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    My Metformin stopped working just like that what do I do now?

    well then look at that I am now hitting 140 BG post meal on my second day. I also bought new Met Formin as my other ones were old. So not sure if the new batch might be whats making a difference. Hoping tomorrow I will return to 130 bg post meal, time to make sure I keep up my diet and...
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    My Metformin stopped working just like that what do I do now?

    Thank you so much your words are so encouraging. I have started back my exercise and my strict diet control again hopefully one day I can remove the fat from my liver my new goal is to also drop the 100 pounds of fat I have.
  3. J

    My Metformin stopped working just like that what do I do now?

    Hi there so I started back my diet, I bought chicken breast to Grill and Sweet Potatoes and Black beans. I stopped the bread and rice completely once again. And I have noticed that my BG has gone down. Its now reading 170 at about 2 hours after my meal which is a lot better than the white bread...
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    My Metformin stopped working just like that what do I do now?

    My metforming I started taking it 2 months ago and it was working fine for like the last 30 days then just like that a couple days ago it pretty much stopped working. Ok my BG readings used to be about 160 two hours after eating now its 207 or more. I was prescribed 500mg once a day should I...
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    Can I survive off Milk, Oats, Orange and Eggs alone?

    Hey thanks for your suggestion, I did as you said and spoke with a local veggie mart owner and the guy told me he would even pay me cash for produce wholesale he said cucumbers is a big seller, so I am going to plant some cucumbers and other short term crops as many as I can and sell it to him...
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    Can I survive off Milk, Oats, Orange and Eggs alone?

    I get free WIFI for some time now I noticed there is an open wifi connection I am using that its even pretty fast 50mbps, and I live with my mom and she pays the electric, well its the Caribbean so electric is low because you can live just fine with natural breeze and a fan.Well my mom cooks and...
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    Can I survive off Milk, Oats, Orange and Eggs alone?

    No i need to do this for 2 years. I was originally going for $1 a day to survive but it seems like that is way too low. I have to make $2 a day work for me I am trying to complete my BSc in Computer Science.
  8. J

    Can I survive off Milk, Oats, Orange and Eggs alone?

    WOW I didn't know this, I will check my local grocery and find out.
  9. J

    My Blood Pressure is low so should I avoid prescribed Lisinopril ? lisonopril ?

    ^ Thanks guys Yes when he put me on these meds my BP was like average 150/98 and I told him I have high BP no matter what exercise I do or what I eat. And so he recommended me both drugs I have to take half tablet of atenolol he said so I cut the 50mg in half the Lisinopril is a ace inhibitor...
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    My Blood Pressure is low so should I avoid prescribed Lisinopril ? lisonopril ?

    Doctor gave me lisonopril and Atenolol. However the Atenolol has my heart rate at 53 and BP at 114/70 So I am wondering why use lisonopril that the doctor prescribed me? if the Atenolol is doing such a great job? Should I bother using this thing? I THINK he believes I had a heart attack last...
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    Can I survive off Milk, Oats, Orange and Eggs alone?

    Its mostly long term crops planted like oranges. Its not my land though its my mom's But yeah I planted like 100 Okra trees but they take 8 weeks to produce. I am considering planting some other stuff it has to be ones that survive harsh conditions offcourse
  12. J

    Can I survive off Milk, Oats, Orange and Eggs alone?

    So anyone knows the cheapest diet for a T2 patient?
  13. J

    Can I survive off Milk, Oats, Orange and Eggs alone?

    Ok thats too expensive, I have to leave out the milk. New plan what about Eggs, Oranges, Oats and Beans? can I survive on just this alone? I can plant Okra and Spinach if thats any help?
  14. J

    Can I survive off Milk, Oats, Orange and Eggs alone?

    Hi guys I am in a bit of a jam and don't have much money. I need to know if its possible to survive off for the MONTH 1 pack of 800 gram powdered full cream milk 40 Eggs boiled A few packs of Oats to eat with the milk at nights And some Oranges? I need to cut my food expense down to $2...
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    Do you guys agree with this doctor to take NO medication?

    Ok here is what I don't get, the BP medications are about as 0.5% effective therefore not even worth it and I wouldn't care about living a few weeks more in the end or heck a year or 2 I wouldn't care. But since I have been taking Atenolol my pressure has dropped from the regular 150/98 to an...
  16. J

    My fasting sugar reads higher than my post meal

    Is this normal? When I eat and exercise I get readings of 125 after meal. But next day when I wake up my sugar reads somewhere around 140 in the morning well I wake up late like 12 noon so yeah. I have Type 2 and am taking metformin but its only been 6 days it needs a few weeks to start...
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    Please help I was just diagnosed with Type 2

    hey guys well I am happy to report my condition has significantly improved I have gone from contemplating suicide via Methomyl to celebrating my victory!! What Victory is this you may ask? I am happy to report I have successfully cut out all rice and wheat from my diet, I have moved to eating...
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    WOW Metformin actually INCREASED my Blood Sugar

    Hi there thanks I am happy to report I have successfully cut out all rice and wheat from my diet, I have moved to barb b que chicken and black beans. I am happy to report after eating black beans, bar b que chicken and a glass of full cream milk while doing exercise earlier tonight my blood...
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    Do you guys agree with this doctor to take NO medication?

    He says Beta Blockers only work for 1 in every 1000 people in actually preventing stroke etc and is therefore almost useless. He says companies lie to doctors and medical journals about drugs He also says that taking BP medication actually increases your risk of heart attack...
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    WOW Metformin actually INCREASED my Blood Sugar

    ^ Thanks I figured out that the Metformin currently has zero effect on me even on the second day, so I will await a week or 2 again to see if it kicks in. I hope I don't have type 1 diabetes here the doctor said its type 2 but he gave me additional Gliclazide tablets to take but I am afraid to...
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