Diabetes Talking

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Have you ever used a meter to check you blood sugar? High insulin levels can be caused by several conditions, but can also indicate the onset of insulin resistance. BJ
I agree with BJ.  This will make your doctor’s appointment go ever so smoothly.  Go buy a cheap meter at Walmart [...]

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – 03:53:35 Fri, 1 Aug 2003misc.health.diabetes 19:18:02 Sat, 26 Jul 2003misc.health.diabetes : I’m just wondering, has there ever been a case, anywhere, of somebody : being cured of type 1 (or 2) diabetes ? : Possibilites are pancreas [...]

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I had chronic heartburn before.  Eliminating the offending foods gets rid of the heartburn immediately.  On LC, I don’t eat enough of any of the offending foods to have a problem.  It seems like all the culprits are high carb, combined with some other food that is high in acid content . [...]

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This sounds a bit like a condition called "reactive hypoglycemia". Ingestion of a relatively large bolus of sucrose (e.g. eating ice cream) may cause an oversecretion of insulin which results in low BG fairly quickly.  In your case, this may manifest itself as sleepyness. Reactive hypoglycemia isn’t diabetes but it is [...]

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The doctors said to wait (neuro ophthalmologist). They offer no other treatment.  I find that I am beginning to ignore the left eye.
What is it you are supposed to wait for?  I don’t know much about this, obviously, but can you get a second opinion?  Until you get proper treatment, have [...]

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Just a question (yes, being a newbie I am going to have them for a while…sorry ) Are any other ladies on Norplant/Implanon and doing low carb? I am curious to know how it has effected their loss/maintenance. Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups. T

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Hi. I have some questions about diabetes symptoms and was wondering if some of you could help me out. I know someone with diabetes who really doesn’t take very good care of himself and I don’t think there is any changing that. But, anyway, I am concerned [...]

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Yes, Dr. Martin, thank you!! – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Dr. Martin:  Just wanted to thank you for being here all the time!  (And up so late too!)  Your professionalism really stands out as you have always been thoughtful, considerate and generous with your time. [...]

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Hi Marina – Have you been on the same brand of G/CS all along, or have you changed?    If you changed, when? When did you develop the itching? If you were allergic to something in the G/CS, I would think it would manifest much sooner than it apparently has [...]

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It’s possible that I have hypoglycemia or diabetes but I’ve also been diagnosed ADD. I recently started going to a psychiatrist who prescribed me Ritalin (20 mg SR) and prozac (10mg) but I swear it makes my hypoglycemia and/or diabetes symptoms much worse. I tried to explain my concerns and plan [...]