A New Year, Let's Manage Diabetes

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I ended 2013 on a down note as a result of conversations with a doctor and his request. I know why he would not blog about them, but he ask...

Elevated A1c Means Elevated Dementia Risk

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Are you concerned about dementia? Apparently, many people with type 2 diabetes are not concerned. Questions still need answering. What are ...

Does the Vitamin and Mineral Content of Food Influence Our Food Intake and Body Fatness?

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The Claim: We Overeat Because Our Diet is Low in Vitamins and Minerals We know that animals, including humans, seek certain properties of fo...

Medical Community Turns Against People with T2 Diabetes

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On December 13, Catherine Price posted a blog on why you should be depressed about the government's attitude toward diabetes. Whether y...

Are Our Doctors to Blame? – Part 2

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This is a continuation of my last blog. When Dr. Leana Wen first posted this blog, I thought (correctly) that she would come under a lot of...

Are Our Doctors To Blame?

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I have a few friends in the medical profession and one of them asked me to write this blog. I had to do some research, but it did not take ...

High Blood Glucose Levels = Wound Complications

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If you wonder why I urge people to have better A1cs, this article in Medical News Today should hopefully get you to pay attention. A study ...

Many Type 2s On Oral Medications Stop

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Apparently no one thought this was important enough to talk about it earlier during or after the American Diabetes Association Scientific Se...

Diabetes Equipment Information

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Are you seeking information about equipment for diabetes? I have one source that I depend upon that is fairly reliable. There may be other...

Fitting SGLT2 Inhibitors in Diabetes Care

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This is yet another doctor that believes diabetes is progressive and talks about it in that way. He does not acknowledge that the progressi...

Again, a Doctor Refuses to Test for Vitamin B12 Deficiency

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Allen called Friday morning in a panic. He said that a friend of his could not get tested for vitamin B12 deficiency. He was seeing the sam...

Can We Trust WebMD for Reliable Info?

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At least one of my Senators is speaking out about transparency. “The contract has raised concerns for one senator. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-...

Holiday Greetings

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To all my readers May you have a happy holiday season Have a Merry Christmas! and A Happy New Year! The blog will continue during the holida...

Food Reward Friday

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This week's lucky "winner"... peanut M + M's!!! Read more »

Diabetes Management Relying on Pharmacists

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Pharmacists are being relied on more and more to play a key role in diabetes management, especially for type 2 patients. With certified dia...

User Errors in Blood Glucose Testing

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User errors are very common for people with diabetes. The equipment that helps us measure our blood glucose and manage our diabetes is deli...

Diabetes, What Ignorance Does for You

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Ignorance tends to be the rule when it comes to diabetes. This applies to the doctors and to the patients. Many doctors order the patients ...

Dawn Phenomenon Affects Up to Half T2DM

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This was a bit of a shock for me when I read that approximately half of type 2 diabetes patients are affected by the dawn phenomenon. I kne...

Problems with Test Strip Accuracy

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I hate to say this, but a large percentage of people with diabetes do not read or are afraid of reading. Why do I make this statement? I a...

How Hiking Is Good for Mind, Body, and Soul

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Many people write about how hiking or being out in nature is good for the body and the mind, but everyone shies away from mentioning your so...

Lay People Teaching People with Diabetes

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I have said this before and I will probably repeat this until I die. Lay people (people with type 2 diabetes and not possessing titles behi...

Do We Need a New Word for Patient?

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It seems that this is becoming a regular occurrence. Someone, somewhere is calling for new terms to describe people or persons. If it isn&...

Medicare Again Aims to Harm Medicare Patients

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How can I make this less painful? I think the best way is to just say it. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is in the p...

Discharges Against Medical Advice

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This is a delicate issue for some people. Until you have been in this situation and had to deal with the threats from doctors and nurses, t...

Does "Metabolically Healthy Obesity" Exist?

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Obesity is strongly associated with metabolic alterations and negative health outcomes including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and some ...

Meeting With the Group East of Us

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In the three weeks since the meeting that bombed on me, I have not felt like going to other group meetings. Therefore, Tim, Sue, Rob, and A...

Knowing Your Test Results

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This is a continuation of my last blog. The fellow had more to do that day, but wanted to continue our discussion. He asked to meet me the...

Testing with a Purpose

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For people with type 2 diabetes, having limits on the number of test strips can create real problems. Our medical professionals often do no...

Suggestions for Different Diabetes Logs - P3

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Part 3 of 3 parts In this blog, I will cover daily health log, lab test log, and other logs. The daily health log is quite simple. I put t...

Suggestions for Different Diabetes Logs - P2

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Part 2 of 3 parts This is a take-off from a blog by Kate Cornell. She covers the way she likes to log her blood glucose. I like her way, b...

Suggestions for Different Diabetes Logs - P1

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Part 1 of 3 parts This is a take-off from a blog by Kate Cornell. She covers the way she likes to log her blood glucose. I like her way, b...

The Diet Debate Will Continue

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This is a take-off on a blog written by Amy Campbell on Diabetes Self-management on October 28, 2013. She asks, “Will the 'Diet Debate&...

Don't Restrict Test Strips for People with Type 2 Diabetes

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My fasting glucose at diagnosis, versus currently. All around us there are people who are struggling or living with challenging health condi...

The Diabetes Myths Will Get You Every Time

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I dislike taking this position opposed to another blogger, but I feel I must when the author chooses to say that diabetes is progressive – t...

Simple Low Carb Soups II - Asparagus

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My Simple Spargelsuppe.  I call it that because I never ate asparagus soup until I wandered around Germany in spargel season in 2003. I wa...

Speaking to Other Support Groups

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Tim did contact the other groups that have been included in our meetings previously, about Sue and A.J. speaking to their groups about getti...

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