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  1. wordangel

    GP ... forgot I am diabetic..

    debzz, I haven't been here in a long while so you won't know me, but for what it's worth, i hear you, and i agree. there is still the hippocratic oath and there is still human caring. i understand all the excuses he might have had, but i deeply agree and most of all i see and hear you. and i...
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    Type 2 I have a white spot on my toe.

    i triy. i have pictures but not been to bed yet and cant think anymore. i will look it up. when i said the second time what to use o them i meant something to take the corners of the nail down. i wish i didn't have a panic disorder and a trauma history. i got a fever. and then it went with...
  3. wordangel

    Type 2 I have a white spot on my toe.

    Thank you, Enclave. I am having a bunch of mini-crises and the latest is battery charger failure. anyway a panda has very ugly toes compared to an elegant canine like you. It actually changed over the hours and instead of a blanced white spot resembles a tiny cut. Maybe the cortisone in the...
  4. wordangel

    Type 2 I have a white spot on my toe.

    Can this be the beginning of skin breakdown. Please nobody scare me to death, but what should I do about it? It's sore if I rub it. I saw and I panicked.
  5. wordangel

    Have you been told not to test your blood sugars?

    In US where testing is covered and assumed i was told after 9 months to test only once a week. Don't know if my doctor knows ... well leave it there...
  6. wordangel

    A new emotional issue with diabetes

    arturo, it is very hard isn't it? and the products are really bad you are right. at this minute i need testing but just cant because it is too hard for me. usually i do. this time i will just eat a little. i;m sorry its hard for you too. it helped me to hear that. thank you.
  7. wordangel

    Abdomen Alternative Testing Site

    i looked at that the libre... couldnt pay it even once . but it's interesting. one reveiew said skin problem which i would have. but am in us. my test supplies covered but only one choice. don't like that. test strips too narrow. :( i need to find out how much a pound is. i learned it as a kid...
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    Abdomen Alternative Testing Site

    AndBreathe I corrected something i wrote to you here but didn't know i was on another thread...i had a link and here it is... http://www.diabetesselfmanagement.com/managing-diabetes/blood-glucose-management/alternate-site-testing-2/. That post is on...
  9. wordangel

    A new emotional issue with diabetes

    A little bit flummoxed having had hard time and slept in such a strange pattern. hard to know what's going on since my readings are good. I had a notice of a new message and i can't find it... but one of you told me my a1c was not prediabetic but diabetic and i wondered if i had said it right...
  10. wordangel

    A new emotional issue with diabetes

    i'll have to look at it... and get some sleep too. somebody asked if i am in north america... and tkhey were right on. so i need to get into my time zone for a little while...
  11. wordangel

    A new emotional issue with diabetes

    glad you read it. i seem fairly alone in that. i didn't follow exactly and it is possible my big weight drop could have also beenpartly muscle mass loss. i am not physically able to get the exercise i need. and she said in the book that people who can't exercise.... it won't work and then my...
  12. wordangel

    A new emotional issue with diabetes

    regarding your other conditions. i gcan't get this reply in the right place...but i identiy with many of the other conditions you mention, the digestive ones... around reflux and its symptoms.... the tmj and old injuries. some of what you mention sounds like part of a fibromyalgia syndrome...
  13. wordangel

    A new emotional issue with diabetes

    hi, are these both from mep anyway i agree with you. i am not actually going hypo but possibly going close. and this is agood time to experiment. and i know that both play havoc, apparently within a very few minutes... sorry you have the migraines... no fun...
  14. wordangel

    A new emotional issue with diabetes

    thank you for this and for welcoming me
  15. wordangel

    A new emotional issue with diabetes

    Thanks, daisy. i understand and have looked at your file... i am glad to be here.
  16. wordangel

    A new emotional issue with diabetes

    i don't understand the tagging daisy. I clicked on it and got the name of a moderator.... by the way... i am too clumsy to stick 8 fingers... i can't do the non-preferred hand testing...
  17. wordangel

    A new emotional issue with diabetes

    hi chalup finally ready to eat... too long... and i just decided maybe i needed to take the metformin. thank you for your information which i will reread after eating and look at more.... :oops: thats not supposed to be a grumpy face... supposed to be nice and thanking you and thanks for the...
  18. wordangel

    A new emotional issue with diabetes

    This is my second day on the forum i think. Was diagnosed in December. I was eating terribly because of poverty and inadequate and fast food restaurant meals. was eating kid meals... august A1C was back to prediabetic levels/ 6.7 i think. have been stressed and down again. in fact i am...
  19. wordangel

    Abdomen Alternative Testing Site

    Dear AndBReathe, Two little professors with curiosity on here? I did the same thing. Didn't hurt but what a mess. I'm serious it didn't hurt but i compared with finger results... i found a video on YouTube and it was a demo and this woman was sticking herself and her meter was able to be fired...