Recent Content by MikeyMarine

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    Type 2s: What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning? (very low chat level)

    newbie here 8,9 this morning , forgot to take any meds yeaterday normally 4.4 to 6.1 depending on proximity to oatmeal choc chip cookies at bedtime
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    Type 2 b/s 19 loss of consciousness

    hypertension controlled hypothroid controlled high cholesterol controlled male pattern baldness running rampant overweight 180 should be 146 to 160 feet stink nose runs strange noises from both ends that scare the dawg, my last g/p visit he said I was in good shape for a 76 year old man great...
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    Type 2 b/s 19 loss of consciousness

    well best I can tell yes, the conversion chart says 36 on a glucometer is 2 and 27 is 1.5 mine was 30 so somewhere between 2 and 1.5 I am going to extremes carb limiting picking potatos out of soup fr example cooking my own vegetables fresh or frozen no seasoning I want to get down to 165 to...
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    MikeyMarine introduction

    maybe not but it does make a difference sometimes, seems over here , blacks have a greater tendency to have diabetes in a family where whites aren't so much inclined , they just get fat a lot , Blue would be nice for a change :cyclops:
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    Type 2 b/s 19 loss of consciousness

    agreed, I started at 40 units of basal, now am at 30, lost 20 lbs, changed diet, still have some lows between 3.3 and 2.0 but they are infrequent have lost some of the warning signs, no longer sweat profusely or get warm or agitated mostly just feel a little un coordinated and can tell my...
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    Type 2 b/s 19 loss of consciousness

    baked potatos, yup even the person who graduates in last place at doctor schoool is still called doctor, we gotta watchem
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    Type 2 b/s 19 loss of consciousness

    thank you all for your replies, tghe bfook I am reading is called TOOt SWEET by Laura Kronen , obviously she recovered from it and the book sounds like she has frequent episodes of losing consciousness (also sounds like she doesn't manage well) but I don't walk in her shoes so,,,, my last 2...
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    Type 2 b/s 19 loss of consciousness

    Hi I just read a book by a type 1 diabetic and she said something about a loss of consciousness with a blood sugar of 19 on her glucometer, lowest I've ever been is 31 . My question is, if I become unconscious with hypo, ( I live alone) will my glucose slowly come back up and regain...
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    MikeyMarine introduction

    Hello all , Joined today, been a type 2 for several years now and decided it was time to get some information about it from those who know. I am 63 year old white male florida, live alone have other health problems like male pattern baldness, grouchiness , and discontent with the govornment...