I caught part of  a TV news spot on test strips manufactured by a
Chinese firm that were substandard.  One image was of (of course) One
Touch Ultra containers.  (I had the sound muted for part of the spot)/
If anyone knows any more about this,

Unhappy Meals -
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/28/magazine/28nutritionism.t.html
This article has been posted on a number of newsgroups since January.
Some of it will remind you of things Quentin Grady has posted over the

When trying to load and watch the video of  L'Orfeo last night , it
loaded, started to play and then stopped with a loud crack. I was
off-line and could not get back on.
A half an hour with a tech today finally got me back on.

I have type 2, on diet & excercise.
Did I hear something on the news about vitamin B deficiency causing or
contributing to diabetic-like symptoms?. It seemed to suggest that normal
blood tests for Vitamin B do not work properly ?

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Hello friends,
I have noticed that some damned fool is posting complet drivel and nonsense
that is completely bogus and attributing it to some of your regular
members?... I think we are being spammed by a kind of terrorist!

I went to the docs on the first of the month and got the results in the mail
today.
The results are:
a1c- 5.5

If I remember correctly, one of the regulars on this
newsgroup should be interested in a new drug for
myasthenia gravis:
http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=607195

Which is a new record.  I figure screw it, I'm only given enough strips to
test three times a week, and today I tested four times in one day.  I
probably have less than a half-dozen strips left, but I should be getting
another 50 in the mail any day now, which is supposed to last ...

Question for any of you that use Calorie King or a similar nutrition
diary that tracks nutrition targets that can be customized--
The preset daily nutrition plan (weight loss, not diabetic) calls for
approx 47% carbs (202 g), 26% fat (50 g), and 26% protein (114 g), as

I'm thinking about getting a medic alert tag, but not from MedicAlert
because I don't want to use a subscription service.  Instead, I want
the bracelet to have just my name, my condition, and instructions to
look on a flash drive on my keychain for other important info.

I saw an article on "No-Cook Summer meals" in the paper this weekend.
Since it's over 100F each day here in Houston the dishes sounded
inviting. We've got fresh tomatoes in the garden and I had a can of
chickpeas on hand so I made what they called "Chickpea Slather".

but now my platelets are low

Thank you all for the advice on driving, I don't feel so bad about being a
diabetic  now,in fact it seems to quite an exclusive group to belong to only
the other week a lady informed quietly that her husband was a diabetic I
pretended that I was surprised...cas