My father in law has NIDDM for long time and his sugar is poorly controlled,
yet he refuses insulin shots? his doctor feels helpless!  I don't know how
to convience him! Can u give me some advices?
Thanks

From: "Priscilla H. Ballou" <vze23t8n@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: It's a boy and a girl!!!
Date: Tuesday, 6 February 2007 8:27 AM
<snip>Cool!  One can never have too many Priscillas.  ;-)

Just a quickie!
Is diet coke or any other diet drink good for diabetics?
Just wondering as we have debate going on at work as to what sweeteners are
and do to the drink's!

Well,  I don't know what happened.  No chips, cookies, sweet things
yesterday and my sugar was still up.  This morning it was 190.  For
breakfast I ate eggs(3), some ham, 2 slices toasting bread, and oj
(10oz) that was at 9:30 am.  At 11:00 am it was 313.  My hands get

Apologies if this might be a bit OT - and apologies for crossposting.
But I've spent the last 15 minutes looking at an image that has me
upset.
I have diabetes, chronic osteo-arthritis and serious vertigo.  And I

Group, I am taking a lesson from Reisa (generosity) and others here and
asking if anyone wants the One Touch Ultra 2 meter. I asked for it when
they were giving it for free from LifeScan and was turned down. I then
used my hubbys' computer and was accepted. At any rate, I do have ...

I havent been around for a while but Ive been trying hard to get a grip on
the
diabetes ontop of my other illness's!
But until I got an infection things were doing alot better!

Most of the time I get blood test results between about 6-8. The
occasional trip below 6-ish, the occasional trip into realms between
8-10. This is on tablets - metformin, rosiglitazone, the occasional
extra tablet of glimepiride.

Hello everyone!  I am a social worker in Monterey County.  I have a 17-
yr-old male with Type I D who is out of control and NEEDS some genuine
gut-level peer support.  There are no "teen support" groups in our
area (believe it or not!). Can someone who has been-there help me help

A programme on BBC2 TV on Thursday night (1st Feb) 'The truth about
Food', looked at how to lose weight.
They compared the activity levels of two women friends, one short and
fat and the other taller and thin, skinny even. They were both given a

Correct subject "hear attack" to "heart attack."

Behold in wonder and amazement what happens to those who unwisely
choose to judge others in the following thread:
http://tinyurl.com/29wg7e
"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you

Around Halloween last year, I discovered my sugars were quite ideal.
Around 90% of the readings were between 70 and 120 for the previous 30
days.  Somehow I fell off the wagon, and the sugar control dropped to
only 78% of the readings being between 70 and 120 a few weeks ago.  I

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_05/b4019086.htm?chan=search
Fear of losing coverage keeps people at jobs where they're not their
most productive .

Hi everyone. I am type 2 diabetic for approximately the past 15
months. I have been taking 500 mg metformin x 2, and recently, my
doctor prescribed lisinopril, an ace inhibitor for my blood pressure.
He mentioned the affects of protecting kidneys with this medication. I