Re: *grumble grumble*/eunice

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In a message dated 5/4/2006 10:49:31 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

shar2@... writes:

Thanks Eunice! but may I add another grumble just reading the literature

the pharmicist gave me with glyzipide and it states one of the side effects

is to put on weight for heavens sake ! Am feeling this is too much when I

have to struggle so hard to just loose a pound a week and by the time I get

enuf wt off i fear my beta cells willhave burned out. I know you are right

about staying positive but one of the symptoms of diabetes , and blood

pressure meds is depression

Hi Sharon,

I was on Glyburide when I lost weight. One of the side effects of that drug

is weight gain. I didn't gain, I started losing.

One person in a thousand may gain weight, therefore they have to put this as

a side effect.

When I had cancer, if I had read and believed all the side effects that were

listed for the chemo drugs I had to take, I would have been very depressed.

I would read the literature and say, " this is not going to happen to me " . I

never got sick, never lost my appetite. The only side effects I had was

losing my hair (no big deal), gaining weight because of the steroids, (I lost

it) and one sore on my mouth. I called the doctor, got a prescription and that

healed in a couple of days. There were some days I could hardly get out of

bed, but I accepted that.

Talk to your doctor about your concerns with Glyzipide. Ask him if there is

another med that you could try. A medicine is not going to do all it is

supposed to do if you are stressed about it.

Sharon, it took me 9 months to lose 48 lbs. It was a slow process, but

worth it.

hugs

Eunice

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Thanks Eunice! but may I add another grumble just reading the literature

the pharmicist gave me with glyzipide and it states one of the side effects

is to put on weight for heavens sake ! Am feeling this is too much when I

have to struggle so hard to just loose a pound a week and by the time I get

enuf wt off i fear my beta cells willhave burned out. I know you are right

about staying positive but one of the symptoms of diabetes , and blood

pressure meds is depression .

sharon

Re: *grumble grumble*

In a message dated 5/4/2006 9:28:00 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

shar2@... writes:

I have most of the symptoms except unexplained weight

loss.

Hi Sharon,

I did not have the weight loss either when I was diagnosed. It will take

time, but you can lose it. Stop thinking about your weight. Do things for

yourself that you enjoy doing. Continue your TOPS program. Remember the

story

about the " Little Red Train " . Keep saying, " I think I can, I think I can "

and you will.

I still remember the first person that asked me if I had lost weight. It

was one of my uncle's. Another time, and I were shopping and a friend

saw

us and thought for an instant that was with someone else. She had not

seen me since I had lost the weight.

hugs

Eunice - who is a very positive person