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| More Catch Up For Me - Cough & BP meds | 30 Apr 2008 06:37 GMT | 9 |
For years I took propranolol for high BP medication. I was changed off of it because of diabetes, onto lisinopril. On that I developed a cough that stayed all the time & was never useful. I was changed off of it onto Avapro & it is working okay & the blasted cough is gone gone gone!
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| Alan, what is that thickener you use in your beef stew?? | 30 Apr 2008 04:57 GMT | 19 |
I have some, I ordered it online, but it isn't labeled. What was it called again? I know it's not agar-agar. I already tried your web site and could not see it mentioned.
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| Did you see 60 minutes? | 30 Apr 2008 04:23 GMT | 35 |
Diabetes is cured by gastric bypass surgery. Cancer is cut by 50%. Cholesterol levels return to normal and mediation is no longer needed. High blood pressure is cured too, most can go off medication. A lab experiment was done in France where lab rats were bypassed and
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| Liver Dump From Hell | 30 Apr 2008 02:51 GMT | 21 |
Having been on holidays for the past few days, I managed my bg quite nicely with a combination od diet, minor exercise (walking) and medication. My fbg this morning was under 75. Low crab toast for breakfast. Had minestrone soup (few carbs - no pasta or potatoes) for lunch, then ...
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| Cure | 30 Apr 2008 02:43 GMT | 10 |
The use of the word "CURE" is obscene for diabetics. Little real progress has been make since 1920 I first heard the word cure used in a funding campaign It still is used in acquiring money
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| acupuncture for diabetes | 30 Apr 2008 02:24 GMT | 1 |
in fact acupuncture has great help for diabetes. recently doctors of Chinese Medicine have achived great sucess in how to cure diabetes by acupuncture and Chinese Herb Medicine.if you want to know more about it, pls email me for more inf.
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| Mice Cured, again :-) | 29 Apr 2008 23:07 GMT | 17 |
Researchers make obesity treatment breakthrough (ABC News) Researchers say more tests need to be done before the discovery can be translated into a fat-busting drug for humans. Melbourne medical researchers have made a discovery that promises a new
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| I Grilled - and I'm Healed | 29 Apr 2008 23:05 GMT | 10 |
Tonight, starting at midnight (as usual) I grilled a very large, thick juicy New York Strip. Last night, I just happened to be rummaging in the steak bin at Albertson's and ran across one that was labeled "sell before anybody sees the expiration date." I figured it was just well ...
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| Testing and plausible excuses for not testing. | 29 Apr 2008 18:29 GMT | 6 |
I did real great before we had meters. I stumbled and Guessed around And the complications came. I only controlled my diabetes when I said to hell with the cost and tested liberally.
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| Chocolate trials for diabetic women | 29 Apr 2008 17:34 GMT | 2 |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7363004.stm Scientists are to investigate whether eating chocolate can reduce the risk of heart disease in women with diabetes. Volunteers - postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes - will be asked
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| ping Trink | 29 Apr 2008 17:30 GMT | 6 |
Hey, Trink - just been watching Michael Palin saying that your part of the woods is well worth visiting - watch out for the hordes! Apparently his parents retired to Halesworth; he was pushing his new series, starting with a festival called "East of Ipswich" :P
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| New Restrictions On Repeat Prescriptions | 29 Apr 2008 17:15 GMT | 6 |
Thus far we've been well satisfied if not amazed by the competence of our local GPs (although less so with the hospitals) and the abilites of the receptionists to juggle complicated tasks like getting two adjacent appointments, or simultaneous appointments with a doctor and
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| Call to nurse | 29 Apr 2008 16:14 GMT | 76 |
I called her today and told her of the odd readings I am having. The hypo, the few normal numbers and the mostly much increased numbers since starting insulin. She wants me to do additional testing before meals and at 2:00 a.m. to see if I am having some hypos in there. She's ...
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| A quick rundown | 29 Apr 2008 16:11 GMT | 13 |
I'm still in the hospital but a qjick rundown, and "Hi, Cindy! Glad to see you on a computer!! Sorry to see your kids so sick, especially your son." Hope they are better, and his pneumonia improved. He probably got better once that got treated I bet.
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| Test Meters | 29 Apr 2008 15:20 GMT | 7 |
Excuse me if ths is a dumb question, but I'm new here, and I'm trying to learn all this good stuff. Are there any Glucose test meters that not only test your current glucose level, but your 1ac also?
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