My mum is a type I and takes Gliclozide tablets daily.  Can she take some
honey (say on toast in the morning) or will the honey upset her blood sugar
levels?  Someone told me that honey contains natural sugars and therefore
will not affect blood sugar levels.

I have been using an One Touch Ultra Smart and have recently received a
Freestyle Flash meter. My readings are very dissimilar.
   FreeStyle        Ultrasmart
       69                    129

Hi, forgive me plz my too simple question. what are the very first
signs someone has a diabetes illness? I am worried for a sister of mine
and I would prefer to know without asking her.
Thank you,

Hi. This one is a bit embarrassing to discuss but I suppose it probably gets
asked here from time to time, so here we go again.  :-)
Haven't done any personal research on this one yet, well, only minor
research. I read ginkgo biloba might help so I took huge quantities

There are two good articles in Diabetes Forecast this month about
hypoglycemia unawareness and taking too much insulin. It's like one
article was written about me.
I fall in this category, at 66 I run wide open all day long, riding my

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/514211
"In This Article   
Setting the Scene: The American Diabetes Association/European

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/488283
"......a dramatic reduction in predicted mortality was seen
with the use of either drug. Dr. Barnett said the death rate
over the five-year trial was expected to be 35% to 50%,

Had my check.up at the endo´s today, and I was very happy for my
results...
I thought tha my weight would have rised, and also my HbA1c.
But both of them had dropped..

http://www.nealhendrickson.com/mcdougall/040200diabetespf.htm
Type-2 Diabetes – the Expected Adaption to Over nutrition
Sixteen million people in the United States have type-2 diabetes, which
shortens lifespan by up to 15 years, leads to almost 300,000 deaths

I've never seen this mentioned here before, so I thought I'd bring up
the subject of low-carb cranberry juice.
Before I was Dx'd, I used to like the artificially sweetened versions
of cranberry and grapefruit  juice.

I was a mostly lurker/sometimes poster about 3 years ago when I was pregnant
with my third and dealing with gestational diabetes. I have lurked off and
on since delivery but wasn't testing (I know, I should have, but I'm now
taking my head back out of the sand and taking ...

I was recently arrested for DWI (right at MN legal limit .100)
Here are the facts:
(1) I was drinking beer over a 14 hour period, but I was pacing myself
(2) Had a bacterial toe infection (as documented on medical report)

does anyone know how I can go about selling my additional pump supplies
I tried e-bay and they said because it was an rx I couldn't sell them.
I have about 15 boxes of 24" quick release infusion sets and the same
amount of resivoirs.

Hi, everyone.   I am Jeannette and I live in New Brunswick, Canada.  Like
many of you here, I am also a diabetic, type two.
In many ways, I am finding it hard to stay on the "diabetic wagon" and
follow the rules of having diabetes.  I think that in a lot of ways, I am in

What should I do if I have a bad hypo experience? What bg number is too low/
Thanks
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