Recent Content by Richard46

I have made a few adjustments to the diet. Having a little trouble hitting the tread mill but if I can add it I believe I can do this again. Here are the numbers: 12-12= 189, 12-13= 184, 12-14= 172, 12-15= 166, 12-16= 159, 12-17= 141, 12-18= 146, 12-19= 134, 12-20= 135, 12-21= 148, 12-22=...

Well I want to thank all of you for your advise, opinions, and experiences. I have just got word from my doctor and he wants me to try glypizide in a small dosage. Now I am totally disgusted with this whole thing of diabetes. So I am once again going to try to do this without any of the meds...

Thanks for the reply Sid. Here's another problem,,,,,,I am allergic to sulfa drugs. As I understand it, all the other alternative meds for diabetes are sulfa based which only leaves some sort of injections. Quite frustrating.

I'm sorry, I meant to include that I was switched to the sr to try to help the nausea.

I have been diagnosed a diabetic now for about 6 years or so. I have been on the metformin for about 5 of those years. The first year I controlled the blood sugars by diet and exercise only. Later I got more lax with the diet & exercise and got put on the metformin. As time passed I got...