Losing Weight-Sandy: was-Question on short term high readings/exercise

[Guest guest]

" Losing weight " as a symptom of T2 diabetes is not from the " diabetes " ,

itself, but from the resulting " uncontrolled very high bg's " . A diabetic with

low bg's doesn't exhibit the " losing weight " symptom.It's YMMV, of course, but

this weight loss generally doesn't happen until bg's are " really high " , like

over 200 or higher. Before my diagnosis, I lost weight rapidly, & at

diagnosis, my fasting bg was 350mg/dl & HbA1c 15.5%.

You mention 115mg/dl, but was that down from what it was while you were

losing weight?

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, T2, dx'ed 4/98 with Fasting bg 350mg/dl & HbA1c 15.5%

Controlling until last month with LC-D & very little E

Average Fasting bg 105mg/dl, Last HbA1c 6.0%

7+ Year Historical HbA1c 5.6%-6.0%

Now Experimenting with Metformin, Glyburide & " Merlot Therapy " for HbA1c

nearer 5.0%

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>>> I lost 25 pounds over the last year and was borderline (115) fasting

last August. My dad has diabetes 2 diagnosed late in life in his 70s. Losing

weight is also a symptom of Type 2. <<<

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, T2, dx'ed 4/98 with Fasting bg 350mg/dl & HbA1c 15.5%

Controlling until last month with LC-D & very little E

Average Fasting bg 105mg/dl, Last HbA1c 6.0%

7+ Year Historical HbA1c 5.6%-6.0%

Now Experimenting with Metformin, Glyburide & " Merlot Therapy " for HbA1c

nearer 5.0%

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