There is more money being spent on breast implants and Viagra today

I'm up to 2g of metformin XR, which I forgot to take last night.  As I
usually take it at 1800 when I have dinner I'm going to skip the
missed dose.
My FBG this morning was 101, up from the three-week historical average

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Stevia (stevioside) is safe: Prof. Jan M.C. Geuns: Murray 2005.07.06
Stevioside is safe
Press Conference    by Prof. Jan M.C. Geuns

When I asked the crowd here,  why they tell newcomers to test more then
recommended by your
doc and everybody else, with knowledge,(which is one-two times a day,
or less, for diabetics

I thought I was doing well until I took my FBG this morning (about ten
minutes after waking up) and it was 183. I checked again in a
different finger and it was 182, so I figure the read was accurate.
I'm supposed to check my BG's one hour after meals to figure out how

I got "The Word" from my neighbor (a nurse) yesterday afternoon.  Her
brother was a brittle diabetic, so she knows.  
I just have a little "blood sugar problem", but since I don't require
insulin, or any other medications, I'm not a diabetic!  

Just way too much activity lately, and lots of BS.
And when I decide to ignore a thread, somebody decides to
change the subject line of said thread.  Why the hell does
anybody do that?

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UN FAO & WHO approve Steviol glycosides as sweetener June 2004: 2004.10.17
rmforall
[ Comments by Rich Murray are in square brackets. ]

I am type 2 diabetic.
are there any recommendations for a particular bg meter to buy? I have
looked around and there is a price variance of $50 to $100 between models.
I don't know what the best choice is, and hope some people will help me with

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not funded by stevia industry: Prof Jan M.C. Geuns: Murray 2005.08.02
"Stevioside is also completely safe for diabetics (type 1 and 2). In many
type 2 diabetes patients, stevioside is able to lower blood glucose level in

Hi NG
Just got back from the endos clinic, and I am happy..
For the first time since I was in honeymoon-period I have a HbA1c under
7%:-)

I'm certainly not the mod of this group, nor am I meaning by any means to
be rude, so please don't shove this back up my throat, but I am however
curious:
Is there any particular reason as to why some of these posts do not have a

Hi all I wonder if someone can solve a mystery for me . I see on the test
strip  drum label of my new accu-chek compact meter a control solution
number range . I have 2 sets of numbers that read as follows:
G1  1.8-3.5

For diabetes??  NO & YES...one year ago today I was almost one of the
statistics that says "Died from complications of  Diabetes".
I spent 6 days in CCU in Leominister Hospital (Massachusetts) due to a
severe infection.  What kind of infection? Urinary tract

I was phobic of needles (injections) since childhood, and recently had
to learn to self-test my blood glucose and inject insulin. I found two
tricks that helped me in the initial days.
Testing; I hated the lancet pen. I'd tense up and flinch, even though