My Thoughts Over the Last Few Weeks

The last few weeks have been worrisome for me and most of the members of our diabetes support group. We have had meetings almost every day ...

How and When to Test Your Blood Sugar With Diabetes – Part 1

I will split this blog as otherwise it will be too long. Because of the mistakes in this article at this link on WebMD, I will put my comme...

Assisting a New Member with Testing

On Tuesday, Allen called and asked if I had time to help the newest member to join, Albert, as he had an A1c that was much higher than he ha...

Lessons for People New to Type 2 Diabetes, Part 3

When friends say they will help pull information together for something, I did not realize how thorough they would be. I was intending to m...

Testing Your Blood Glucose When You Have Diabetes

At least everyone agrees how important blood glucose testing is except the American Diabetes Association and the American Association of Cli...

Why I Won't Follow ADA's Glucose Guidelines

The above chart published in WebMD shows how the American Diabetes Association does not care for people with type 2 diabetes. Granted the a...

Purchasing and Using the Right Diabetes Supplies

With diabetes, you are in this for the long haul, no vacations, always something to be concerned about, and something to learn every day. I...

Why Will Doctors Not Diagnose Diabetes?

I have heard of this, but I was not looking forward to the day I received an email with these circumstances. I answered the email, but felt...

Type 2 Best Diet Plans – Oh Really?

First, diets fail and are considered for the short term. People with type 2 diabetes do not need something for the short term, but the long...

Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose, Lessons - P2

This is a continuation of the last blog. I have some concerns about the high blood glucose levels usedfor examples, but at the same time I ...

A Type 2 That Does Not Believe in Testing

Recently Allen and I ran into each other at the grocery store. I was on an errand for the wife and he was picking up supplies for the weeke...

AAFP and Their Professional Website – Part 1

Part 1 of 3 parts When I started reading this, I had some very mixed thoughts. Normally I would not even refer you to this, but I feel some...

Back to Diabetes Basics – Part 2

Why Keep Diabetes A Secret? Having a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes is probably not something you would shout from the rooftop, but should you...

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