I'm new here, and my 8 year old stepson was just diagnosed with type 1
last monday.  He was hospitalized while he was visiting his real mother, so
his father and I are just starting to take the classes to learn about all
there is to know before he gets home.

Has anyone ever been told that they could not test or inject insulin in a
restaurant?  It happened to me last night.
Me and Erick went out to dinner and a movie. We stopped at an Outback
Steakhouse for dinner. After we ordered, I did my finger poke to test. I

Got back from walmart and found Roche has a new meter called Aviva.
Five second reading.  Meter costs $68 and $46 for 100 sticks.  The
accu chek web site had no further information so I called accu chek
for further info.  Conversation indicated that the code chip has the

For quite some time now I have had excellent BG readings after noon
and most of the time even first thing in the morning.
However regardless of what I eat for breakfast, or even don't eat, by
10:00 a.m my BG will likely be up between 160 and 180. It will stay

What then is the significance of this series on "Maximizing the
'incretin effect' through diet and supplements (#1-5)." Calypso was
applying a hypothesis that sufficiently augmenting the incretins GLP-1
and GLP-2 through diet and supplements would have the same effect as

I know this is going to sound like a silly question, but I can
get organic grapeseed oil (imported from Australia) for 2/3 the price
of extra virgin olive oil.
I've never used grapeseed oil. We use olive oil for everything except

I'm really depressed.
Only first week of testing and I find it difficult seeing those seesaw BG's. I radically
changed my eating habits, eating low carbs, I take walks every day.  Sometimes I get a BG
of 7.5, I'm really happy then the day after 9.4, down again, up again. Sheesh.

Can anyone plz tell me about when this should be used, and how to use it? i
have seen it mentioned in pumping threads, and other T1 threads, but not in
T2. Google gives so many hits that i didn't know where to start.
tyvm

Some news on diabetes and ankle fracture surgery:
http://www.healthscout.com/news/322/527400/main.html

in the distant past,   eye doctors or an  eye exam were the
first sign of diabetes. When the current hysteria settles down
we will return to sanity.   Money has a lot to do with this insanity.
.

Chris -
Kefir is a fermented milk beverage.  As with the making (culturing) of
yogurt, bacteria are involved.  Unlike yogurt culture, merely
transferring a tablespoon of good kefir to the culture jar doesn't

Try this carb friendly combination:
Kellogg's Special K Low-carb Lifestyle edition
plus
Pecans and Almonds finely chopped in food processor

My blood pressure has escalated over the past six months from 140/90 to
170/105 and my GP has started me on an ACE called Ramipril.  This is
supplied in a staged (titrated) pack working up from 2.5mg/day for a week,
then 5mg for 3 weeks and then starting on the full dose of 10mg/day ...

The photographer for the interview piccie came today. He wanted me holding a
mountain of veggies and grinning, chopping a load of veggies and grinning,
and eating a carrot and grinning! I have a horrible mental image of what
they could do with a piccie of me with a carrot in the ...