Recent Content by Lin1

I did reply to Borofergie, but I seem to have lost the post... :eh: The high carb meal was a 1-time thing, just to test post-prandial blood sugar. (I was going to type: "P.P.B.S." but I think that's wrong. I guess it takes awhile to get the acronyms down... :wink: )

I guess I need 3 or 4 more posts before I'm able to read PM's. I've been waking up in the middle of the night with extreme pain in my calves - like charlie horses, which I've had maybe 3 times in my life. This has happened every night this week. I googled it this AM, and found out that it's...

Thanks. I've read that low-carbing can skew your FBG numbers, but not the A1C. One person advised me to cut down on protein. (I do eat too much). The Dr. seems upset with me, but I don't know what more I can do. No grains at all, no starches, only low-carb fruits-or even none. And this for 9...

Frustration... I recently had a very bad reaction to a series of Hep B vaccine - bad polyarthritis, eye, ear problems, dizzy, etc etc. I had no insurance at the time (pre-Medicare) so I went on an elimination diet for it. In Feb of 2012, I ended up cutting out all sugar, ALL grains, most fruits...