When I was first diagosed as diabetic many years ago I had a
discussion with the endo about seeing a nutritionist.  He gave
me the name of a nutritionist to see, and then went on to say
that most of the endos in this city send their diabetic patients to

Okay, I'm going to do it this time, darnit.
I KNOW how horrible it is that I am still smoking, with T2.
I've read about all the complications that can be made much
worse by smoking, and I know what I'm doing to my body.

Any tips on buying a glucometer?  Any brand better than another?  I'd
appreciate any comments.  Thanks.

I have always been under the idea that taking too much insulin is just as
bad as not enough - this morning I attended a Diabetes Expo and the
endocrinologist attending the function stated that the amount of insulin
taken does not matter how much as long as it works - Is the above ...

More interesting stuff I turned up here
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/5363150.stm
http://mednews.stanford.edu/releases/2006/september/diabetes.html
From Nature the paper in html is subscription only, however I grabbed

Blame Obesity On Lack Of Exercise
Health (Sunday September 24, 2006 at 8:38 pm)
http://www.ecanadanow.com/uncategorized/2006/09/24/blame-obesity-on-lack-of-exercise/
A new study says don't blame fast food for the growing obesity

DW had the 2nd half of oral surgery so she's still existing on soft things.
We started into a recipe for Carrot Ginger soup yesterday but I decided to
clean out the vegetable tray so we wound up with "Musgovian Roasted Root
Soup".

Well, this isn't exactly diabetes, but someone in here will know.
They've taken ALL the fresh spinach off the market here, including
the bunch spinach.  So I can't make my usual spinach salad.  What
would be a good salad (i.e. - raw) green to use in place of the

Diabetes not obesity 'trebles risk of death'
10:07am on 25th September 2006
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/healthmain.html?in_article
_id=406833&in_page_id=1774
Diabetes not obesity dramatically increases the risk of dying young, a

If I don't drink enough water, will this cause my body
to retain it?
I'm having some swelling again in my legs.  It had gotten
better, due to getting off Avandia and going on Diovan.

most people in alt.support.diabetes have an attitude ,
and fear anything intelligent that encroaches on it

Last week I came home from my doctor's visit where I saw my np (whom I
trust) as was scheduled, and was pleased with the outcome.  It was
interesting that the very first post upon my return was the one asking about
treating oral thrush/yeast.  The np put me on Nystatin Cream for ...

I recently switched to Accu-Chek Aviva from the old Advantage strips. What a
difference!

Had a pretty good weekend, the weather was excellent for the time of
year. Friends arrived (gotta love him, brain the size of a planet,
managed to reverse his car into a plant pot in the front yard. Twice)
Had some good walks, and tried a Thai meal on saturday night. I was