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Expert_badge Gretchen Becker

Gretchen Becker

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Author, Humorist, wildlyfluctuating.blogspot.com

Testing Blood Glucose and Type 2

Here we go again!   It seems that every few years another group announces that blood glucose (BG) testing strips aren't useful in patients with type 2 diabetes who don't take insulin. Here's the latest.   Naturally, the insurance companies (or in Britain the National Health Service) want evidence for this so they can stop paying for... Read moreChevron
Suz

Suz

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Love Reading, Playing music, learning

Vertigo episode

Hi- Yesterday morning I woke up and had probably one of the most horrifying experiences to date. Abotu 7 weeks ago I was having dizziness upon getting out of bed - particularly if I got up from the left or laying on my back.  I had written to my nuero and described the symptoms. She thought that it was most likely benign "positional"? veritgo... Read moreChevron
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Ginger Vieira

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Type 1, Health & Chronic Illness Life Coach, personal trainer

ASk GINGER: Do I have to listen to my doctor even if I'm not sure she's right?

Hi Ginger,   I'm 16, I've had diabetes since I was 7 years old and I do a pretty good job with it. I'm not perfect, but I really do try to take care of it. Last time I was in the doctor's office she told me I should adjust my insulin dose a certain for my insulin boluses at lunch time but I don't think she really was listening to why I was... Read moreChevron
posted 07/22/2010, comments (0)|
Andrew Berry

Andrew Berry

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Nutrition/Food Science & Dietetics, Personal Trainer

Intro Into Weight Training: Month 2

Ok, so you jumped into weight training last month after reading my article Four Week Into into Weight Training and are starting to get the hang of what pumping the iron is all about. Now it's time to revamp the program.   This month I am going to set you up on an upper body and lower body split using a three day-a-week training scheme. This... Read moreChevron
posted 04/22/2010, comments (0)|
hopefulinvt

Hard Time Coping

For me I have been living with the diagnosis of Type 2 since October.  I was in a relationship with a guy and he apartently had an outbreak without telling me, just told me he didn't want to have sex (and with our work schedules it turns out we didn't for over a week).  It was shortly after that I had my first outbreak.  I had never... Read moreChevron

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