Sleepyman and I went off on a tangent and bored
most of you.   It is an issue that comes up quite
often.  The"we are getting screwed". by insurance routine.
I do have mixed emotions after being on both sides of the

It seems that we have a scrip kiddie troll amongst us. Take
the time to note the message contents quoted below for an
interesting insight.
bob@bob.com

In the midle of the night I had an incident that was very challenging.
During the trauma I had a thought.  Do these dumb bastards think they
are going to live forever.  It is so easy to help other people and be
decent.  In the end that is all you do that counts.  Blatant talk is

I have updated it, adding some poetry, removing dead links and posting
current pics of my daughter.  If anyone is interested...

I caught a brief news blip that was mentioning that dairy products
were needed to help glucose be used to feed tissue in the body.
I didn't hear if it was the lactose or the calcium that was
responsible, only that you could get the same results from all milk

I hate it when you test before dinner and your meter says 5.1 and then ten
minutes later after a 12 unit dose of novorapid you feel a little sweaty,
test again and see 2.8 mmol/l.  All i can assume is that my meter was lying
the first time and i was nearer 3.5 / 4 mmol/l. Since i ...

The Wall Street Journal had an article on stomach stapling
today.  And how it is slowly, painfully being accepted as
a treatment for teen obesity.  The doctors don't like it,
but when you have kids these days who weigh over 300 pounds,

I'm going to try and work this into a readable format as it's still kinda
fuzzy in my own mind ........
I understand sweetspot in terms of T1 diabetes to be the point when you
adjust your bosal and bolus insulin to the point where your Bg's fall after

For the past three days after my regular lunch and
dinner I have been experimenting with  having one
or two scoops of "Thrifty" brand sherbet(Its put out
by the Thrifty Payless Drug Store chain) The container

nutritional products
http://www.formorproducts.com/118602

http://www.mamselle.ca/error.html
good advice for anyone

Can anyone suggest any good reference type book titles on diabetes?

I just wanted to take some time to post about something I have been
increasingly aware of.  I am incensed by this information...
USA TODAY included an article in today's paper (10/7/03) regarding U.S.
Policy of  prescription drug importation from countries like Canada.  I was

The carb content  and GI of different foods acts differently for many of us.
Mushy Peas have 12.1 gm of carb per 100 gm, but my bg leaps into the sky if
I eat them. Chips and some cheap sausages but other ppls bg up, but no
effect whatever on mine.