Blog about diabetes

Here we go again. Yup, I am on my way to the er again. I tripped on a stair at the old house and my bad knee really is bad off off. When my heal of that foot caught on the stair edge, it felt like the entire inside of the knee exploded!!!!!!!!!! I have […]

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Hi. I meant to return to group earlier than today, but have been very ill since last Friday evening. Came on suddenly Friday between 7- 8 p.m. and was in er Saturday morning from just before 6 a.m. till few minutes after 11:00 a.m. They gave me two units of iv, shot and medication […]

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I so wish everyone could let the “mess” completely drop and I can not say how very very sorry I am for my part in it and for my feeling that I was I being attacked and the need to defend myself (that was my feeling and I am owning up to that it was […]

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i have posted a few recipes for diabetics in our files. check them
out. i will be posting more later. if there is a certain type of
food you are looking for let me know.
stephanie

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Hi,
my name is joy and I am new to the group; I have type 2 diabetes
since 1998?( can’t remember the exact year). I have been looking for
a support group since I can’t get my family to understand. They feel
I should have self control, but don’t understand it is hard when they
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Most people with diabetes have health problems — or risk factors –
such as high blood pressure and cholesterol that increase one’s risk
for heart disease and stroke. When combined with diabetes, these
risk factors add up to big trouble. In fact, more than 65% of people
with diabetes die from heart disease or stroke. […]

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More americans then ever before have diabetes. the
disease affects an estimated 16 million adults and
children. thats approximately 6 percent of the
population, or 1 in every 17 people. what’s more only
about half the people with diabetes have their disease
under control. this is unfortunate because researchers
continue to identify methods to better […]

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Does anyone else use Splenda as their sweetener? I do because it taste (for me) so much better than the other kinds and it was recommended by the ADA as sweetener of choice. Plus some people have bad allergic reactions to the ingredient in Nutra Sweet. (Isn’t that the one that was the latest years […]

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If you think that Robie is totally lost his screws.
Jeannette

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everyone has there own opinions and are more then welcome to voice
them. i have been reading everything that has been going on, and NO
ONE HAS TO BE SORRY, but i do need to ask that we do not attack
eachother. if you disagree with something then say you disagree, but
please do not attack what someone else […]

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