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Diabetes

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.

Eating only lunch and dinner when diabetic? is it ok?

Hello! My boyfriend has diabetes, but he only eats lunch and dinner. He told me that it is ok. Also, he told me that he needs to pass breakfast because that helps him to loose weight (he is a little bit overweight). I am afraid that his behavior is not healthy, but I want to check this with you...

by User avatar bord48001

Type of Test Strips Entitlement?

Has anyone had problems with type of test strips entitlement? Recently, I was told by my GP that all his patients would have to use a diabetes meter from another company. I didn't feel that the particular meter was the right one for me. I explained to my doctor that I wanted to stay with my old...

by User avatar Guest

diabetes causes blindness

My mother in law, whom I don't get on with that well, has diabetes. She is getting older now, and is having more and more medical problems, and has been asking us for money for treatment because it is so expensive. She says the doctor is saying she might go blind. Does diabetes really cause...

by User avatar kimberly_161585161585

diabetes statistics

Hi! I am looking for figures that will confirm or deny that diabetes is on the rise globally. I am not just looking for figures for North America, which are quite freely available, but I am after diabetes figures world wide. I would also want to compare diabetes figures in the developed world to...

by User avatar dunstan1251165458

herbs for type 2 diabetes

Did anyone know that glucose lowering drugs, which are routinely prescribed to diabetes type 2 patients, can have long term negative side effects? I recently heard this for the first time at a lecture about alternative medicine, and now I am wondering what to think about herbs for type 2 diabetes...

by User avatar hewitt115168734

Losing weight with reactive hypoglycemia?

Hello! I have been diagnosed reactive hypoglycemia last year. I eat small meals every three hours and walk every day for half an hour. I have problems with my weight and I don't know what to do. My mother tells me I can't do any intensive exercise since it can influence my blood sugar to drop. Is it...

by User avatar sephira48819

Dealing with Hypo in my partner

Hi everyone, I'm not diabetic but my partner is. I have concerns about dealing with hypo in my partner. I'm having some problems coping with my partner with his sugar swings. When he gets hypo he can be very difficult to deal with and sometimes just down right rude. Has anyone out there had a...

by User avatar Guest

Were you told how to match insulin to carbs when diagnosed?

So I am really confused about this insulin and carb thing.  Am I to match insulin to carbs?  Were you told how to match insulin to carbs when diagnosed?  I don't remember being told so I don't know how to do it.  Does anyone have the formula to do it?  I couldn't find it on the internet.  I am...

by User avatar Guest

Driving a truck - recently diagnosed with Type 2

Please I need some help! I have been recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, quite at young age for this I guess , I’m 45 years old, and the fact is that I didn’t feel anything! It was a routine exam from my job!. But I’m obese! So actually I knew already that this could happen. I agree with...

by User avatar Guest

Support groups in Washington DC

I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes just over a week ago and and I am starting to adjust to life with diabetes, but there are still so many questions that I have, and I would prefer to ask fellow diabetes patients to doctors. Are there any diabetes support groups in Washington DC that I could check...

by User avatar jayson1876162551