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posted 10/02/2009, comments (0)

Housekitten

My Mom is an 80 year old woman who weighs in at a whopping 101 pounds. Last year she had a surgical procudure called the Whipple and has had about 1/4 to 1/3 of her pancreas removed. She is now having blood sgars in the range of 140-190. She has seen a dietician and she recommend counting carbs and not going over 30-45 carbs per... Read more Chevron

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Monica Cohee

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I have had T2 since 1991

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posted 12/16/2008, comments (0)

Tooting my horn!!!

I thought I would stop by and toot my horn: I have been on Byetta for 1 1/2 years and I am doing great! My A1c on 12/9/08 was 5.5 and my BP was 128/68 I now have lost 48 pounds - it is slow coming off but I do know I have to work on more walking. In September 2008 my total cholesterol was 138 LDL 59 HDL 39 Trigs 199 I am... Read more Chevron

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Dr. Bill Quick

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posted 04/14/2008, comment (1)

Metformin and the risk of lactic acidosis

I received an interesting question by e-mail recently, which brought up several good points to review. The author asked: "Can a patient use metformin after a heart attack (after 12 years of using metformin) assuming the patient has good renal function? My question is if metformin should be avoided forever after an acute myocardial infarction... Read more Chevron

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