Since I started Niaspan 1000mg at night to raise my HDL levels my
morning glucose readings are averaging about 40 points higher than they
were before Niaspan. My primary and cardiologist are happy in that my
HBA1c is only 6.3. This does not make me happy. My cardio is suggesting

In a copy of "Diabetes Health" (June 2006), page 42 has an article on
diabetes charities.  It lists the following CEO/director salaries for a
few popular ones (in USD):
  American Diabetes Association: $433,544

How about a plate of hot dogs and sauerkraut. No carbs. Some olives and a
pickel. No carbs. and for desert, sugerfree strawberry jello topped with
Cool Whip Free, only 3 carbs. If this don't fill you up, nothing will.
Just use low fat hotdogs. And watch that sauerkraut. The good ...

I just want to spread the word to people with diabetes. .My son has
been Type 1 since 7 months.  At that time he was diagonosed,  the Docs
told me to look for renal failure  or blindness by this time in his
life, twenty four years later.

I switched from the Sof-Sets to the Quick-Sets a few months ago.  I've been
using these without a serter, just manually inserting them.  I notice that
when I remove the set, there is a raised area of skin that looks like a very
miniature donut on my skin, today more so than ever ...

Arnie had something to say about
irregular heartbeats and atrial fib:
Right now I'm taking meds for my heart.
I get frequent Atrial

I was told I was a type 2 diabetic seven years ago. I have keep it
controlled with diet and excercise. I checked my blood two or three
times a week. Sometimes fasting sometimes two hours after meals. Had no
set pattern. Had a avg. reading of 85. About two weeks back I checked

G'day G'day Folks,
In the study described below some statin was replaced with psyllium, a
good source of soluble fibre.  Interestingly enough they didn't test
out replacing all the statin with soluble fibre.

Hi;
A very close friend of mine has Diabetic Neuropathy in her left leg and
she receives monthly two full day treatments of IVIG.  I've been reading
up on IVIG and I cannot see how this form of treatment will help the

I made a batch of Tacos de Tripa this weekend. They were delicious and quite
diabetic-friendly.
Recipe is posted on A.F.D. or
with photo at: http://www.bigoven.com/recipe161179

The new version of my program Grafiek is as of now available on my website.
There you can read everything about it. New is that you can email your
logbook and / or graph directly to your physician.  Documentation is not yet
renewed, still working on it. The old documentation is ...

Hi;
A very close friend of mine has Diabetic Neuropathy in her left leg and
she receives monthly two full day treatments of IVIG.  I've been reading
up on IVIG and I cannot see how this form of treatment will help the

The address of my website is : http://www.creusen-software.nl

Is there a relationship between bg and blood pressure, ie, a high bg results
in bp to go up somewhat...just curious?   And when bg goes back to 'normal,'
does the bp drops to a normal range?

G'day G'day Folks,
People get the general idea that fibre is somehow good for them
without noticing that fibre comes in many forms. For example,
resistant starch (eg high amylose corn starch) and soluble fibre (eg