While we are praising the good people we need
to cover a few.
Charly Coughran has been around forever :-)
Tonight I was looking at some date on the start

Hello, I was just diagnosed with Diabetes the other day. Although I
suspected I already had it. As my wife has been telling me I can't tell the
difference between hunger and tired. Sometimes I get so weak and tired I can
hardly stand up, then I eat something and within 5 minutes ...

I'd like to thank all you guys who gave me your good advice a couple of
weeks ago, not long really.
I was having an abyssmal time with blood sugar control, weight control, and
dental problems.

We talk a lot about food, medicines, tests, complications and research
but we rarely discuss execise.
For years, I've had to make a conscious effort to push myself away from
the computer and go out and get some physical activity. Most computer

I want to thank EVERYONE, newbies and oldbies alike, who regularly and
irregularly contributes to ASD.  
I'm not going to list names for fear of leaving someone out, but some
people in particular have been extremely helpful to me over the years.

Hey kid,
We haven't been doing any walking so far this week. Why? Because we
have been up and down on the step ladder so many times, except for
Tuesday when Laurie had some kind of stomach flu and she couldn't keep

.......And this is scary stuff.  It has been helpful to read this group for
the last couple of days; it lets me know I'm not the only one in the
universe that needs to change eating habits and take a lot of care with
food.

If you are newly diagnosed then test for a REASON.
I initially tested for my educator, then my doctor and now I test for
myself.
The different reasons I test at the moment are:

I am new to this newsgroup, but not new to Diabetes.
I have a few questions.
Previously I was using Humalin NPH for my nighttime injections, but, as of
today, my endocrinologist has switched me to the Lantus Insulin (which means

Beware! You may be being poisoned without even knowing it!
Are you aware of Dihydrogen Monoxide? If not, you should be, because
it's one of the most dangerous substances known to man, killing
hundreds of thousands of people every year.

Wow, this word will impress the suckers..

G'day G'day Folks,
I have been taking the opportunity to keep myself up to date by
searching Pubmed for more recent information.  Here is one that is
about as recent as it gets and it remakes the simple point that the

Hello guys, my name is Ray.  I am 60 years old and was first diagnosed with
Type II in January 2002.  Since then I have been on Glucophage (started at
500mg/day, now up to 2000mg/day) and recently Amaryl 2mg was added to my
collection.

Just to share....
I went shopping yesterday and noticed that the Shop-Rite had some huge
lobsters.   I had the guy steam a 3 pounder, and when I got it home I picked
it over thoroughly, reserving all the meat.

He just called.  He can't get out of bed the pain is so bad.  He's indigent
and cannot get the medicos to do anything.  All I could do is tell him to
get to the ER and start kicking up a stink.  He doen't know if he'll even be
able to get out of his room.  I can be here to help ...