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    E-cigs and diabetes

    Re: E-cigs and diabetes i smoked like that too and i also started using them after a bad chest. Now if i want a smoke i pop one of them between my lips and 8 out of 1o times i dont even bother to inhale. the physical habit is harder to break than the nicotine dependence :D
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    E-cigs and diabetes

    Re: E-cigs and diabetes they contain Propylene glycol (PG) and Vegetable Glycerin (VG)in small amounts. I found the same when i used them so researched it. I stayed with them tho.. reckoned smoking was the real risk. I don't smoke now :D Propylene glycol is an organic compound which has...
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    Where am I going wrong ?

    i cant eat those chickens - i always get a higher reading if i do. I read they inject Propylene glycol (vegetable glycerine) into the flesh to stop it drying out,
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    lost control of my blood sugar

    thanks for answering, I do appreciate it. my medication changes depending on my pancreas, before my sugery i was taking meformin 850mg 3x a day and sitagliptin 100mg daily. my own gp is away for 2 more weeks so i saw a different one who suggested reducing the metformin to 500mg and stopping the...
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    lost control of my blood sugar

    Hi, I've had pancreatic diabetes for 10 years and have managed it well (mostly :crazy: :)) but now I have totally lost control of it. I am recovering from surgery for quite a nasty hormone secreting 'gynae' cancer;because of this I'm not moving about much, not got much appetite, I'm tired and a...
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    Hypo's, but not diabetic???

    I suspect your friend is quite unfit as well as overweight. if this is the case its likely the large demand for insulin when she exercises can sometimes cause too much insulin to be produced so you get a dip. She is possibly preD. It would be interesting on your next walk if you had your...