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Hi

My name is Jackie, I have just joined your group. Hopefully I will be

able to

figure this out with the more information I can gather.

I am 54 and was diagnosed with Type 11 about 5 weeks ago. My numbers

are a

little different then yours are, I think cause it is Canada stuff,

but I can

exchange them for you. When I was diagnosed my blood sugar was 10

=180. Since

then I have been on 1500MG of Metformin daily and have gotten my BS

down to

between 7-9 = 110-140 daily. I still haven't gotten it quite right

but I am

waiting to get into diabetes education, which is kinda slow here. I

am sure that

will help too. Seeing I have absolutely no clue what I am doing

eating wise, it

is sort of hit and miss here. I do make sure I walk daily, up to 3

hours a day

usually.

The problem I have is all the other things that have complicated

this. I have

high blood pressure and choloresterol, although with my meds that has

come down.

My kidneys were leaking but I think maybe the meds are helping that

too.I also

have been diagnosed with coronary artery disease and am taking yet

more meds for

that and wearing a nitro patch daily. I feel like a walking time bomb

here.

I also was diagnosed with a cataract and need surgery for that soon.

Things keep

going wrong with me for some reason or another. Last week my left

foot went to

sleep and is still sleeping. I have fallen so many times I have

really damaged

my ankle and my foot is swollen and black and blue. A few days ago my

left hand

also started to go numb and tingly. I have had xrays done and am now

waiting for

a nerve ending test of some kind.

I am so confused sometimes, I am so scared most of the time, I am

wiped out

almost continually, I love walking so much and I know excerise is

totally

necessarry but now I can't walk much and am using a cane and ankle

brace. Is

all this associated with diabetes, or did diabetes come as a result

of all the

rest of this stuff? I went to the Doctor one day for some simple

blood results

and was told I was diabetic, my kidneys leaked, I had had a heart

attack and

life was going to change forever for me.

I find all of this a little overwhelming especially the prospect of

heart

surgery. Just what effect is all of this having on my diabetes I

wonder.

I guess thats about it for me for now. I could probably go on but I

would likely

just confuse myself in the end anyway. I am glad I found this place ,

maybe some

of my hundreds of questions will be answered.

Jackie