I have seen several comments about "I do not like you".
Please understand that you do not pay my bills and those
that are trying to personalize the group are not giving me
any good information.   The" I am insulted group" have little

Any one else notice how the Ultra strips have gone from thick
and solid feeling to flimsy and floppy feeling? I hope the
manufacturing change hasn't made them less accurate.
My computer won't download the conversation about the UltraSmart.

Investors Business Daily reports today (Monday Oct 6, Page A9) on blood
glucose meters.  They report that Therasense will submit its continuous
blood glucose meter for premarket approval this quarter.   This meter will
require one finger stick per day.

Hola Everybody!   I have just returned from a wonderful, warm week of Cuba,
Cuba, Cuba!
World cycling championships were held last week here in my hometown, and
they decided to close the schools.  So, with half the roads in & around

have You ever heard of Glutathione?
if You're Glutathione level in Your body is @ a high level it will repair
it's own body cells.
I have had a 20 year illness until I was introduced to Immunocal/HMS 90 and

I am one of those diabetics who does not fit the typical profile of either a
Type 1 or Type 2. I recently was diagnosed with peripheral Neuropathy and it
has advance at an alarming rate.
Besides working on the blood glucose levels with my doc we have been working

Does anyone know when the generic version of Glucophage XR is supposed to
hit the street? I've read somewhere that the patent expires today literally
(Oct. 13), but haven't seen any announcements.
Please e-mail me, since I can't always get into the group.

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A post earlier today highlighted one of the problems
that faces most diabetics. Food addiction. Perhaps
not quite in the sense that we understand for example
addticion to drugs/alcohol etcetera, but more of its

Governor Arnold will now be in charge and will change all that is
wrong with California it will now be a state with a purpose.
He has promised to get rid of our car tax.  He has promised to lift
the property tax and tax everybody the way they should be and not

Does anyone know what the normal ranges are for fasting c-peptide and
fasting insulin. As I have mentioned before there is some uncertainty
about whether I have type 2 or LADA. When I finally got to see a
consultant he said he could not get a GAD antibody test done, but did

Just tested 2 hours after eating one garlic kiev and a portion of baked
beans ...
4.9 mmol/l:)
Now just got to see if i took too much novorapid, see if i go too low lol.

Has anyone on here had any positive or negative things to say about treating
type 2 diabetes with HCA, chromium, vanadium? Is this worthwhile to try
adding to my current regimen? (I am taking metformin, excersizing,
restricting carb intake)

I bought one of those home HbA1cNow tests last week.  Result was 6.6.  This
week I had one done at the lab along with other stuff and it was 5.2.  How
can there be a discrepancy like this? I tend to believe the home test more
because I almost never see a reading below 100. Sandi in ...

Have any of you used the new software from Lifescan.  It is downloadable
from their site but of course my computer has a glitch so I had to go to
another computer to get it. After hours of frustration I finally got it up
because my new Ultra Smart meter won't work at all with their ...