Hello friends,
I deliberated long and hard before suggesting that some of you might
enjoy this piece, by Vivaldi, in the opera "Bajezet".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr3WNaMJMA8&mode=related&search=

Will, this one's for you:
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/539171

Ok! I just searched "vinegar" in Google Groups (this group), and there they
were, a gazillion post, through the years, about vinegar lowering bgs. So,
while I was patting myself on the back.  expecting to receive a, resounding,
"Go to the head of the class" for my new discovery, ...

Ahh, some good news. Test results:
A1c was 5.8% (3 months ago), now 5.3%
Weight loss since February is 43 lbs  (including 7 weeks on Glucovance when
I lost NOT AN OUNCE !!!)

Been on 10 mcg Byetta for 3 months now and just got back A1c results.
3 months ago 8.3.  Today 6.4.  Have lost 27 lbs. in the process.
No major side effects from the Byetta, other than 'fullness' feeling.
Dx: June 2002.

What is a balanced diet ?
http://foodone.blogspot.com/2007/07/well-balanced-diet.html

Hello friends,
More bad news about diet sodas... Interesting video from ABC News on
Yahoo.
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=49750&cl=3577574&ch=61492&src=news

One of the joys of having paid for insurance all your life is being
told that your needs, when they arise, are not covered. :-)
That's what happened me when I was recently diagnosed as a new
diabetic: the insurance company used by my HMO told me that "supplies",

Did any of you get an email from the BMJ in the last 24 hours?  I
received the following:-

 Low-Glycemic-Load Diet May Improve Acne in Young Men CME
Release Date: July 27, 2007; Valid for credit through July 27, 2008
July 27, 2007 — A low-glycemic-load diet reduced acne lesions in male

So now I've got a new symptom.  Figured I was having a hypo because I began
feeling super hungry, craving sugar,, and lightheaded and shaky.  But I also
felt like if I got up from my chair to go find my purse and then fish out my
meter, I might collapse on the floor.  So I sat ...

Hi all, I have been waiting for my lab results from last Friday and
have just heard from them via answering machine. I am sure that they
have reversed two numbers in the FBS but here they are:
FBS- 3.59 should be 5.39 (I tested 5.7 shortly before blood was drawn)

I have been a diabetic for 2 1/2 years now and its still hard to
manage my diabities. I dont have alot of diabetic freinds and was
wondering if i can get some pointers. its hard for me to talk to any
of my freinds because they dont understand. so is there any one that

I have posted before and upset a few people.
I go to  extreme measure to avoid these drugs.
I do not have a clinical depression but life is very rough
at times.  The medical profession is too prone to take

Just when I thought I could anticipate bg's - a little roller coaster ride.
I have, basically, the same dinner every night - meat, large salad (tomato,
lettuce, onion, olives, grapes, crumbled blue cheese, yellow bell pepper and
ranch dressing), ice cream with cherry pie filling ...