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I know it's been going on for a while now, but I only happened upon one of these sites just recently. They say it's 100% legal and they do it for a good cause (to help poor diabetics afford test strips and whatnot), but to me, it sounds sleazy! Especially after I read this post at Diabetes Mine...

I saw this in the news this morning, Medical breakthrough could help millions of diabetes patients, and was wondering what everyone thought of it? They're talking about the artificial pancreas, kind of like an insulin pump/CGM combo, that Dr. Bruce Bode says, "...takes the human element, and the...

if I knew what to do about MY mother, I wouldn't have to turn to a diabetes forum for answers! LOL Now, tell me about your wife! ;-)

But, why wouldn't you survive? I mean, when women talk about child birth, they don't talk in terms of "survival." Sure, it's painful; but no one thinks "danger" when they head to the hospital (err, maternity ward); they usually think happy thoughts. I realize with diabetics, there's more risk...

Have you ever watched a TV show called "The Golden Girls?" We live together. LOL She's 60. You didn't answer my question about your wife! LOL

Both survived?! Eeeeek, both survived WHAT?????!!!!! And yeah, I had a funny feeling mothers liked that sort of thing -- it has a lot of sentimental value. Wish MY own mother appreciated that sort of thing. Maybe she DOES but has a funny way of showing it! When I was a kid, she never kept any of...

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Actually, you're a man, right? I have a better question for you... ...what gift (or gifts) did your wife MOST appreciate and actually use that you've given her? Was there one she liked in particular? One she fawned over? Went gaga for? One she uses all the time? One her eyes bugged out when you...

I suppose people don't normally ask mothers what the best Mother's Day gift they ever got was (anything their children make or buy them is precious to them!), but I figured if I asked it THIS way, as opposed to, "What's a good gift to give diabetic mothers?" I'd get a better idea of what mothers...

Again, it's NOT JUST the junk food; because GMOs veggies are just as bad as junk food. They do evil things to our guts--they strip them and give us chronic inflammation and that confuses our immune system and then, blamo! It attacks a vital organ -- call it a case of mistaken identity! That's...

The apple in my avatar is NOT the enemy. It's one of the most perfect foods on the planet if 1) eaten in moderation and 2) not GMO!!!!! I save fruit for my hypos. I don't eat candy or crackers or glucose tabs. No matter how low I go, I always treat a hypo with fresh fruit, not even juice! A good...

I refer to bad food and junk food and processed food and preserved food a lot, but what I miss saying sometimes--and this is very BIG as far as disease goes--it's NOT JUST the processed/preserved foods and the junk foods that are bad. It's NOT JUST the sweets and carbs that are bad. Some of the...

With all the attention the new inhaled insulin Afrezzas(US only) been getting lately, it seems to me that diabetics would much rather eat bad food and take more insulin (no matter what the health risks are) than eat good food and take less or no insulin. You simply cannot deny a diabetic his...

According to your forum profile, the LCHF diet seems to be working for you! Congrats on the weight loss! I think I know why your partner was easily persuaded, though. I bet he gets to eat a lot of meat (and bacon!) on a low carb high fat diet! So much for the potatoes in that equation, though...

Cool beans! But in all fairness, love is one thing -- concern is something else entirely. I'm sure they were all concerned and/or worried. You can love someone and still be concerned. In fact, doesn't love pretty much automatically imply concern? Didn't they express ANY concern at all...

In all honesty, no, there's really no such thing as a cure for diabetes, or reversal. I just asked because I wanted to see how many people would be willing to give up bad food for good health. Not too many, sadly. The thing is, even though you can't go back to being non-diabetic no matter how...

I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when I was 25 years old; after the diagnosis, I did some dating, but never actually settled down with anyone and never got married (or had children). I know in this day and age, what with diabetes being so popular, telling someone you have diabetes is no big...

I'm sure we can all agree that processed and preserved foods are bad for us because they give us inflammation and inflammation (the chronic kind) has a funny way of mistakenly attacking normal, healthy cells in our body; and thus the cycle begins (vicious as it may be)! When I was first...

I'm sure by now everyone knows how processed and preserved foods affect our bodies. They give us inflammation and inflammation is a breeding grounds for all kinds of scary diseases, one of them being diabetes -- both types, no less! In the face of chronic inflammation, the immune system...