We are very interest in lower prices for testing.
Hocks has been mentioned here before,  I
think people should look at their site.. But
do look at all sites.

I just picked up one of these caned soup, eat like stew, bought at Wall
Mart few months ago.
It has 930 mgr salt per serving or per cup. Cane contain 2 servings.
That's 1860 mgr salt or two table spoon per 19 oz. cane! WOW!

Questioned aimed at T2 UK peeps...
I am newly diagnosed T2(ish) in the UK, and I'm just wondering what
level of BG monitoring was recommended by your GP when you were first
disgnosed.

When I was diagnosed in 1990 I had about 82-85 kg on my 172 cm. About
a year later I was down to 65 BUT my bg made totally similar spiky
excursions after eating my standard slice of bread as with more than
80 kg. The only improvement was that it took about an 1 hour instead

I practiced running at the school track today. It was about 3 hours after
breakfast. Just me and Erick were there, I ran he watched. I tested 108
before I started. I ran 4 laps, about 1 mile then tested. I was 107. Then I
ran another 4 laps and tested 107 again. This does not ...

http://www.diabetesnet.com/ishop/
Maybe everyone but me knows this but the above link to the on-line
Diabetes Mall has some good deals on test strips and meters.
I found out about them through a guest speaker at my support group who

I am frequenctly attending aqua fitness classes but I want to be able
to carry glucose tablets with me in my swim trunks. Does anyone know
of a small waterproof container that I could use?
Thanks

Took my BG at 06:00 this morning: 22.0 !!!!!!!!!!!!
Sheesh!  Ok calm down, think........
Take a control reading: 6.0, so it's not the hardware.
Before going to bed, I ate about 1 cup of blueberries, I just had to eat something I felt

I have recently used control solution with my glucose metre and it
tested within the appropriate ranges HI and LO.
But I have just tested before dinner (normally it is around low 6's
(110 -120) and received the following within a ten minute period.

As you know the water industry is booming. It is actually a billion
dollar industry. Amazing!! If I would have told you that 30 years ago
you would've laughed me off the stage. Actually Johnny Carson did. He
did a little bit about selling water. He was a prophet and didn't even

First one since diagnosis that is.  Three months ago, I, a healthy 20
year old male went to the emergency room after finding out I was a T1
diabetwith with a dangerously high BG of 650.  Ouch.
While there the fun continued when they told me the results of my first

I am unable to understand why Americans use so much of sugar . When I
buy crushed tomatoes / paste I carefully read out the sugar content .
Similarly so with yoghurt , cheese , breads and even the no sugar /
sugar free is not totally sugar free . With the increase in diabetics in

By measurement my blood only hold about
100 calories of glucose.  That will not get
you far.   Where does ther rest come from
when you are active?

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1199
yet three more stevia abstracts: mutagenic in bacteria, Terai T, 2002 July:
lowers blood pressure in rats, Hsu YH, 2002 Jan: antihyperglycaemic,
insulinotropic and glucagonostatic benefits in rats, Jeppesen PB 2002 Jan;

For those of you that have been managing your diabetes for some time now...
What do you think needs  the biggest change done for diabetics by the
medical world? (anything related medically to your diabetes)
Where do you think the biggest help for diabetes needs to be done?