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Thank you. Very informative

Sounds like you faced exactly what I did. I have other conditions unrelated to diabetes which are aggravated by the hypos and the highs also. I quit work 5 yrs ago after 22 years at my job to get out of those swings. By my late 50's I had lost a lot of the resiliency of my youth. I can't march...

Thank you much. There seems to be a lot of good stuff there. Will get into soon

I've been T1D for 37 yrs. A1C typically a little above non-diabetic 6.25% +/-. 4-6 shots/day, 6-8 bG tests daily. Tight Control Now continuous glucose monitoring (Dexcom G5). Age 62. 5 years ago I could no longer stand my bG ranging from as low as 35 mg/dl to 350 mg/dl, sometimes, multiple...

It depends on what its sweetened with. Things like; Splenda, Sweet-n-Low, and aspatame go through our systems molecularly unchanged. we do not metabolize them. They don't effect blood sugar. I now use stevia now in coffee,tea, which is a naturally sweet plant extract. It does not change my...

I'm not sure what the units are that you Brits use when talking about HGB A1C. Numbers like 54 don't mean anything to me stateside. I'm used to talking in units of %. A1C of under 6% is for the normal non-diabetic population. I'm T1D with tight control and it runs about 6.25% which translates to...

I'm an Engineer also and T1D for 37 yrs. I can say unequivocally that there there are 4 calories per gram of carbohydrate or protein and 9 calories per gram of fat. I think that those calculations are based on something called "calorimetry" whereby they burn the stuff up in an oven of sorts...

I'd like to try to help you. I don't know much about eating disorders but I do suffer from and am treated for; thyroid disease, anxiety and depression and have been a T1D for 37 years since age 25. What I learned about diabetes scared the daylights out of me when diagnosed. I was, have been...

I've had a roller coaster life for decades 40mg/dl-300mg/dl and back sometimes 2-3 x/d. , Much less now w/ CGM and not working. A1c's always 6-6.5. MD's told me these rapid and wide fluctuations are where many long term complications come from. Has anyone heard this or seen any stat's on it...

I've been T1D for 37 yrs. Front of feet and toes have less feeling then they used to. Occasional/Rare sharp pains in balls of feet. 6.25 A1c's and exercise consistently. Is this neuropathy? Endo says when you get it, it doesn't go away? I knew an elderly woman (deceased) who wasn't diabetic but...