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    Diagnosed Abroad

    Hi Swarfiga, It sounds like you have had a stressful few months! I am an American living and working in East Asia. Although I was diagnosed more than 20 years ago, it was under similar circumstances. I had been living in SE Asia and just moved back to the USA. The typical symptoms (extreme...
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    When is a "spike" not a spike??......oh that is the question!

    The easiest way is to multiply the mmol reading by 18. Alternatively, if you want to know the mmol of the number you see on your US glucometer, divide that number by 18. The University of Colorado also has this handy chart as a PDF...