Her foot's healing okay for a diabetic foot ... she;s up and walking
now, after two months off her feet. Tumor (weight about 8 pounds) comes
out at 7am PST 12/21. Her surgeon is a nice man and has been poilte and
repsectful, once we got him under control. He actually apologized for

Well finally started the Byetta this week....It was a bit of a hassle
getting started. My Dr thought the base pharmacy carried it so emailed the
prescription over to the pharmacy and asked them to stay open until I got
there(our appointment ran over close to the closing time) I ...

Hello friends,
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa and Happy New Year to
you all.

The pharmaceutical lab Merck withdrew its painkiller Vioxx because it
was found that patients were twice as likely to suffer heart attacks
and strokes.
The New England Journal of Medicine questioned the safety of all COX-2

Does anyone know when generic Ambien comes to the local pharmacy scene?

merits of generic statin drugs?
my doc recently got me to go
to using a generic Ace (enalapril)
Wal-Mart sells it (generic/Mylan)

Common talking-with-relatives-who-you-haven't-seen-in-a-long-while
questions, when you've had diabetes for many decades since you were a
kid:
"You still have diabetes?"

I just had my first blood sugar test (after fasting for 12 hours) and it
was 214... My blood pressure was 140/98. I know these numbers are not
good but I'd like to get a few opinions before I go to the doctor. Has
anybody here ever heard of blood-sugar and blood pressure numbers ...

ST. LOUIS - New science shows that there's a reason you can pack
on a pound or two if you nibble a few holiday cookies while your
skinny friend can snarf a whole plate and not gain an ounce.
Part of the reason is friendly bacteria in your gut. Some of

This is another article related to similar threads recently.  I posted
it because it is the most cogent description of what the researchers
think happened I have seen.  As to capsaicin, it was not the cure, it
was the agent chosen to destroy local to the beta cells nerves having

I'm pursuing better glucose control by trying to grow a little more muscle.
There's a widely held view amongst body-builders that creatine helps
increase muscle mass.   The science is equivocal, but I figure why not try
it.   My question is, has anyone with IGT or diabetes had ...

Sorry that I haven't lurked in a while so I am out of synch with the group.
I have a question triggered by a show I saw on TV.  I was watching a police
show where the basic show is that they show you the crime scene, discover
facts, catch the offenders and give you the resultant ...

HELLO MY FRIENDS:I´M GLAD TO BE HERE AND I´D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU
MY EXPERIENCE WITH MY DIABETES .
I have been having diabetes type 2 and  I realized for 5 years ago.
After 4 years the vision began to diminish, was seeing but blurred and

"Ministers are to press on with plans for a controversial electronic medical
records system.
The government's patients' tsar Harry Cayton will say the system, which will
hold records for 50m people in England, is needed to modernise the NHS.