a lot of miles I've walked and run, a lot of carbs and calories that I haven't eaten - - just a LOT OF WORK, PERIOD! It's been hard to do too. Now, I still have another 40 or 50 to go before I'll be where I need to be - but I feel like I've made my way "back" to someplace - back to the land of the "overweight" instead of the "obese" - to the place where I would not be considered for gastric bypass surgery - where I… Continue

Posted on August 23, 2007 at 10:02pm — 1 Comment

DeeVa KC

Metformin

Well, it's been about a week now since the Endocrinologist started me on Metformin. And I have lost a few pounds (3). But, more to the point, my blood glucoses are better than ever! I just had a 2 hour post-lunch reading of 93! OK, maybe it's too soon to do a "happy-happy joy-joy" dance, but I'm starting to think that the advice I've been lead to from this site and my other reading was correct & that I'm SO glad I asked to be put on it. So far, there had not been any side effects, and I'm do… Continue

Posted on August 19, 2007 at 4:08pm —

DeeVa KC

GLUCOSE METERS

I just found out today that my stupid Freestyle Freedom meter was reading 30-40 higher! CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT! I was doing so much better all this time - STUPID METER! I verified it with the "sidekick" and the one the doctor used - I don't know if I dropped it - or it was just crap! And expensive too!
I think I'll just stay with the "sidekick for now - at least it cheap!

The doctor has started me on Metaformin 500mg today - My request - an attempt to perhaps hekp me lose more weight - he says so… Continue

Posted on August 8, 2007 at 3:52pm — 2 Comments

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At 10:05am on November 20, 2009, Knox's Dad said…
DeeVa KC -

I love your persona and your attitude on life and living!
Congrats on the major weight loss....YOU did it the real old fashioned way...YOU earned it!
Rock on!!
At 8:25pm on May 25, 2009, Lois La Rose said…
DeeVa:
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Since your name wasn't on last night's birthday list, I missed it. I apologize! I hope you had a really wonderful day!

Lois La Rose
Milwaukee, WI
At 12:05pm on May 25, 2009, Marie B said…
Happy Birthday, DeeVa!
At 9:49am on March 14, 2009, odie said…
HEY SOUNDS GREAT good job!!! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. HMM LET'S SEE THE tATT,KC to LA thta sounds cool to me just hangin around workin waiting for my ship to come in...Nice talking to you!!
At 12:13pm on November 29, 2007, Kelly said…
Hey I just wanted to tell you congrats on the weight loss! I think that's terrific. Keep up the good work!

~Kelly
At 3:25pm on August 31, 2007, Bill Jenkins said…
I just saw your back tattoo
VERY NICE
if you are trying to lose weight check out Byetta (www.BYETTA.com) it is a shot you do 2 times a day and it helps your insulin work better and CURBS your appetite. It has been working for me.
ttfn BIll
 
 

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