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Here's a list of the Discussion Forums at Diabetes.Blog.com, updated April 27, 2008. I've posted instructions on how to enter comments on a separate page: Click here for instructions. I've also posted Ground Rules for entering comments at these Discussion Forums, as well as some discussion of Etiquette for Commenting.

• New on April 27: There is a new Discussion Forum for comments about our parent website, the Diabetes Monitor: Feedback.

1. Actos and Avandia
2. Byetta (Also, please see a separate list of previous Byetta Discussion Forums: click here.)
3. Cholesterol, triglycerides, lipids
4. Complications: heart
5. Complications: skin
6. Exercise
7. Exubera (Inhaled Insulin)
8. Eye disease
9. Feedback about the Diabetes Monitor
10. Flying with Byetta and other medications during times of new security restrictions
11. Fundraising for diabetes
12. Good Ol' Daze
13. Greetings - Best Wishes - Other Personal Comments
14. Greetings - Best Wishes - Other Personal Comments (this forum is now closed to additional comments)
15. Hassles and Headaches of living with diabetes
16. Have you quit smoking?
17. How did you find out you have diabetes?
18. Januvia
19. Jokes and other humor
20. Lantus
21. Levemir
22. Meals, eating and nutrition
23. Meals, eating and nutrition (this forum is now closed to additional comments)
24. Metermania
25. Metformin
    
26. Metformin (this forum is now closed to additional comments)
27. Neuropathy
    
28. New to diabetes
    
29. New to diabetes (this forum is now closed to additional comments)
    
30. Odds'n'Ends
    
31. Odds'n'Ends (this forum is now closed to additional comments)
32. Other medications
33. Paying for diabetes
34. PCOS
35. Pets with diabetes
36. Pumps & pumping
37. PWD living with kids & teens
38. Recipe Swap
39. Research about meds
40. Scientific Stuff
41. Spreadsheets
42. Suggestions for Improvements at Diabetes.Blog.com
    
43. Symlin (Also, please see a separate list of previous Symlin Discussion Forums, below.)
44. Thyroid disorders
45. Traveling with diabetes
46. Weight loss tips for people with diabetes
47. Who and where are you?

Previous Symlin Discussion Forums (now closed to additional comments):

1. Symlin 1: till mid-Sep 2005
2. Symlin 2: Sep/Oct 2005
3. Symlin 3: Oct/Nov 2005
4. Symlin 4: Nov/Dec 2005
5. Symlin 5: Dec/Jan 2006
6. Symlin 6: Jan/Feb 2006
7. Symlin 7: Feb/Mar 2006
8. Symlin 8: Mar/Apr 2006

Bill the diabetesdoc
wwq@diabetesmonitor.com


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Also, I've posted instructions on how to enter comments on a separate page: Click here for instructions. I've also posted Ground Rules for entering comments at these Discussion Forums.

Bill the diabetesdoc

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This Discussion Forum is for you to provide feedback about our main website, the Diabetes Monitor (www.DiabetesMonitor.com).

Please review and follow our usual ground rules, at Ground Rules. For example, anything smacking of advertising by a sales rep will be deleted without warning. (To share your thoughts, use the "Comments" link immediately below. Instructions for entering comments may be found at How to Enter Comments. I have also posted some discussion of Etiquette for Commenting.)

Bill the diabetesdoc
info@diabetesmonitor.com

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This Discussion Forum is for discussion of diabetic neuropathy (nerve problems that happen to people with diabetes). Examples include

• the numbness and burning that happens in the feet (distal symmetrical polyneuropathy),
  
• damage to the internal nerves of the gut, the bladder, and those controlling blood pressure and heart rate (autonomic neuropathy),
  
• damage to one nerve (mononeuropathy), including the nerves controlling the eye muscles (extraocular muscle palsy), and
• strokes (CVAs) and "little strokes" (TIAs).

Please review and follow our usual ground rules, at Ground Rules. For example, anything smacking of advertising by a sales rep will be deleted without warning. (To share your thoughts, use the "Comments" link immediately below. Instructions for entering comments may be found at How to Enter Comments. I have also posted some discussion of Etiquette for Commenting.)

Bill the diabetesdoc
info@diabetesmonitor.com

Diabetes.Blog.Com is a blogcompanion to our main website, the Diabetes Monitor, which you can find at http://www.diabetesmonitor.com/

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The Nursing Online Education Database has announced its listing of the Top 100 Health and Wellness Blogs. "These top blogs were chosen for their popularity among users as well as their successes - both as professionals and as individuals who have changed or who are publicly changing lifestyles and overcoming their diseases and disabilities."

I am delighted to find that this blog, Diabetes.Blog.com, as well as the other blog which I write, at MyDiabetesCentral.com, are two of those selected for inclusion in the list.

The complete listing is available at the NOEDb website: click here.

My thanks to everyone for your participation -- and for helping to make this blog a resource for sharing our thoughts and for helping others!

Bill the diabetesdoc
info@diabetesmonitor.com

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This Discussion Forum is for discussion of eye problems that happen to people with diabetes. Examples include diabetic retinopathy, cataracts, glaucoma, and blurry vision from high blood sugar.

Please review and follow our usual ground rules, at Ground Rules. For example, anything smacking of advertising by a sales rep will be deleted without warning. (To share your thoughts, use the "Comments" link immediately below. Instructions for entering comments may be found at How to Enter Comments. I have also posted some discussion of Etiquette for Commenting.)

Bill the diabetesdoc
info@diabetesmonitor.com

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This Discussion Forum is for discussion of weight loss tips for people with diabetes: here's your chance to compare notes with other people about what works, and what doesn't.

Please review and follow our usual ground rules, at Ground Rules. For example, anything smacking of advertising by a sales rep will be deleted without warning. (To share your thoughts, use the "Comments" link immediately below. Instructions for entering comments may be found at How to Enter Comments. I have also posted some discussion of Etiquette for Commenting.)

Bill the diabetesdoc
info@diabetesmonitor.com

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This Discussion Forum is for discussion of the finances of diabetes: here's your chance to compare notes with other people about who pays for what, and how much. There are also several webpages at the Diabetes Monitor that discuss some of these issues:

• financial coverage for diabetes expenses
• financial help for diabetes care
• financial aid for eye care for people with diabetes
• paying for diabetes expenses

Please review and follow our usual ground rules, at Ground Rules. For example, anything smacking of advertising by a sales rep will be deleted without warning. (To share your thoughts, use the "Comments" link immediately below. Instructions for entering comments may be found at How to Enter Comments. I have also posted some discussion of Etiquette for Commenting.)

Bill the diabetesdoc
info@diabetesmonitor.com

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This Discussion Forum is for discussion of the emotional side of diabetes: the hassles, the headaches, and to give you a chance to share your frustrations (and to realize you're not alone!).

Readers of these comments should realize that diabetes is a serious disease that can cause people to have strong emotional reactions. If you are upset about some aspect of having diabetes, please discuss your concerns with your physician. If for any reason you are uncomfortable with talking to your physician, find another person (such as a diabetes nurse educator, social worker, clergyperson, or family member) and discuss your concerns with them.

Please review and follow our usual ground rules, at Ground Rules. For example, anything smacking of advertising by a sales rep will be deleted without warning. (To share your thoughts, use the "Comments" link immediately below. Instructions for entering comments may be found at How to Enter Comments. I have also posted some discussion of Etiquette for Commenting.)

Bill the diabetesdoc
info@diabetesmonitor.com

Diabetes.Blog.Com is a blogcompanion to our main website, the Diabetes Monitor, which you can find at http://www.diabetesmonitor.com

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This Discussion Forum is for discussion of Actos (pioglitazone) and Avandia (rosiglitazone), both of which are in a class of diabetes medications called "TZDs" (thiazolidinediones) or "glitazones".

Please review and follow our usual ground rules, at Ground Rules. For example, anything smacking of advertising by a sales rep will be deleted without warning. (To share your thoughts, use the "Comments" link immediately below. Instructions for entering comments may be found at How to Enter Comments. I have also posted some discussion of Etiquette for Commenting.)

Bill the diabetesdoc
info@diabetesmonitor.com

Diabetes.Blog.Com is a blogcompanion to our main website, the Diabetes Monitor, which you can find at http://www.diabetesmonitor.com

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