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    hows this for a turn-up for the books !

    I took on board all the help and advice that everyone gave me last week about lowering carbs and insulin, and I went well armed to see my doc on Thursday. She wasnt there but I saw another doc who agreed to less insulin BUT....... he took me off all my Lispro that I take for a reading of 150 or...
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    totally baffled and uninformed

    hi, hanadr, no I havent read the books have you ? Is there something in them you think maybe I should know ? Maybe I should just go ahead and get a copy anyway - you got me wondering !
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    totally baffled and uninformed

    wow, thankyou soooooo much for all your help - I feel quite stupid for not knowing anything, but I really had no idea that I was supposed to sort out my own treatment. Over here, people dont even know what type they are when you ask them - they just accept that they are diabetic and what the doc...
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    totally baffled and uninformed

    We are going to Botswana and we have done quite a bit of research on this. Its very stable, english speaking, has state of the art hospitals and a very good internal medicine system. We will be looking for a private hospital as well, but I cant be worse off than I am now ! Witch doctors, now...
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    totally baffled and uninformed

    Thanks for your reply. I was in hospital for so long because a: they couldnt stabilise me b: I had a raging fever and c: because the acid had stripped the lining from my throat, I couldnt swallow anything so for the first week I was living on a glucose drip. I have a glucose machine, but my doc...
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    totally baffled and uninformed

    Hi everyone, Im Luisa, english, living in Portugal but currently in the process of moving to Africa to live in the bush. Im kinda newly diagnosed with type 1.5 but from what Ive learnt so far ( which isnt much ) I dont quite fit the bill. Allow me to explain then you can be as confused as me ...
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