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Diabetes Mellitus
Why, Why, Why???
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Eddie: > I cannot understand what it is going to take in order to get my morning FBG down. I have great numbers all day except for my morning reading > Last night, I went to bed with 5.3 > I purposely didn’t have a snack before bedtime. > [...]
insulin and T2 nice article
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Diabetes & Endocrinology Ask The Expert Insulin Therapy in Type 2 Diabetes Posted 08/12/2003 from Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology Question When should insulin therapy be considered in type 2 diabetes patients? Response from Zachary T. Bloomgarden, MD, 08/12/2003 The short answer is, "When patients are hyperglycemic and [...]
This is not to gloat
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Homocysteine is another blood "marker" that can indicate future heart disease. I’ve been watching my homocysteine levels since dx… I had read an article that piqued my interest and asked my doc to do a test. The good thing about homocysteine, is that it is VERY easy to lower, and [...]
Evening Primrose Oil Question
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I’ve heard people say that evening primrose oil helped with hot/cold sensations of neuropathy. What is the usual dosage you take? I’m willing to try anything at this point!!!
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> I’ve heard people say that evening primrose oil helped with hot/cold > sensations of neuropathy. What is the usual dosage you [...]
Brand New Type 2
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If you’re not on meds at all and have an A1C < 9.9, you can get a certificate without any difficulty. If you’re on meds and have no hypoglycemic events and that same <9.9 A1C you can apply for a Special Issuance Authorization from the FAA to give you a First [...]
interesting synthroid info
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Tamera The readings for TSH are in reverse. A low TSH indicates HYPERthyroidism, a high TSH indicates HYPOthyroidism. Your readings appear just fine as most people do very well with a TSH under 1. A complication can be if you have secondary HYPOthyroidism (which I have) you will have a low [...]
THE TROUBLE THAT IS TUBERCULOSIS
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The trouble that is tuberculosis By B. K. Sharma The Tribune Sunday, July 15, 2001 Tuberculosis (TB) has over the centuries been referred to as ‘consumption’ as its cause was not known. Perhaps it was referred to as such because it consumes the patient slowly. In 1882, [...]
Ketones (acetoacetic acid) in Urine
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Ok… ketones.. The body stores its excess energy as Fat. If the body finds it is starving (because you are on a diet perhaps or you haven’t any insulin and are not getting energy from food) it will turn to its fat stores and convert the fat back into [...]
About Carbs
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Hi, I have just recently in the past month and half been dieting to lose weight, bring my bg in control and to basically feel better. I am so confused even after four years of battling this diabetes. My question is: I thought your glucose only goes up if eating carbs. [...]
novice question about thirst, etc
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<snip> > I seem to have a CBC reasonably often, as chronic pain and/or medication > side effects make me feel so awful my dr worries that I might have some > non-obvious infection that needs to be treated. But I don’t know what > CMP means. Can you explain? [...]