"If I Were A Fit Man..."
By Kurt
(sung to "If I Were A Rich Man" from
Fiddler on the Roof)

Figured I'd post a wee bit on differences....
I'm not sure why anyone would want to be a
T1 instead of T2.. other then the fact if you have
no resistance some t1's can get away with eating

How do people normally get their blood test results off the local practice?
When I go to see the DSN she flashes them up on the LCD screen and I try to
write as  much as I can but I would rather have an accurate print to read
at my leisure. Are they usually cooperative if you ask ...

It's been 8 months now since being diagnosed (T2) but I'm still
profoundly ignorant and consider myself a newbie, so I'll post yet
another concern.
I've read about Liver Dumps and Dawn Phenomenon and think I've

Back to school next Monday. I am looking forward to it a lot. My goals this
year are:
#1- get all A's, I goofed up last year
#2- win a trophy for track, in the 3000 meter event

the day to reach for the Goblet Of Fire!!!!!

Dr. told me I had type 2 diabetis. I started reading this and other
forums. Lost 27 lbs overhe last 3 months. Morning suger now around 86
in the morning and never goes over 170 even with white bread and coke
with fried fish. The other things I done for myself My blood pressue

I tested this morning after the exercise and I was 93 so that means I
wont have a problem exercising first.  I will test a few more days to
see how that works.
I was doing 25 rotations of my routine and found that I couldnt bend

   My son was supposed to eat 70 to80 carbs for dinner, and we were having
trouble cramming all of that into him so we had it lowered.  My question is
this, if carbs and sugar is the enemy why is he now supposed to eat more
than he ever did.  I was thinking that this diet plan ...

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In case anyone is interested in what I have been doing,.  I wrote down
what exercises they are.  I believe they are considered low impact,
maybe very low impact.
Today I have done 26 rotations of each

Have just returned from the eye guy and things are okay with my eyes
he reckons. What a relief. So my feet are okay too so there is just a
bit of a leaky kidney to worry about which is under control with
medication. I feel I have got out of this fairly well considering I

I've just returned from my second post-diagnosis visit to the Doctor.
Their procedure is that a Nurse takes me into a room, and gathers some
info, and takes my BP. She asked me what my BG's were, and I told her.
Her response? She double-checked my file, and muttered "That can't be

I have been experiencing a lot of muscular pain lately.
I am on Simvastatin - have been for a few months.
I also had PMR (polymyalgia rheumatica) a frew years
ago and the steroid treatment for that tipped me into

What's the cheapest way check BG ?  Get some
test strips at Target ?  I''m not diabetic and have
no reason to think I'm pre diabetic.  But I have a
friend who's 58 and has recently been dx diabetic.