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Does having a urine infection raise blood sugar?

Hi Vonny, metformin allowes you cells to let your insulin work. It hasnt been able to for a while thats why you've developed diabetes. You may think that you have no insulin and thats why you've become diabetic, but infact you may have loads but its "locked out" of you cells. Metformin is the...

Re: Success stories Hi everyone, here are my blood results at the 6 month mark. I was diagnosed in jan 09 and went onto a low carb diet with your help a week later. Jan 09 HDL cholesterol 1.0 Triglycerides 5.50 Total cholesterol 6.1 Hb A1c 9.5 weight 12st 7lb June 09 HDL cholesterol...

How scary. My other half wanders about most nights. I'v even found him cooking whilst still asleep. He also gets out of the house and i swear he's driven :shock: Thing is, he sleeps naked :lol: :lol: Not a pretty sight. :lol: :lol: I lock the doors and keep the keys now :)

Here we go again, step away from the glow worm guys!!! :lol:

Hi Dom, dont know if i can be helpful here but someone will in a while i bet. i'm not 6feet tall, and i'm not thin (yet. working on it) but i'm never hungry. I eat lots of meat and mushrooms, eggs, and nuts to snack on also cheese is great snack food with a apple. You might be able to eat lots...

Hi Angie, i was diagnosed only a few weeks ago, on my birthday. I was completely shell shocked. I was very upset and frightened too. I must admit i it crossed my mind to keep quiet but realised that is not the way i deal with things so i took the bull by the hornes so to...

You sound like the sort of person who responds well to a challange and now you feel as if you've achieved your goal and lost the cause. Triedness is a great demotivator and being a new dad is hard work and a lot of responsibility, don't be too hard on your self, get back on track and feel in...

I go nuts in the morning too :P

That reminded me of the two old ladies sitting on the park bench when a streaker ran by. One had a stroke, the other couldn't reach. :lol:

Thanks everyone. Dee.

I like soya milk but not the unsweetened type. Is there a squash or juice or something?

Just about got the food worked out, now what can i drink. At the moment i have coffee and water. What else is there. Dee.

And me :P Dee

I've been managing to controll my blood sugar for a few weeks now. But today i had no option but to have a sandwich for lunch. It was only a plain chicken sandwich, low fat though, which was a bad call i think. Anyway an hour later i began to feel unwell so checked my sugar level and it was...