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It depends on how many test strips you have, too. David Mendosa wrote an article about how the best time to test after a meal is 73 minutes. So if you're short of strips, you could do one test after a meal instead of two and time it for then. If you've enough test strips to survive, or can get...

Re: Blood sugars ansd having a row I used to rent a room from people who argued constantly with each other. By the time objects were flying, as well as the tears and screams, my normally 5 - 6 blood sugar could go up to 12 or 14. And a horrible upset stomach and headache to go with them. I...

If you feel good then it's probably a non-issue. I always wake up feeling hung-over, and that''s without benefit of alchohol the night before!

I don't have the reference to hand (I'll try to find it), but I've read studies that sleep disturbance, OR - getting less than 7 or 8 hours sleep per night can make your blood sugar higher if you do it routinely. It may be a factor in overweight, too. Which has me a bit worried, because I'm a...

Canada measures in millimoles, too. Rest of the world = too much culture shock and much division and multiplication by 18 in my head.

For most of us, a glass or two of wine is good. But if you're Type 2, you should be testing, else you won't know what's happening with your blood sugar and what in particular makes it spike - so do ask your doctor for a meter and test strips. They might say no, but press the point - it is...

Dr Bernstein is a Type 1 diabetic, and he wrote about the mood swings almost destroying his marriage in his book. A good bit of it is available online, and you might want to take a look at it yourself: http://www.diabetes-book.com/readit.shtml

Actually, you may have more pain initially - at least if what I've read of other people's experience with neuropathy is correct. What appears to happen is that as the nerves begin to heal because they aren't being assaulted with glucose all the time, you get back more sensation, and the early...

My long vision isn't bad most days - not perfect, but I usually don't need glasses. Now for the AARGGHH I AM AN IDIOT part: I have the same problem with the ever-bouncing short-sightedness. The arrrghhh is because when I was in America last year, you could go to this ubiquitous chemist called...

Okay, the flotsam and jetsam will post anyway (I'm not miffed, really I amnt :P ) But i found this if you're trying to control carbs - it still looks pretty yummy: http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/low- ... he-border/

Canada is the same as the UK. And the health insurance is considerably better than what you'll find in the US. E.g., I have friends in America who are healthy, and they're paying $3000 per month as a couple for health insurance with all kinds of deductibles and non-covered items. It may not be...

You don't gain weight from eating fat - at least I've never heard of anybody who does. I'd be a little leery of switching to lo-fat products because they often contain sugar and other carbs to make up for the fat, so check the labels first! Usually, you can eat as much as you want. Dr...

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You might want to get your PTH and serum calcium levels checked. I went hyperpara just before I was diagnosed with diabetes and the itching drove me nuts. It mayn't be that at all, but hyperpara at least is curable if it is. Other than that, try not to scratch and probably the best thing is...

Sahl ibn Bishr's 9th century treatise The Introduction to the Science of the Judgment of the Stars. I love 8th - 12th century Persian astrology-astronomy. But I'm hopelessly weird. And lots of Chris Moore for comic relief. Practical Demonkeeping and Lamb are highly recommended.

This is oddly reassuring. I was always normal weight to a little thin, until two months before I was diagnosed T2 in 2002. Then I put on 18 kilos - almost overnight, and all of it around my midriff. Ugh, ugh, and again, I say - UGH! What we didn't know then was that I had a very rare endocrine...

I had awful results with the Ascensia Contour - and I've tried it again and still have awful results. It seems to read my blood sugar way higher than it ought to be - more than once it hit up to 18 on me, and the usual reading was around 11. Even though my A1c's are pretty consistently in the...

I don't take metformin anymore, but I did try it. Completely did in my digestive system, but I had IBS to start with, so that may have made it worse. The worst side effects for anyone, I think, are the upset stomach and diarrhoea, but that goes away for most people. So there's no reason not to...

I'm new here, but not to diabetes or IBS, unfortunately. And I can empathise, I know how painful IBS is. I mostly do low-carb and don't have too much problem with it - I'm on a fixed income but I do allow myself the splurge of organic butter, as that seems to be the worst offender in the...