Recent Content by JamesMJG2

In Canada the manufacturers give away the meter for free when you buy 100 strips. However my strips are also free... Medicare pays for them...

A diabetic is never no longer a diabetic...

My hobby is Computers... And I feel really good when I am able to help deserving people out... The joy I receive from seeing the joy in their eyes far exceeds anything that I can do for myself... Recently I have been able to repair & give a family of New Canadians (Refugees) Two used computers...

I have not had a cold or the flue in over 15 years... Except for one time when I was in contact with a person that had arrived from another country with a cold... And I have not taken any flue shots... And the reason for this is because I do not pay particular attention to washing my hands as...

@john5220... When I was diagnosed with type 2 My Meter read 40 mmol... There was no waiting period... Metformin brought that reading down to between 5 & 7 within one week... Glyburide & Trajenta also work for Type 2... That is what I am using since I became allergic to Metformin...

Thanks Patsy...

I also had a terrible problem with eating sweets... After I began eating more vegetables I no longer had that craving...

Metformin worked for me for many years and ended up causing stomach problems... I am now on Gliburide & Trajenta...

Thanks for all the welcomes and information...

Yes there is... I was on Met Metformin and became allergic to it... The Doc put me on Gliburide Another one is Trajenta... Gliburide & Trajenta can also be used to gether...

While this situation is definitely not easy... I have learned to deal with some of these things some what successfully... One day I realized that I was letting other people control how I felt, by accepting the criticism from others... I felt worse about myself because no matter how hard I tried...

I filled out the questions before I introduced myself... :banghead: OH Well...:p:D I was diagnosed with type 2 back in 2009... And like others long after I should have been... My blood sugar reading was at 40, and the Doctor put me straight into the Hospital and brought the reading down to a...