I keep looking for low carb and/or artificially sweetened snacks.  Stuff
sweetened with maltitol and the like is hell on my digestive system.  Anyone
found some tasty snacks you can munch while watching a movie or the like
that are low carb and taste great?

Which is the best meter to buy? TIA

Since I became diabetic circa 1996, my hands have become painfully dry
and cracked every winter.
There will even be some minor bleeding because the cracks are so deep.
And large callouses form over the open wounds.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=healthNews&storyID=4221116
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Two days before my hba1c i have a small plate of chips, 4 sausages and some
peppers ... 2 hours after eating 13.8!!!!!!!!!!! 8u of NR and 1 hour later
back to 10, i will do 80 pushups before bed to make sure it stays down. Must
have just been a freak reading ... however unlike ...

We see many people with strong thought on wars.  Some of
it unpopular.  I served in the Korean Fiasco.  My smart buddies
ran to college to avoid the draft.
Does anyone want to face the prospect of being sacrificed

Went to the surgery on 16 Jan, and saw the diabetes nurse.  I am
distinctly not impressed.
To be fair, the nurse was a pleasant-enough woman and I may well have
intimidated her, with my list of questions [drawn up with the help of

Got my first post-dx flights coming up this week.  After years of business
travel, I get paranoid about my luggage not arriving or taking days to catch
up with me so I pack all essentials in hand luggage.  The upshot is that I
do not want to check in my meter along with my trusty ...

Cheri
Type 2, no meds for now.
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Most important part of this thread.

After 32 years of being type I, found out that if you inject the needle straight in with with a quick jerk, it's virtually painless.
I also shoot the insulin in slowly and evenly and that has made injections less painful.

T2 on Lantus and Novorapid.... I know I should vary my Novorapid doses based
on my sugar levels but how do you know if you are on the right dose of
Lantus....
I have been on insulin for about 2 months and started on 14u of Lantus.

G'day G'day Folks,
 From time to time I have mentioned a "leaky integrator"
Electronically it is a very simple reliable device. However since most
people here aren't likely to be familiar with electronics I've put

Since I became diabetic circa 1996, my hands have become painfully dry
and cracked every winter.
There will even be some minor bleeding because the cracks are so deep.
And large callouses form over the open wounds.

I'm wondering if anyone here has a good web resource for a graph (preferrably)
with the various insulins and their acativity curves?  I had one but the link
is dead.
thanks,

Hi Ben, I hope you have a great birthday and I hope you're doing well.
How old are you today and are you doing something special?
--
Cheri