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Diabetes
Need help managing your blood sugar, improving your diet, or figuring out how to squeeze exercise into your schedule? Meet other people who are working through the same struggles.
Bariatric surgery and diabetes
- By wb5705 · New reply July 22, 2009
- 10 replies
- I just read the article in US News and World Report concerning the possible cure of diabetes through obesity surgery. At the suggestion of my primary care physician, I started considering bariatric surgery ...
Strange Blood Sugar Levels
- By formernurse · New reply July 12, 2009
- 9 replies
- Hi, My husband has had Type 2 Diabetes for about 8 years and is currently taking Glucophage. His blood sugar readings seem to be opposite of what they should be - they are high in the morning after fasting ...
Lyme question
- By moonlight1964 · New reply July 2, 2009
- 2 replies
- My doctor thinks I may have Lyme's disease. I know I was biten by a tick and now I have a "rash" there. He told me it takes 4-6 days to get the blood test results. What are some of the symtems I can expect ...
help with teen w/ type 1 diabetes
- By momof15yr-diabetic · New reply June 6, 2009
- 11 replies
- I would like to hear from any teens battling this disease. As a caring mom at wits end on how to help my daughter cope and manage her diabetes. very picky eater & would like some suggestions & any comments ...
ideas
- By sugarbeer · New reply May 20, 2009
- 15 replies
- hello everyone, i was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in July of 08, and have not been able to make the changes in my life i need to. if you can share any tips to make changes any easier i would be gratefull ...
Carbs - just my thoughts
- By LoriH · New reply March 30, 2009
- 1 reply
- First I would like to say that I am so happy to have found this place... I have been reading posts for a couple of hours and found some inspiring posts and some which I have questions about. I have seen ...
Nighttime blood sugar
- By JLSKK · New reply March 3, 2009
- 4 replies
- My daughter is a 23 year old Type I diabetic and has been since she was 3 years old. For the last 6 months, her blood sugars have been dropping rapidly 1 - 4 hours after she goes to bed. She has had instances ...
Maggot Therapy in News and TV
- By MaggotLady · New reply March 3, 2009
- 5 replies
- Maggot therapy is fast becoming the new(old) treatment of choice in many patients. (Especially diabetics) The TV show "The Doctors" will do a show on the ten top medical trends for 2009. Maggot therapy ...
Prediabetes
- By moonlight1964 · New reply February 21, 2009
- 5 replies
- Hi, I have just been diagnosed with "Prediabetes." I was wondering if I can purchase a blood glucose meter to check my sugar numbers?? Is it worthwhile for me to do so? How expensive are they? Where can ...
need help
- By tobesia · New reply February 18, 2009
- 2 replies
- I dont have health insurance. Im having a hard time with diabetes and asthma. I have been trun down from health insurance because i have diabetes.Is there any help out there ...
life with diabetes
- By tink1 · New reply February 15, 2009
- 4 replies
- hi my name is crystal i found out last march i was diabetic when i went to er didnt feel well blood sugar was 619 they kept me a week later i got out and told here is a meter and some pills i dont know ...
snack foods that taste good and are good for u
- By francymae2 · New reply January 24, 2009
- 4 replies
- share ideas on snack foods to keep around the house he also loves bread ...
swelling of ankles and legs
- By rkpolish · New reply January 13, 2009
- 4 replies
- after being on my feet my ankles start to swell and if on feet longer the swelling goes up my legs to my knees. Scared what is wrong ...
Diabetics
- By junkyard063 · Posted January 9, 2009
- 0 replies
- I have a close friend who is suffering from diabeties,, he having hight blood pressure and he's drinking alot of soda po, I made him a glass of water and with a few tables of lemon juice. What else can ...
type 2 diabetes
- By jesses · New reply January 8, 2009
- 4 replies
- In 1977 I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes by the Veterans Administration in Ann Arbor Michigan. For 20 years my A1C was 7 to 8. In 1997 I started having troubles diabetes was in the 400 range or higher ...
infected tattoo
- By taznpoohbear · New reply January 4, 2009
- 1 reply
- hi. i have type 2 diabetes with poor sugar control. i had the genious idea to get a new tattoo last sunday and now it appears to be infected. should i be concerned? what should i do ...
Nighttime blood sugar control
- By marv · New reply January 2, 2009
- 7 replies
- Greetings, fellow Type 1's. Over the past few months I've been having a couple of problems with my blood sugar control. Issue #1: Instead of lowering my blood sugar level, my usual early A.M. exercise ...
A Diabetes Cure in Clinical Trials!
- By davide101 · New reply December 31, 2008
- 2 replies
- Are any of you familiar with the clinical trial for a type 1 diabetes cure happening right now? It's a follow up to the only study that cured naturally diabetic mice! Here's a 45-minute interview about ...
Diabetes, Pharmaceutical Drugs Vs All Natural reme
- By ceojohnson · New reply December 30, 2008
- 5 replies
- Greetings Friends, My name is Chuck Johnson and I am open to discuss the the pros and cons of the Drug Industry versus the All Natural advocates. To begin, I would like to suggest that both groups are ...
vitamin d defic
- By maggiem · New reply December 14, 2008
- 2 replies
- I am a diabetic but have been told I have a vitamin d defic. What does that mean to me ...
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