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I have a question and don’t know if anyone can help. But; does anyone else have
trouble getting enough blood when you do your stick for testing on your
glucometer? I have a terrable time getting blood. I have to restick 3,4 or 5
times in the exact same area (leave the lancet in the […]

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I had a short trip down memory lane today. We had to go out and stopped at
Cracker Barrel for lunch. As usual I just had to go do a quick walk through the
shop while waiting for our food to come out. I love how every so often they will
have things from when […]

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I just had a smart ones weight watchers meal for lunch and it was fabulous..does anyone have any thoughts on this? It had only 11 carbs and I also had a banana and a 1/2 cup of low fat cottage cheese…yummy lunch..
Margi

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I have had a good couple of days and this am my BG was 179..this is
down from 284 last week…I feel good except my eyes are blurry and I
wonder if this is from the meds ( metaglip )Have an eye appt next weds
and will see what is said then..went to a party on sat and […]

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Sent to me… how good water is for us!
Kate
One glass of water shuts down midnight hunger pangs for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a University study.
Lack of water is the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.
Preliminary research indicates that 8-10 glasses of water a day could significantly ease back and joint pain for up […]

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What is a What is a healthy diet?

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well yesterday I went to the Dr for my followup from being newly
diagnosed…I was give a prescription for meds and my glucometer and
told to test before supper at night and first thing in the am..last
night was 311 and this am was 202…I was awake most of the night with
chills, diareaha and leg cramps ( nothing […]

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Sorry. There are some pretty bad spelling mishaps in my email and may be
confusing to you when you read it. I meant “a lot of diabetics know that”
instead of debetes know that. And when talking about every day stress I meant to
write “there” not three.
Sorry for all the mistakes. I took a sleep pill last […]

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Hi. I just thought I would try to write an explination of why maybe some of us
(me inculded in off subject emails) send “off subject” emails and how they sort
of can be related to diabetes after all. Diabetes can have so very many side
effects, some are controllable by our actions/behavior, such as […]

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Ok I have now joined a site with fellow diabetics. I have a question to ask. Its a little on the personal side, but it pertains to my diabetes. Anyone out there takin Insulin shots, Have you noticed a change in the smell of your body. Even my sweat smells different. But on a personal […]

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