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    Medtronic's MiniMed insulin pumps remotely hackable

    Just saw this article: https://www.wired.com/story/medtronic-insulin-pump-hack-app/
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    Getting problems with feet when sugar is low

    I been manging to keep my BG fairly low, around 5. But I noticed starange pattern than my legs are getting worse when I going under 5.0 BG for my fasting value. So I have been wondering if the is such thing as too low, while still staying above 3.9. It is a strange roller coaster. One week my...
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    Carbs vs sugars

    Is 1g of sugar equivalent of 1g carbs when it comes to total blood sugar increase? And it is just question of speed, how fast the carbs and sugars are digested into the blood stream? If the alternative is to eat breakfaat with 9g of sugar or 12 grams of carbs which is better and does it even...
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    Type 2 Blood glugose level raising after waking up

    I have noticed that if I oversleep like 3-4h. Or wake up take Metfor. And take BG measurement. If I then go back to bed for 3-4 h without eating any thing or I am busy with work (remote) then often when I measure again my BG is up 1-2 units. That confuses me shouldn't it go down longer I am not...
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    Unreliability of the meters

    I did not eat well today and I was feeling a bit feverish. I ate cafeteria sandwich, whole grain rye with veggies, cheese and fried egg. One in my "morning" 12:00 and another at 16:00. That's all I had to to eat all day. Coming home at 19:00 I measured my BG. And it showed 7.3mmol I was did not...
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    Is Stevia ok ?

    I have been told by professional nutritionist that some of the artificial sweeteners can be bad for diabetes. Some of them increase the rate at which body ingest sugars and thus raise sugar levels. Also I been told by nutritionist acesulfame is poison to your nerves...
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    What are you after meal reading and what do you consider too high ?

    For a week I had around 6.5mmol BG 2-3 hours after meal. Today I though I could eat a little better (read: worse) and it was 8.2. I think that is too high. My morning reading was 5.1. And I am thinking that 6.5 after meal reading could be ideal ? Andnever let it go to high 7. I made a...
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    Type 2 Safe rate of deducing insulin dosage

    I have got my fasting blood glucose on a pretty good downward trend. I been wondering what is a good and safe rate of reducing the dosage. My GP told to increase it 2 units a week. And I seem to remember an instruction of dropping one or two unit when my levels are at the lower levels of my...
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    Type 2 What is it that causes the damage to body ?

    I have difficulty to understand the T2 because at the same time I am being told "Do not worry everything is fine as long as you eat right and control your sugars" and at same time I am being told to worry about my legs an that any small cut in my leg will cause them to rot away and to be...
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    At loss with rapidly worsening symptoms of peripheral neuropathy

    I was diagnosed this July with T2 (HbA1C 93, BG 15.3) so really bad values. And looking back I now can recognize Symptoms of T2 as far back as one year before diagnosis. Feeling un-characteristically tired, almost falling to sleep at work. Specially after lunch. And guess how I treated this ...
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    Vegetarian dos and don'ts ?

    Fairly new to T2 and I been wondering are the anything special vegetarian (ovo-lacto) should take into consideration ? I guess eggs and saturated fats are bad for cholesterol. Fruits have high GI. I am pretty much living off cheese sandwishes that I switched to whole rye bread and vegetables...
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    T2 and frequest flu/fever/sinus infections

    I really would like to hear if there are anyone in similar situation like me: they have frequent flu/sinus infections. Or hear in general experiences getting sick while having T2. I have had sinus and ear infections all my life. For me these infections take weeks or even months and are on and...
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    Feeling a bit overwhelmed

    I got a diagnose T2 diabetes 3 moths ago. I got diagnosed with 15,3 blood sugar and the slow sugar (HbD-what ever) 93. I was morbidly overweight (BMI 40 at worst a year ago) I had started to lose weight a little ago before my diagnosis (too little, too late). Now 3 three months later I managed...