October is celiac (CD) awareness month. What does this have to do with
diabetes you ask ?  Over 5% of all T-1 diabetics have CD.  It is a serious
disease when you have diabetes because your food goes through the small
intestine undigested causing many unexplained insulin reactions.  ...

http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/Data/SR16/dnload/sr16dnld.html
This is probably old hat to you guys but i wish i'd had a look at this ten
years ago! What a goldmine of free information. Finally i can work out the
real contents of the food i want to eat without having to dig ...

Yesterday, I broke my thumbnail working on my old Cushman scooter.
So why is it important? Because I finally feel good enough, after six
months, to get out and do something.
Yippee!!! Hurray!!!! Fantasmagorical!!!!

I have stopped all e-mail outgoing until the virus
situation settles down.   Lose a lot of incoming mail.
I was not referring to you in any way.   Our classic
smart remark troll had his usual thing.  I

which is a reputable organization to donate to for diabetes?

For all that have been driving themselves to near mania wondering about
the face behind the "voice", I've added my own picture and info to the
ASD website.
It's suitable for scaring small kids at Halloween and preventing rats

I may be the only person here who doesn't know the answer to this.  I
am a fairly recently diagnosed T2 diabetic.  I am not able to read a
great deal about it right now because of an eye problem unrelated to
diabetes. (cat scratch fever to be exact.) Anyway it has left my

I managed to stay on my super-strict diet for a week,
and today I fell down.  I couldn't take it any more.
I ordered a cheeseburger (with tomato and onion).
And fried scallops (breaded very lightly, not caked-on).

I am Type 2 diagnosed Sept/99. Followed the ZONE diet off and on for the
last 4 years and managed to get to my ideal weight. Started to follow
Berstein's book last Monday -low carb high protein, started flax seed oil
supplements about the same time. Dropped about 5 pounds in 4 days ...

Those of you who may remember my earlier posts know that I was
diagnosed in April as Type 2 and put on Glucovance. Because I'm self
employed I pay 100% of my insurance, which doesn't cover
prescriptions. My dr. has helped greatly by providing me with samples

First day with absolutely NO Svens.....Usual weight loss, dirty pics, blank
whatevers, drugs shipped, home businesses.....but no Swens.
Nan, Type 2

Please forgive me if this is not the right newsgroup.
My grandmother, who is living abroad, has mild diabetes. She takes 2-3
pills a day of prandase (=acarbose) as well as glucomin (=metformin) for
her diabetes. In addition, she takes enaladex (=enalapril, for blood

From Sleepy's post
PS  The way this nation treats it's veterans and their families, is
and has been, a national disgrace. I feel so sorry for the people who
are getting third class treatment from a government that spits them

I hope you don't mind my asking a question or two, I'm lurking on over from
asd.
I'm a T2, never shot insulin (but the prospect doesn't scare me), in fairly
good control and never even seen a pump in action.

Well, i got my test results back today an am happyish with them.
Cholesterol is down to 4.2, Either HDL or LDL was 1.2, reccomended level was
1.5. Apparently she's very happy with all the results that came back.
Hba1c was 8.8. I was a little put out about this, but my nurse ...