Hello

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In a message dated 5/9/01 9:55:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

ruthharnish@... writes:

<< So, I am hoping that reading your postings and hearing

what you all do may motivate me to get back on

track..also I need to lose a lot of weight!!! >>

Hi Ruth,

Glad you found this group. Everyone is great.

What motivated me was the fact that I told my doctor last year that I wanted

to come off medication. She told me " no way, it will probably increase " .

That was last Sept. The 10th day of Feb, I stopped taking medication with my

doctor's approval, of course.

I have lost about 45-46 lbs and I feel great about myself. I love the way I

look and so does my husband. I get so many nice compliments. Shopping for

" skinny " clothes is great. For the past 6 yrs, I've had lots of energy, so I

can't say my energy level has increased. I stay busy all the time,

housework, yardwork, walking, etc. It does take willpower and lots of it but

you can do it. Just take it one day at a time.

Eunice

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In a message dated 5/9/01 9:55:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

ruthharnish@... writes:

<< So, I am hoping that reading your postings and hearing

what you all do may motivate me to get back on

track..also I need to lose a lot of weight!!! >>

Hi Ruth,

Glad you found this group. Everyone is great.

What motivated me was the fact that I told my doctor last year that I wanted

to come off medication. She told me " no way, it will probably increase " .

That was last Sept. The 10th day of Feb, I stopped taking medication with my

doctor's approval, of course.

I have lost about 45-46 lbs and I feel great about myself. I love the way I

look and so does my husband. I get so many nice compliments. Shopping for

" skinny " clothes is great. For the past 6 yrs, I've had lots of energy, so I

can't say my energy level has increased. I stay busy all the time,

housework, yardwork, walking, etc. It does take willpower and lots of it but

you can do it. Just take it one day at a time.

Eunice

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In a message dated 05/09/2001 9:28:22 AM Central Daylight Time,

ERWachter@... writes:

<<

I have lost about 45-46 lbs and I feel great about myself. I love the way I

look and so does my husband. I get so many nice compliments. Shopping for

" skinny " clothes is great. For the past 6 yrs, I've had lots of energy, so

I

can't say my energy level has increased. I stay busy all the time,

housework, yardwork, walking, etc. It does take willpower and lots of it

but

you can do it. Just take it one day at a time.

>>

would love to get to this point and lose the meds. A little help

in how you did this? Want to help me? LOL I sure could use it

You must be proud of yourself for doing this Way to go

/kc

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In a message dated 05/09/2001 9:28:22 AM Central Daylight Time,

ERWachter@... writes:

<<

I have lost about 45-46 lbs and I feel great about myself. I love the way I

look and so does my husband. I get so many nice compliments. Shopping for

" skinny " clothes is great. For the past 6 yrs, I've had lots of energy, so

I

can't say my energy level has increased. I stay busy all the time,

housework, yardwork, walking, etc. It does take willpower and lots of it

but

you can do it. Just take it one day at a time.

>>

would love to get to this point and lose the meds. A little help

in how you did this? Want to help me? LOL I sure could use it

You must be proud of yourself for doing this Way to go

/kc

[Guest guest]

Hi Ruth,

Welcome to the group. This is a very supportive group. You will enjoy it.

I think you need to multiply your number by 18 and that will give you the US

reading. Divide ours by 18 to get the brit reading. Someone correct me if

I am wrong.

Friends,

Co-Moderator

Type 2

Hello

> I am from North East England and I have type 2

> diabetes. I am 45 years of age and have been diagnosed

> since last December. I have the added complications

> of high cholesterol and underactive thyroid as well,

> which make my diet more restricted. I was doing well

> with this until february when I had a car accident and

> I just don't seem to get myself motivated back into

> being good again!!!

>

> I don't know if anyone knows, but our BG counting is

> different from yours in the USA. I am usually about 8

> upwards, when it is high I am about 13 or 14 (the

> optimum to go for is 5), but I don't know how I can

> convert so I know where I am in relation to your

> testing!

>

> I take metformin for the diabetes. It is a strange

> thing to have I think, because it is difficult to

> understand that this is going on inside your

> body...and also difficult to get used to the idea that

> this doesnt go away!

>

> So, I am hoping that reading your postings and hearing

> what you all do may motivate me to get back on

> track..also I need to lose a lot of weight!!! That's

> hard too right now!

>

> Love to you all

> Ruth

>

> =====

> Ruth Harnish, Hartlepool, UK

> My Encaustic Art

> http://uk.y42.photos.yahoo.com/ruthharnish

>

> ____________________________________________________________

>

[Guest guest]

Welcome, Gerry;

We usually moderate the first post to see what

your intentions are when you join the group.

My husband has been on 12 hr. swing shifts for

years and it causes him a lot of problems with high

blood pressure so I can empathize there.

Are you on the same shift all the time or do you

swing shifts?

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

Welcome Ian,

My name is Andi. Iam hypothyroid myself. Iam really not sure how it

affects a person. Of course Iam always fatigued as well. I used to

have raging headaches but I stopped drinking coffee and I dont have

them much now. Thank Goodness for that. I do not like to take NSAIDS

if I can help it. I will look around on line and see if I can come up

with some info on Hypothyroidism for you.

Andi

[Guest guest]

Welcome Ian,

My name is Andi. Iam hypothyroid myself. Iam really not sure how it

affects a person. Of course Iam always fatigued as well. I used to

have raging headaches but I stopped drinking coffee and I dont have

them much now. Thank Goodness for that. I do not like to take NSAIDS

if I can help it. I will look around on line and see if I can come up

with some info on Hypothyroidism for you.

Andi

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In a message dated 8/24/01 1:46:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

luvsyorkies@... writes:

> She did the HBA1C level and I came out 5.4%. Is this good?

Hi ,

This number is great!!!!! I would say continue with whatever plan of eating

you are now on. I believe the reason doctors don't give very strict

guidelines to people with diabetes is because every individual is different.

Some people can eat what others cannot. Diabetes is a trial and error

disease. You eat something different, you test to see what happens to your

BG's. It doesn't take too long to learn what you can and cannot eat.

Keep up the good work.

Eunice

Type 2 - 5.7, June 2001

[Guest guest]

Hello ,

I had a glucose tolerance test run last month and the results came back

abnormal. I can't remember exactly.........and I didn't get a copy of the

results of the tests..........but I think they said my 2 hour level was 250 and

should have been below 180??? I think that's what they said. Anyway, the

reason she got the tests so quickly is that she has some new machine in her

office that she is testing out. It was done with a finger stick instead of a

blood draw (although they also did a draw to check for accuracy on their new

machine) and within 6 minutes she had the results.

I seem to be having some higher b/g readings this week than I have in the past 3

weeks. Not really sure what's going on either. I would say that 3/4 of my

readings have been over 170 this week, whereas in the past 2 previous weeks I

only had 1 reading that was over 170. I am watching my carbs, but that doesn't

seem to be doing it this week. I guess that I will get the hang of this soon.

S.

----- Original Message -----

Hi - That's great. I was wondering how she did it so fast. When I get

mine done it gets sent to a lab and takes a couple of days to come back.

With an hb of 5.4 why did they think you were diabetic in the first place?

Was it high numbers after eating? Your fasting number must have been ok with

an hb that low. Sorry for all the questions but I have been away and so I

haven't read any past mail since july 21.

E

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Hi. I decided to delurk. My name is Dianna. I've been on program for 6 weeks

now. I have alot of weight to lose but I'm very dedicated. I am serious and

don't plan to cheat or go off program. I have joined ww a zillion times but

this will be the last time. I can use all the support I can get. I look

forward to getting to know you all.

Dianna

[Guest guest]

Hi Dianna,

Welcome. You sound good.

Speaking of delurking, I spoke at my f2f (face to face)

meeting for the first time tonight. I did feel more at

home. Perhaps more important - more motivated to stay on

track. I lost 1.6 lbs tonight.

Jane

--- jamesc wrote:

> Hi. I decided to delurk. My name is Dianna. I've been

> on program for 6 weeks now. I have alot of weight to

> lose but I'm very dedicated. I am serious and don't plan

> to cheat or go off program. I have joined ww a zillion

> times but this will be the last time. I can use all the

> support I can get. I look forward to getting to know you

> all.

>

> Dianna

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Congratulations Jane!

----- Original Message -----

From: jane c.

I lost 1.6 lbs tonight.

Jane

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the general unsubscribe email Ingy, I find it rather *annoying*

that people can't figure out how to do it themselves! Like we are a bunch of

ladies sitting around just waiting to unsubscribe somebody! I know, I know,

PMS rearing ugly head. No wonder my husband left the country!

LOL

Re: Hello

> These e-mails always make me sad, but I know for some reason, ladies just

> don't need the support or too many emails. :0)

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Jeanne and welcome to the group! It is cool that you have approval already.

Hopefully they can get you scheduled ASAP. That is when it was really " real " to

me ....when I got a date. I had my surgery in Feb. on the 4th. I am doing very

well now and I am so glad that I did. Hope to hear from you often....annee

Hello everyone. I am new to this group. My name is Jeanne and I live in the

Milwaukee area in Wisconsin. Here is my story:

I've had a weight problem all my life, but it is in the last year and a half or

so that I've reached my breaking point. I've just gotten to the point where I

know my body cannot handle more pounds, and if I don't do something, I know the

pounds will kill me. So I spent the better part of last year thinking about

this, and began seriously pursuing it in the fall. Now I am approved and will

see my surgeon individually for the first time on March 28th. Hopefully because

I already have approval, we will schedule the surgery then. I look forward to

getting to know you all and making some new friends.

Jeanne in WI

[Guest guest]

Hi Jeanne and welcome to the group! It is cool that you have approval already.

Hopefully they can get you scheduled ASAP. That is when it was really " real " to

me ....when I got a date. I had my surgery in Feb. on the 4th. I am doing very

well now and I am so glad that I did. Hope to hear from you often....annee

Hello everyone. I am new to this group. My name is Jeanne and I live in the

Milwaukee area in Wisconsin. Here is my story:

I've had a weight problem all my life, but it is in the last year and a half or

so that I've reached my breaking point. I've just gotten to the point where I

know my body cannot handle more pounds, and if I don't do something, I know the

pounds will kill me. So I spent the better part of last year thinking about

this, and began seriously pursuing it in the fall. Now I am approved and will

see my surgeon individually for the first time on March 28th. Hopefully because

I already have approval, we will schedule the surgery then. I look forward to

getting to know you all and making some new friends.

Jeanne in WI

[Guest guest]

Hello,

My name is Joyce. I joined a couple of days ago. I have

Rheumatoid Arthritis and am in pain day after day after

day even though I am taking Naproxyn and Fentanyl 50 mcg.

I can't tell that the Naproxyn is doing a thing but two Dr's

says it is. The Fentanyl is helping only a little but it looks as

though I may have to go to a stronger pain patch. It cost almost

$300. for the patches. Kinda hard when you are on SS.

JM