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You can use this forum to discuss Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes, pre-diabetes – prevention, diagnosis, specialists, self-care, diabetes-induced complications, nutrition, physical activity, medications and other forms of diabetes management.

Any Experience with Breast Cancer and Type 1 Diabetes Chemotherapy for older women?

Help!? I am urgently seeking any experience from someone who has had chemo for breast cancer that is also a type 1 diabetic.  My mom has been insulin dependent for over 40 years and just had a lumpectomy for stage II breast cancer.  She is terrified about the recommended 18 weeks of chemo...

by User avatar Guest

Do insulin cause weight gain

I have to go on insulin but I don't want ot gain a bunch of weight.  It wouldn't be a good thing at all since I am already overweight.  Is there a way to keep from gaining anymore?  Will I have trouble getting my weigt off I have now?  Has anyone else gained weight with insulin and it made your...

by User avatar Guest

If New Diabetes Drug Fails in Stopping Sepsis, It will Do Well in Colorectal Cancer

Texas researchers decide to use and test a compound from the family of aldose reductase inhibitors on animals that were injected with chemicals to induce a condition of severe sepsis, including severe inflammation and loss of heart function. Sepsis is a deadly inflammation of the tissue caused by...

by User avatar DanDan

Mild Hypos & Jelly Babies

Hello all, I have a question: Does anyone out there get mild hypos and take Jelly Babies to bring their blood sugar levels up? I take dextro when that happens but I've heard that some people take Jelly Babies. Is that okay to do? I've always liked Jelly Babies and would surely like to have them...

by User avatar Guest

How does diabetic neuropathy affect the body?

Hello! I have diabetes and I am afraid that I will get diabetic neuropathy. I have lost sense in my fingers in toes, so, I am concerned that I already got diabetic neuropathy. Just to be sure about this, can you tell me how does diabetic neuropathy affect the body? What I should to do to fight...

by User avatar ives182262296

Tips for Using Your FED Blood Glucose Meter

 Although blood glucose meters are simple to operate, many things can go wrong. Follow the tips below to get the most accurate results from your blood glucose meter. Preparing to Test Read and save all instructions for your meter and test strips. Watch and practice with an experienced blood glucose...

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Comments and reviews on article "Twenty Healthy Snacks for People with - and without - Diabetes"

Users comments and reviews on Twenty Healthy Snacks for People with - and without - Diabetes by Robert Rister

by User avatar Robert Rister

type 1 diabetes ketoacidosis

it is been for years now my husband was diagnosed with diabetes type 1 and recently he developed more serious symptoms such as persistent fatigue lately accompanied with nausea and vomiting including slow and hard breathing and extreme weakness and that is why my husband was suspected of having type...

by User avatar daune34281

How can aerobic exercise help diabetes?

I have diabetes, and I am overweight. At my last doctor's visit, my doctor strongly advised me to take up aerobics and gave me the number of a local class for diabetics. I am not sure that I really want to do aerobics, though I know I need to exercise. Why aerobics? How does that, in particular,...

by User avatar orella594196343

Lactinex vs Lactulose

Can laxinex be used the same as lactulose? Similar benefits?

by User avatar mkcruz