DOCTORS APPOINTMENT
I went to see my diabetes specialist yesterday. He had some good news
for me. Before I started byette I weighed 305. nt auc was 11.2. I have
lost 11 pounds and my aic is 9.5. I still have a long way to go but at
least I am headed in the right direction.
I also told him that about two to two and a half hours after I eat I
want a snack. He told me that my Amaryl could be making me hungry. I
took it before I ate today and did much better. I only ate half of
what I have been eating for lunch.
I have been having problems walking. My back hurts really bad when it
rains. I decided to get up early and try to walk a little bit. I took
my dog that has arthritis in her spine with me and be walked 2 blocks
up and 2 blocks back. I am going to try to do that for a couple of
days and then try for that 3rd block. My goal is to get up to 5
blocks. That way I can walk to the gas station to get my morning paper
and diet soda!!!! Susan
July 17th, 2004 at 7:07 am
Way to go Susan. Just getting those first few blocks to be a habit is a great
start. Pat in ID
July 23rd, 2004 at 1:03 am
Skip the soda, get the water. And if it helps, I used to get winded going to
the mailbox (20 steps) and now I can do 5 miles if I have time. I used to
have trouble getting down the 3 steps of our house and did it slow and kind
of sideways. I bound down them now and sorta touch/tap off them to hit the
ground at a run.
BTW, WalMart has a sports water "flavor packet" for water bottles now that I
dig. Nice flavors and basically nothing in them.
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