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Hi Alan!

You've done very well with your food and exercise.

Yes. The hope is that by controlling your glucose levels with your food and exercise plan, you will
be able to live a long healthy diabetic life.

I hope that for you.

Keep up the great work!

Jennifer

Alan Smithee said:

I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes by november of 2002 (fasting reading of 240 mg and ten days
after another fasting of 208...). Then, I lost about 90 pounds (1.78m height, actually 210
pounds). I stopped dieting -really tired- and now I watch my weight carefully (I don´t want to
change it by now). Since I stopped dieting I started measuring my BG (I did not measure while
dieting since it was a very intense diet and doctor said not to be worried about measuring). Well,
I think my readings are ok - even for non-diabetic people. Fasting readings: never lower than 71
mg but always near this value. 2 hour (after meals): anything between 71 and 80, don´t matter if
it was salad or pasta. 1 hour readings: the highest reading I got was 95, but the most common are
from 80 to 90. This readings include 3 or 4 meals based in pasta or pizza and I did not get the
higher readings in these meals - the readings of 95 were after barbecue. Can these results mean
that keeping control of my weight (plan to lose more 10 pounds but very slowly) and keeping
walking (fast) 1 hour a day will give me "normal" health for years? (That´s my doctor beliefs...
he said that maybe I will only need medicine in about 20 years if I keep watching my weight and
exercising - I´m 39 now.

Alan Smithee said:

I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes by november of 2002 (fasting reading of 240 mg and ten days
after another fasting of 208...).

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Quoted message said:

Fasting readings: never lower than 71 mg but always near this value. 2 hour (after meals): anything
between 71 and 80, don´t matter if it was salad or pasta. 1 hour readings: the highest reading I
got was 95, but the most common are from 80 to 90. This readings include 3 or 4 meals based in
pasta or pizza and I did not get the higher readings in these meals - the readings of 95 were after
barbecue.

<snip>

Hi Alan

Welcome - but looking at those readings I'm not sure you need to be here. Unless your meter is
incorrectly calibrated you haven't had a reading indicating diabetes since nov 2002.

I'm not a medic so maybe someone else can ask the right questions to clarify that.

In any case, there can't be anything wrong with your English; you spell your name properly :-)

Cheers Alan, T2, Oz

You mean that he can eat pasta and pizza and still get 70's? Is that what I'm reading?
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Quoted message said:

Hi Alan!

You've done very well with your food and exercise.

Yes. The hope is that by controlling your glucose levels with your food and exercise plan, you
will be able to live a long healthy diabetic life.

I hope that for you.

Keep up the great work!

Jennifer

Alan Smithee said:

I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes by november of 2002 (fasting

reading of

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

240 mg and ten days after another fasting of 208...). Then, I lost about 90 pounds (1.78m
height, actually 210 pounds). I stopped dieting -really tired- and now I watch my weight
carefully (I don´t want to change it by now). Since I stopped dieting I started measuring my BG
(I did not measure

while

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

dieting since it was a very intense diet and doctor said not to be

worried

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

about measuring). Well, I think my readings are ok - even for non-diabetic people. Fasting
readings: never lower than 71 mg but always near this value. 2 hour (after meals): anything
between 71 and 80, don´t matter if it was salad or pasta. 1 hour readings: the highest reading I
got was 95, but the most common

are

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

from 80 to 90. This readings include 3 or 4 meals based in pasta or pizza and I did not

get

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

the higher readings in these meals - the readings of 95 were after

barbecue.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Can these results mean that keeping control of my weight (plan to lose

more

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

10 pounds but very slowly) and keeping walking (fast) 1 hour a day will

give

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

me "normal" health for years? (That´s my doctor beliefs... he said that maybe I will only need
medicine in about 20 years if I keep watching my weight and exercising - I´m 39 now.