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Discussions
Issues with Diabetes
- By goofygal1975 · Posted October 12, 2009
- In Living with diabetes · 1 reply
- Hello, I found out I had diabetes a couple of years back. Right after I found out my father had terminal cancer and it was just too hard to follow a diet plan. My husband and I want to have a baby next ...
Insulin pump problems
- By glitsagirl · Posted September 27, 2009
- In Monitoring blood sugar · 3 replies
- Hi, My hubby has been on the Medtronic insulin pump for 3 years and has now received the pump that has a sensor that tells you what your sugar is at. He has had a couple of weeks where he is low or very ...
Insulin Pump
- By preemiemomx3 · Posted August 2, 2009
- In Living with diabetes · 3 replies
- My endocrinologist suggests that I get an isulin pump. Is there anyone here on an insulin pump and is it hard to use ...
New to everything
- By thinwithin41 · Posted July 10, 2009
- In Newly diagnosed · 2 replies
- I have never joined a discussion group before so I hope I am doing this right. I was diagnosed two weeks ago with type II diabetes. I will be managing it with diet, exercise and oral meds. I was wondering ...
Processed Flour
- By tomecom · Posted July 8, 2009
- In In the news · 0 replies
- When flour is processed, during the bleaching process, a chemical called Alloxan is produced, which remains in the flour. Alloxan is the chemical that researchers inject into laboratory animals to cause ...
Diagnosed in April...
- By sportykat66 · Posted July 7, 2009
- In Newly diagnosed · 1 reply
- Wow, so overwhelming this disease is. I am on metformin, that makes me have diarrhea and I test my glucose in the morning and again after last meal. Sometimes in between, but my finger tips hurt too much ...
Feeling bad
- By nanascorner · Posted June 21, 2009
- In Living with diabetes · 1 reply
- 15 years ago I was diagnosed with diabetes after a 6 hour blood test. A week after I was diagnosed my doctor told me that evidently I would be able to control it through diet. Two years ago , while in ...
diabetes II
- By jedd82600 · Posted June 3, 2009
- In Newly diagnosed · 0 replies
- Hi, I have recently been diagnosed with diabetes... My problem started with my thyroid...While on medication for my thyroid I gained like seventy pounds....Since I have had surgery and had my thyroid ...
Anyone else with Type II Diabetes and CKD
- By cherigit · Posted May 28, 2009
- In Newly diagnosed · 0 replies
- Recently I was diagnosed with Type II Diabetes along with FSGS. I was less surprised about the diabetes, given my strong family history and the fact that my labs have been creeping up for the past two ...
Type II patients needed for interviews in Chicago and Philadelphia
- By TeamInspire · Posted May 22, 2009
- In Living with diabetes · 0 replies
- Hello everyone, We're writing about an opportunity for type II diabetics who live near Chicago or Philadelphia to participate in an upcoming research study. Schlesinger Associates -- one of our Inspire ...
For the first time since I was diagnosed
- By zendisney · Posted May 13, 2009
- In Monitoring blood sugar · 2 replies
- I am very proud of myself. For 8 years I have been in denial. Not anymore. I have been taking my blood sugar consistently and monitoring food intake. I feel better than ever. My sugars are under control ...
controling blood sugars
- By cherri77 · Posted April 19, 2009
- In Living with diabetes · 1 reply
- I have been living with type 2 diabetes for the last 6 years. I do know how hard it is control. I have found that if I exercise, I have better control. I have slacked off exercising here lately, an I ...
Dr Lal
- By Percy00 · Posted April 10, 2009
- In Monitoring blood sugar · 0 replies
- slim weight 76kg Ht 165 cm ...
I am newly diagnosed with T2D
- By santaelf · Posted March 3, 2009
- In Living with diabetes · 1 reply
- Hello, I am new to this site as well with T2D. Am introing myself as well as asking about AM high BG. I am diet controlled but AM is my highest. Up to 166. I started two weeks ago at a 222 overall to ...
High AM BG
- By santaelf · Posted March 3, 2009
- In Newly diagnosed · 0 replies
- I have been newly dx with Type II. My morning BG started out at 222. It now is between 140 and 160 but continues to be the highest number of the day. I am diet controlled so let me hear what can be done ...
Meeting friends
- By emilythubbron · Posted February 11, 2009
- In Living with diabetes · 3 replies
- I am looking for a few friends who would like to get together a couple times a month here in NE PA to get to know one another, share our journeys, tips, recipies, etc. If you are interested, let me know ...
learning about diabetes need help understanding
- By happygrandma · Posted January 13, 2009
- In Newly diagnosed · 6 replies
- Newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes and would like to know more about what will happen ...
Dawn phenomenon
- By Lady_Phoenix · Posted January 13, 2009
- In Living with diabetes · 19 replies
- Is anyone else having issues with this? I went to bed with a bs of 117, it was 176 when I got up. My sugars are within range after meals and at bedtime but morning highs are constant. I checked my sugar ...
Hi! Just got here.
- By Jazzra · Posted January 8, 2009
- In Living with diabetes · 0 replies
- Hi, my name is Giselle. I have been T2D since 02-28-2005. I am on 15mg of Actos daily and control the rest with diet. My numbers generally range from 95-115 fasting and 160-220 after eating. I have gotten ...
Help!
- By BJPlatypus · Posted January 5, 2009
- In Newly diagnosed · 0 replies
- Hi, I was just diagnosed with type 2 in early December when I had a bout with vision loss. My numbers were high testing around 22 fasting. Everything seems under control now and I have not had a reading ...
