I don’t know if it’s common knowledge yet but One Touch has a new meter
out called the Ultra 2.  I just got mine today and haven’t used it yet
but it looks really sharp and has more bells and whistles than the old
one.

I've been struggling to get my morning BG down from the 120's to around 100
for awhile.  I went from 2 glucovance to 3 per day (1 before bed).  That
worried my doctor that I wouldn't go hypo during the night.  I have tried
eating some light carb snack before bed, not eating carbs ...

My article "Health Insurance for Diabetics", originally published in 2003,
was recently revised with the latest news on the five ways diabetics in the
United States can qualify for medical insurance.  Some will be surprised by
recent trends and developments.  The URL is

My Doc says my urethral pain is due to glucose spill over in urine.
Culture is negative ie. sterile urine and no pain on urination. No
change in frequency of urination. Started Actos 4 weeks ago and pain
started about 2 weeks ago. My doc has upped the dose of Actos from 15mg

Sorry to ask another question but if you BS is high can it cause nausa ??
Ok I get sickkie feelings anyway but not like this - even my ondansetron
anti-sickness isnt curing it !!
I've been on metformin for nearly 3 weeks and had no side effects !!

are you having a happy day

My chemist thinks he is helping me by delivering my prescription for me.
Yesterday he delivered my repeat prescription including insulin early in the
morning. Unfortunately I was not in so he left it with a neighbour who
kindly passed it over when I returned from work at the end ...

Made it in 4 months to 5.8% from initial 11.9%.
Low carb, smart carbs, glucovance 1.25/250 3x per day plus 1000mg cinnamon
before bed.
Cool stuff.

I've noticed certain food totally blow my BG out of the water even
though the same # of carbs from another food does not. For example I can
eat cereal with 60g of carbs, take 20 units of Apidra for my bolus, and
have my bg at 150 two hours later. But if I eat a bagel with 60g of

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Was on my way to bed and CNN showed the
alleged package of  bad produce.   I did note
the word ORGANIC on the package
Farmer Guy knows all about the fads

The ADA (and to a lesser extent JDF) websites are filled with legal
advocacy about Type 1's (and Type 2's, too!) suffering employment
discrimination because they're viewed as too high of a risk when
driving (and a million other things too.)

I'm not sure how directly relevent this is as I believe mother has dry
macular degeneration and this is being used as a treatment for the wet
kind.
However someone kindly sent her some articles about its use off label

There have been a few moms of children with diabetes that have had
problems with the child's school.  This might be of use to them, or
others who come here...
http://care.diabetesjournals.org/cgi/content/full/29/suppl_1/s49

http://www.nutritionandmetabolism.com/content/3/1/23/abstract
Abstract
An obese patient with type 2 diabetes whose diet was changed from the
recommended high-carbohydrate, low-fat type to a low-carbohydrate diet