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[Guest guest]

> Hi everyone,

>

> I am in FL near Daytona Beach and have had problems finding a good

> endo doc. Well, I tried another today. He is about 25 miles away

> but I like him. He listened to me and seemed very knowledgeable

> about diabetes. He suggests going on the South Beach diet and I

plan

>> Louise in FLA

Hi Louise-

I live in southern Florida, but my parents live in Ormond Beach,

which is in your neck of the woods (Daytona area). My father is also

diabetic- I don't know if his doctor is an endo, but I know he is

happy with him, but he may be an internist. If you want me to get

his name to pass along to you, I will,

gail

[Guest guest]

Well I went to see my doctor on Saturday and he changed my meds to

Advandamet. I haven't been doing too well. My sugar is up in the 200s

again and I can't seem to bring them down. I'm extremely tired and all I

want to do is lay down. I'm not sure if it's the meds or not. He said he

wants to see me again next month. I gave him a list of my bg readings

for last month and I'm startng a list for this month also. Went to the

library Saturday evening and got some books on diabetes. Very

interesting stuff. Have to go up and apply for Medicaid sometime this

month so I can get my eyes checked because my vision is getting really

bad. Is anyone else on Advandamet? How's it working for you?

[Guest guest]

Is anyone else on Advandamet? How's it working for you?

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I take Avandamet 2/500 three times a day. I have lowered my A1C

from 7.6 to 6.0 in 5 months. I found by trial and error that it

works best if I take it at least 30 min. before I eat. I still have

fasting bs higher than I'd like. The only time I have had it where

I wanted it was when I was strictly following the Atkins diet and I

just can't take that one for a prolonged period. I hope the

Avandamet works for you. (I haven't lost any weight while on it,

however. Not happy about that.)

Elena