Blog about diabetes

Is everybody in hiding????? It is sure quiet on here today.

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Well, I did the retest of my glucose at the one hour mark and it was 148. The first test was in my left arm and the retest was in my right, so they can be a point or two different, but the main thing is that it did not go up after taking the […]

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Good morning. I am trying a bit of experiment this morning. I can’t remember who, but one of you tried Prilosec a little bit ago and it messed with your glucose and made the readings higher. I have been on Prevacid for about 10 years and a couple months ago was switched to Nexium. […]

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I am trying to make a notebook for my son (Type 1) to keep with him in
the car so he can have his carb info handy whenever he takes a notion
to stop somewhere and eat. I have been able to print out nutional
information for all the local restaurants except for one, a Chinese
Restaurant, which is […]

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I hope you are having a nice weekend so far.
We have had rain, rain and more rain here!
Good news, I am slowly but surely getting over the flu bug here, it has been making me so tired!
Hugs from the peach state,
Lynne
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal […]

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Has anyone heard of or tried the Quinoa pasta ? If so any thoughts ? It seems to be high in carbs to me just from what I have read on the website for it. Thanks.. hope everyone is having a great day…
Margi

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Hey, my pharmacist says that prilosec CAN raise blood sugar!!! So, I’m stopping it immediately even though it was working. Darn it. It was working so well for my tummy. Even asking my doctor for a script for aciphex would do the same thing. These drugs that stop the pumps […]

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Hi. I got to see the diabetic specialist today (finally, not his fault. Bill wouldn’t stay last Monday for the doc to see me). He made some major changes in my medications. I now take Lantus twice a day: 35 units in the morning and 10-15units at 9:00 p.m. and he also changed my Novalog: […]

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I have no idea what is going on, but I am breaking out in patches of bumps. And they itch so darn bad. I have a patch on my left back cheek, to the right of my belly button on my abdomen, and smaller places popping up. It started yesterday. I noticed them before I […]

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What are my options in this situation? My mother is a diabetic who
also suffers from mental conditions that cause her to not understand
or care about her health issues. She will do things like stop taking
her insulin because it is too expensive but continue to take all
kinds of other meds for other […]

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