Well....here goes! I was just diagnosed w/ diabetes. Got my first
meter and stuff and was told that my a1c was 12... Is this a "normal"
or usual occurence when just being diagnosed? I have no track record
to go by. Diabetes does run in my family. My mom, brothers and sisters

I don't know what is going on in my house recently.  Things seem to be
disappearing and other things appearing.  I just know my daughter seems to
be to blame.  Some time ago we had to clean up the house in a hurry and I
gave her a small pop up mesh bin thingie to put her stray ...

It is important to note that I am expecting answers from the majority of you
who are careful and have numbers that confirm it.  Many times I cannot go
exercise (an hour walk) because I have taken a lot of insulin during the day
(Humulin70/30 morn & eve), but unfortunately even ...

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Can't bring myself to test in the fingers/hand yet.  Been testing about 2
weeks now.  The diabetic educator helped me get a meter that I can test on
my forearm.  I have no problem with that, and it does NOT hurt or freak me
out.  It's a Freestyle freedom.  The only thing I was told ...

Hello, All!
I've only been injecting a few weeks, and as my docs are trying to work out
my insulin units to achieve decent numbers, they have steadily incresed the
amount of insulin each few days.

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We live in a country in which there are fast food restaurants on every
corner. Our grocery shelves are lined with plenty of processed foods
filled with refined sugars and harmful trans fats.
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Hello friends,
I just tried a new chocolate.. at least new for me. It is Twilight
Delight, by Chirardelli. 72% cacao....  Very tasty. Yum!
Of course, there are other good ones out there, but this one is very

BY WEARING THE SAME SHOES EVERY DAY.

that i am great ,
thank you

Hi, everyone.  I am new to this group (and to the whole diabetes
thing). I am 41 years old. I was dx'd T2 last Sept, after a FSB of
195.  My wife alerted the media and there was an intervention (she
told my Mom on me).  Since then I have been on a Zone diet, with

This weekend's schedule was pretty tumultuous (had to be into work
over midnight a few times) and to top it off, I forgot to take my
Lantus last night. Oops. Woke up this morning with a bg number above
400, have played catch-up ever since.

Higher levels of television watching were positively associated with
an increased risk of having abnormal glucose levels in women
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