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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DorisM67" data-source="post: 746828" data-attributes="member: 156709">Hi Angela , I to am T2 and have hpers , My Name is Doris Marie , very nice to meet you , I am 47 years old , live sin Dartmouth Nova Scotia Canada , My whole Family are diabetics , either type 1 or type 2 and some of us have High Cholestrols too , I currently take 5 medformins a day , along with Glizicide and a water pill + Crestor for cholestrol , my sugars go low alot and when they do i get the shakes sometimes , sometimes i get very cold and fatique , totally drained of energy . sometime smy medication makes me a little nausiated or queasy or it give sme the diahreaha or constipates me , but thats not unusual with these meds . My Diabetes is controlled with diet and medications , recently I haven't been watching closely and its drove my readings and Cholestrol and even blood pressue out of control , I never really gave it much though before that this is a serious disease and there is no cure and i never kept tract of my readings so much , I ate what ever i desired and now i am faced with the consequences , for almost 2 weeks now i have been watching my diet,  keeping track of my readings and taking my meds regularlly and my readings are getting back to normal and i am starting to feel much better , had blood work done and cholestrols and extremely high so my doctor increased the dosage by doubling the mg's . I guess this is my wake up call and i'm finally rising up and taking control of my disease and my life . My diet consists of low carbs , high fiber , low fat , no salt and i changed my sugar to organic sweetener . I am also drinking lots of water and 3 glasses of metamucil a day which will also help lower cholestrol . I have joined a few sites that have recipes to help out and foods to have and those to avoid , I had an appointment with my pharmacist / diabetes Nutricionist who went ove rmy meds with me , gave me some info to bring home and helped me chose better foods to control my illness . I get out and walk when i can as i also suffer from Arthritis so some days too sore to take that walk , but i am finally taking control of my life and not letting it control me .It's nice to talk with someone who shares the same illness as me , looking forward to hearing from you .A pleasure chatting with you , hugDoris</blockquote>

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