I got the two Medport pill splitters today and a mailing label so I can mail
back the two wrong pill splitters they sent me.  Alas, the Medport pill
splitters will not work for the Metformin either because the pills are too
large to fit in them.  Does anyone know of a pill splitter ...

Thanks to Nicky I've finally found some great cookbooks for my new
eating pattern.  Nicky praised her Dana Carpender books, so I ordered
15-Minute Low-Carb Receipes.  I am not an enthusiastic cook.
This was a revelation.  I'm still working through it, and buying odd

CNN has a feature where the Health of the population is discussed.
IN the US the cost of medical care is 2.5  that of England.
Many areas were studied.   It seem stress is a big factor.
As we see here we seem to be a bunch of maniacs

My mom went to a consultant cardiologist for ECG. He also order  a
blood/urine test .
The report came back saying :
- Cardiac status is stable. Aorta is mildly dilated, result from long

I know milk isn't great to drink alot of, and I have avoided it since I
started my diet except twice when I drank half a cup with my medicine.
But yesterday someone told me to try a product called Hood, which is
like milk but only has 3g of carbs.  I bought some and have to be

I'm sorry to ask questions so soon, but I've been on hold with
LifeScan for half an hour and just gave up.
This morning I did a stick in my thumb to take my FBG and got a
reading of 127.  I know that's impossible, as I'm still getting things

The dear sweet woman at the scheduling desk got me in on a
cancellation.
It didn't go well. The guy just didn't LISTEN. He wanted to know what
my high and low numbers were, which I told him, which he then said were

Although I woke up this morning with a blood sugar reading of 153, it
came down within two hours, and for the first time since I started
testing my levels it has been below 126 for the rest of the day.  My
most previous reading, about a half-hour ago, was 113.  I'm very happy

Beating dibaets is simple and easy. All one's gotto do is keep a count
of the calorie, in take and keep it under control. There are loads of
websites offering free recipes and tips. Just got to keep your eyes
open.

I went out to lunch with a friend of mine today, went to Friendlys and
got their lunch-special burger with a side salad.  I picked the
croutons off the salad and skipped the bun and ate most of the rest of
it. I'm stuffed, and it was dang good :D.

Well, my last Aic test was 6.5 and that's from 9.4 (I think from last
august) at least I've attained the American Diabetes Aic target number.
I've been getting pretty good glucose readings between 5 and 7.
However since two weeks I've been battling a bad case of constipation.

We tried our first Carbalose Carbquick recipe today. 1/2 of the drop
biscuit recipe for 2 people. Made sausage gravy with 1/2 cup of skimmed
milk, 1/2 cup water and 2 tbsp Carbquick. According to the labels the
whole meal was about 15g.

Vox Sanguinis
     Volume 85 Issue 2 Page 85  - August 2003
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Was in Stainsburys last night, somewhere I don't go very often as it's
like a fashion parade in there some nights.
They are also selling beef jerky now, and had it on display near the
crisps and other stuff around the sandwich cabinets.

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