why am I getting 10day old messages??????//

April 18, 2005

KINDEST REGARDS, AND I PRAY GOD HOLDS YOU GENTLY IN THE PALM OF HIS HAND.

Lynda

Marla wrote:

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> <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite= " " >Vicki,</blockquote>

> maybe i am an unusual candidate. I was diagnosed with type 2 July 3,

> 1996 , for some reason you seem to remember the date you are told. It

> was also the day I had to quit smoking. I was put on Glipizide at that

> time. In dec. 1999 I had a rare but deadly complication, necrotizing

> fasciitis (flesh eating bacteria). 90% of people who get

> & quot;NF & quot; are diabetic. This is when I needed to start taking

> insulin. I have been insulin resistant recently Ac1 10.7 really high,

> but workable. We take another in June. My endo said today when I saw

> him that we will start going down on the insulin, (my lastest blood

> tests show my body can make insulin itself, however it needs a kick

> start. He started me back on Actos, (I had a lot of water retention

> from Actos a few years back), we are slowly going down on insulin. it

> won't change the damage already done by the diabetes, nerve damage,

> eye problems, etc. but he (my doctor) is determined to see me off

> insulin, hopefully in a year. Even thou!

> gh the shots don't bother me, I would rather not have to have them.

> Marla

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> <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite= " " >How long have you been

> diabetic? & nbsp; How long have you been on insulin?

> What was your last A1C? What was it before you went on insulin?

> Vicki

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