Newly Rx T2 (Aug-03) and I have a question why my lipid profile is not out of whack.
In Aug-03:
A1c=12.2
Chol=215

I don't follow the weight watchers diet, but they have a bunch of
commonsense and easy techniques to help with weight loss in this link.
http://fitness.msn.com/articles/feeds/?dept=loseweight&article=lw_ww_28chang
estomakedifference_120902

Does anyone have any information on making an interface cable for the
Accu-Check Compact similar to what DonB is offering for the One Touch
Ultra?
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I am in the UK and up to now I have always been using the Accuchek meters
which I have been happy with and had no problems with... I am now
considering moving to the Lifescan OneTouch Ultra or UltraSmart meter as it
looks like a better system and requires a much smaller blood sample ...

I just noticed this. I have my "View" set to "Hide Read Messages".
I no longer see new Posts, only responses.
The only way I see new posts is to set my "View" to "Show All Messages".
Anyone know how this can be corrected or where I can go to find a solution?

Hello, I found this group on Google and am posting this for my mother,
who doesn't have a computer. We are very worried over something that
is going on suddenly with her eyesight.
She has been on Glucotrol for many years.  A few weeks ago, her doctor

Was diagnosed in May 03 as diabetic. I was 5'11"  weighing 175. I am
now at 150 lbs.  The hope was to handle the BG with diet and
medication.  My doc tells me I need to eat SOME cards. I tell him I
cant because any carbs give me a bg spike (about 4.5 per carb gram).

I've only been on insulin for 6 or 7 months but I'd got used to the
quality of the Novopens for injecting Novorapid and Insulatard. I've
recently been taken off Insulatard (at my request) and been put on
Lantus.

Has anyone tried this drug?  If so, did it work?
From their web site http://www.emuhealthproducts.com/benfotiamine.html
"    Benfotiamine has been widely used to prevent and help diabetic
    retinopathy and neuropathy in Europe for more than a decade.

Again as with heart disease, there is a risk that is linear with normal to
diabetic levels of a1c, each percent of a1c increases the risk of stroke:
http://www.diabetesincontrol.com/issue191/item3.shtml

I could ask my druggist, and talk to some 'voice' at a Liberty Mutual
phone number......
But I thought this group might give me 6 or 10 more-balenced views.
Medicare and Prefered Care 'Gold' (whatever that may mean to youall), 68

What kind of dietary supplements are people using?
I'm taking 3000 mg Fish Oil and Folic Acid.
Just want to see if I'm missing something (insert smart-aleck remark here).

My Lifescan OneTouch Ultra meter is showing a test solution calibration
reading below the test strip range listed on the vial (106-143mg/dL). I have
done two tests with resulting readings of 99 and 103 mg/dL. Vial code has
been correctly set in the meter and the calibration solution ...

I am not kidding. None. In part, it may be due to having no insurance
and all the antibiotics i could ever want. Or that's the way it seemed.
I'd sneeze and they'd give me a big ol' bottle of 'em. Lord knew I was
going to go in to pnuemonia or bronchitis.  I am a diabetic after all.

Hi all. I'm new to this newsgroup. I am a type 1, have been since Feb. 1968
when I was 10 months old. I have other health issues such as high blood
pressure (may be medicine related), visual migraines, and maybe diabetic
diarrhea. I also have many other autoimmune issues, such as: ...