After a few weeks of good control, my bg numbers have skyrocketed.
My fasting is 200 -210  (for a few weeks before usually 85-100) and
during the day rarely comes down below 200. This
has been for the past 4-5 days during which I have come down with a

I wonder if there is anything that *doesn't* cause or increase the
chances of diabetes?
It seems that Lithotripsy, a common treatment for kidney stones is now a
culprit. I have had this myself, twice, but well before I was first

76 Ways Sugar Can Ruin Your Health
http://www.mercola.com/article/sugar/dangers_of_sugar.htm#
In addition to throwing off the body's homeostasis, excess sugar may
result in a number of other significant consequences. The following is a

Grape seeds extracts.
Who knows the benefit of this thing? , and used for ?
Thank you

Someone posted this on the low carb newsgroup....it *seems* to me that it
ought to apply as well to many T1s who attempt to cover high BG swings after
eating really carby foods. For that reason, I'm posting it here.
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http://www.calistomedical.com/eng/?p=glucoband
are we going to see a launch or another draw back?

G'day guys ...
I'm wondering about cholesterol levels and T2 diabetics. When first
diagnosed my fasting CHOL was 8.2.
However, it's now 6.1, having been on 40 mils of Lipitor per days, for

even with diabetes i'm still the best looking guy here

There're still companies manufacture meters that check glucose in Whole
blood.
It's now known that such meters results are 11% to 15% Less than those which
check glucose as in plasma.

Wonder if you can help.  A few months ago I went to the chemist and had
a free blood pressure and glucose test.  This came back as 6.1, she
asked if I had eaten anything I lied and said I had just eaten
breakfast 10 minutes prior (I had not eaten anything at all since the

One thing I wished they'd discussed is that different people have
differing abilities to taste the additional bitter/sour/metallic tastes.
Also, many of us find that mixing two or three of the sweeteners

Rather curious that they hadn't examined all aspects of neuropathy
before this. I wonder whether cosmetic "anti-aging" collagen creams
would benefit those with healing problems?
http://tinyurl.com/o3rv7

Why not? Insurance is a must for driving a car!
Wasn't like that back in the 60's!
JS
Massachusetts to require health insurance for everyone

Delboy had posted a reply to a post about initial diabetes diagnosis,
where he mentioned being scheduled for a TURP (trans-urethral resection
of the prostate) to treat frequent urination.  I found the thread late,
and my post went unanswered, so I'm trying again with a new post.

It seems to me that an enormous amount of money could be saved on
Medicare, Medicaid and general insurance costs if the U.S. Government
would design and manufacture a standardized blood glucose tester (and
strips).  Since there are millions of diabetics in the USA, there is a