My mum is diabetic, hypertension, & some nerve problem which cause
numbness on her foot.
she is taking Glipizide (5mg), together with neurontin 300mg,
nortriptyline 10mg.

I have been wrestling with getting my breakfast numbers down for a few
months and nothing seems to work. No matter what my FBG is and no matter
what I eat for breakfast, my bg is always 180 or greater one hour after I
eat, and usually higher, but sometimes a bit lower 2 hours after ...

I was shopping earlier this week, wearing shorts and a t-shirt the
(unseasonably) warm weather.  A woman a good 20 years older than me,
who I have never seen before and who I will probably never see again
walked up to me out of the blue and asked me why I wear a medical

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/4483262.stm
Found this very interesting.
Hope it's of interest to others too.
Sue type 1

I am on Avandamet twice a day. Tonight I have a headache- is it safe to
take one Advil? I have been looking online and can't find any info. RX
is already closed for the night.

http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=7040
OR for more detail
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucose
in thread "Body fight back or just my idea" David, wrote:

Would you like to know that stevia-derived sweeteners
are banned in certain Countries since they are
deemed to cause problems with the male reproductive system.
It would be wise to be cautious in the use of those products.

I can't for the life of me understand why people list in painful detail,
what they eat.  Who cares?  Everyone eats differently.  I don't care
what my neighbors ate for breakfast.  In fact, I don't even care IF they
ate breakfast.  There a several posters who appear to treat this ...

Could someone give me some advice please im caring for my mother in law
whos just had a triple by pass op..she has Type one diabetes and is on
insulin. The trouble im having is that she had the op a month ago and
she seems to think that she should be up and jogging down the road by

To all my friends here I am sorry for hurting you once again. I have had my
heart on my sleeve for quite some time now and had a bad reaction to David's
saying I was a slow learner.
He actually is right ya know? I post here because of all of you that I love

I had just finished reading an article on retinopathy when
this appeared on a travel group:

My research continues.  This is one of the best groups that I have ever read
with really good people.  For those that wonder...you do make a huge
difference for those of us that are trying to learn.  I use Google non-stop
but find the information here to be very useful.  For the ...

My wife has been on the MiniMed pump for almost 4 years.  Recently
we've been sent bills in the amounts of around $500 for previous years
supplies.   (I had though we paid those already.)
Combine that, along with the ~$400 for the pump supplies we have to pay

If you don't mind me asking how long have you all been a diabetic?
Plus are you on insulin or pills?
If it's none of my business I understand.
SusanLa    Mo

G'day G'day Folks,
One of the things that tends to be pretty well known around asd is
that LDL become twice as nasty if glycated and oxidised.  What is less
often thought about or discussed is which antioxidants help prevent