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yayasista71

posted 07/23/2008, comments (5)

Lost in the world of diabetes

My life seems so upside down anymore. I found out I was a dibetic about a year ago. Ive been on between 1000 to 2000 mg of metformin within that year. This past monday I had gone to see my doctor for my checkup and he decided to put me on insulin...talk about scarey. It took me a long time to get used to poking myself int he finger with a needle... Read more Chevron

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Dr. Bill Quick

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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 07/05/2008, comments (2)

diabetes and dementia

Hello, My mom has been insulin dependent for years, but now has dementia. I am trying to find a good way for her to remember to take her insulin. I have a medication system that takes care of her other pills and won't allow her to take them more than once, but I haven't found anything to deal with the insulin issue. Any ideas?

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posted 06/12/2008, comments (0)

I Pump, Therefore I am

Thanks to my Great Books education, I know that René Descartes famously declared "I think, therefore I am." Materialistic individuals have claimed, "I shop, therefore I am." But me, I pump, therefore I am. Lately, I have been feeling like my very existence is summed up by pumping. Either I'm pumping insulin to... Read more Chevron

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posted 06/11/2008, comments (0)

Insulin: First-line treatment?

Different physicians have different approaches to treating type 2 diabetes, but here's a common approach. You're diagnosed, and you're overweight, so the doctor tells you to try to lose some weight and come back in three weeks, or three months, because the doctor says weight loss will improve your blood glucose... Read more Chevron

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