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Meg, the Noob

posted 07/12/2008, comment (1)

News from the Doc

saw the doctor yesterday after a couple of months, and finally got some answers to some questions I have been worried about. Firstly, he considers me a Type 1 diabetic. He said that the case could be made for me being a insulin-requiring Type 2, but that because I'm relatively young he chalked me up as Type 1. It's... Read more Chevron

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Splenda in ice ceam

My father said that when he didn't eat any more ice cream with Splenda his sugar count went down. He says that when he eats ice cream sweetened wth sugar his count does't go up. He doesn't eat ice cream on a regular basis.

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posted 07/12/2008, comments (0)

Basal-bolus insulin therapy for Type 2 Diabetes

The journal Diabetes Care this month has a fascinating study about basal-bolus insulin therapy for T2DM, titled Adjust to Target in Type 2 Diabetes: Comparison of a simple algorithm with carbohydrate counting for adjustment of mealtime insulin glulisine. The authors compared two algorithms for adjusting mealtime rapid-acting (bolus) insulin and... Read more Chevron

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posted 07/10/2008, comments (0)

South African Diabetes Resources Part II

Some more of my favourite South African diabetic things: GIFSA GIFSA is the GI Foundation of South Africa. They are the people responsible for testing the GI of South African products, and they have a series of logos that the company responsible can then put on their product. GIFSA produces a publication that lists the GI,... Read more Chevron

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posted 07/10/2008, comment (1)

headaches and diabetes

I was just recently diagnosed with diabetes type 2 . For the past week seems no matter what I do my sugar is high and I have had a constant headache for over a week now. I have not called the doctor to be honest I am afraid . Any ideas? I feel so alone and like noone understands what I am dealing with on a day to day basis.

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