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I have been put at risk of redundancy.
Have totally lost my appetite since Friday.
Eating 1 meal a day, should i continue taking medication???
not long ago i too totally lost my appetite-with me it turned out to be associated with kidney failure.Talk to your doctor and get checked out
Apart from anything else it’s too vague and woolly a statement to have any meaning.
I got Cervical Myelopathy in 2002 and was told by the neurologist that I’d “be in a wheelchair in two years”. Now if I wasn’t so resilient I might have given up at that moment and resigned myself to my fate. Instead I lost 3 stone (42lbs) to bring me back to the normal weight category. I also walk a lot and go to the gym where the back extension machine keeps my spine in good shape.
It’s not that I’m saying… read more
@A DiabetesTeam Member Some/many/most medical professionals are on a power trip. The whole concept of consultation is foreign to them.
There used to be an excellent TV series in the UK called Trust… read more
Every 5 years the leading experts in the treatment of Type 2 get together at this big conference and make changes, based on new information, to the "consensus guidelines" that are used by the EU, UK and most of the Commonwealth and the United States, that become the national medical guidelines
So whether I post up something from the ADA's US Guidelines or from Diabetes Australia (or Canada or the UK), the only difference in the paragraph will be some spelling changes
Anyhow, in their latest… read more
Absolutely true
Does caffenated coffee spike blood sugar? If so, should you limit the intake of coffee?
I have a friend who has had Diabetes for decades, and she drinks lots of coffee everyday, but she drinks it black...then drinks water in between. I have read reports that if you drink Dark Ground… read more
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@A DiabetesTeam Member I tend to agree with you Bill. Probably 90% of those called Type 2 actually have Metabolic Syndrome - that will be the "new term" when everyone starts whining publicly about… read more
insulin resistance
One small helping of the wonder fried potato will make you miserable as well as shoot that glucose much higher than a gummy bear. In my case it is. 😁
Has anyone had problems with weight gain on insulin (I take Tresiba)? My doctors said it is an unfortunate side effect of insulin. I work out at the gym 3-4 times a week and still gained weight. Have been watching what I eat and mostly drinking water but still gaining instead of losing or maintaining. Any tips would be appreciated.
Cut the carbs, simple carbs are sugars, complex carbs are carbs. Cut the carbs.
Common feeling amongst many - "I feel all alone because nobody around me understands"
Well, I'm just kicking back watching the Tampa Bay/Dallas Wildcard Game
For a bit of perspective - statistically there is 7,874 DIABETICS in the stands watching the game live
We are nowhere near alone....
Yes at times I feel all alone
