Recent Content by birdie56

Hi there, I was not familiar w/ Type 3 Diabetes. There's 1,2, and 1.5. However, when I looked up Type 3, I had to pause and scratch my head. All of the medical encyclopedias online said: "This “type 3 diabetes” is a term that has been proposed to describe the hypothesis that Alzheimer’s...

Absolutely! You are correct. However, statistics show that people on pens, as opposed to pumps that link to CMG's for knowing you BG and with a few buttons, can correct it as programed by their docs, have terrific A1C's. And accurate boluses with automatic basaling. Does insurance pay for that...

"these days it is about managing your insulin to your food, not the other way" Exactly! If I had to have a regime to stabilize my glucose, then I would also have to monitor my breathing. If I breathe, my glucose goes up. Thus, I am on a pump and CMG with A1C of 7. I eat what I want when I want...

Great advice!

WELL SAID!!! I AGREE 100%. All of us Type 1's need to do what works for us. Me? My diet didn't cause this, and it's gonna be with me forever. I was in a diabetic coma accidentally when my pump failed 4 years ago. My bg goes up just breathing. It's laughable that a so-called regime is going to...

My A1C went from 11 to 7 using the CMG and pump. I've never been told to eat a certain diet except as a misdiagnosed Type 2 or when I was on pens that could not control my glucose due to Levemir not covering ALL of the basal I need to get through the day. My pancreas is dead. My pump is an...

Hi there, I had the same thing happen to me in 2008. I was 44. My dr. said I had Type 2. I asked to be tested for EVERYTHING bc I was sooo sick. After labs, the nurse said goodbye. I said I wanted a urinalysis My glucose showed over 300. She said I didn't know you were diabetic. Well, neither...