February 26, 2006

Byetta 12: Discussion Forum for the week of February 26

This is the fourth in a new series of weekly Byetta Discussion Forums, and 37th Discussion Forum at Diabetes.Blog.com. It is now closed to new comments, and a new Discussion Forum is available. There is a listing of other Byetta Discussion Forums at a separate webpage: List of Byetta Forums.

By the way, you'll also find some information about Byetta at two other Discussion Forums: odds'n'ends, and research about meds.
Also, you can still read the earlier comments (at the other February weekly forums, as well as earlier monthly Byetta forums), and search for information throughout those forums, by using your webbrowser's FIND or SEARCH feature while at the earlier forums, or by searching at the advanced search feature that is at the Diabetes Monitor.

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February 25, 2006

Traveling with diabetes

This is the 36th Discussion Forum at Diabetes.Blog.com, and is for comments about traveling with diabetes.

Other discussions and hints about traveling with diabetes may be found at:

As of June 1, 2008, the ability to post new comments at the Discussion Forums at Diabetes.Blog.com has been disabled. The old comments will remain available for you to read. Please go to Diabetes Discussions to see new comments and to add your thoughts!

Instructions for posting comments may be found at Getting Started.

Thanks.
 Bill the diabetesdoc
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February 20, 2006

Jokes and other humor

This is the 35th Discussion Forum at Diabetes.Blog.com, and is for jokes, humor, and other fun about diabetes.

Please review and follow our ground rules (at http://diabetes.blog.com/690512/). To share your thoughts, use the "Comments" link immediately below.
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February 19, 2006

Byetta 11: Discussion Forum for the week of February 19

This is the third in a new series of weekly Byetta Discussion Forums, and 34th Discussion Forum at Diabetes.Blog.com. As of 26Feb2006, it is CLOSED to any further comments. Please go to the Byetta 12 Forum for additional information. Also, there is a listing of other Byetta Discussion Forums at a separate webpage: List of Byetta Forums.


By the way, you'll also find some information about Byetta at two other Discussion Forums: odds'n'ends, and research about meds.
Also, you can still read the earlier comments (at the February 5 & 12 weekly forums, as well as earlier monthly Byetta forums), and search for information throughout those forums, by using your webbrowser's FIND or SEARCH feature while at the earlier forums, or by searching at the advanced search feature that is at the Diabetes Monitor.

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February 18, 2006

My Diabetes: Day 135

It's now over four months since I was diagnosed as having the Big D. My BGs continue mostly in the 80's to low 100's (lowest to date 48, highest 293 -- and that was the very first time I ever checked. Averaging about 105 mg/dl recently). Checking my BGL about 4 times/day, and giving myself shots about 5-6 times/day (doses of rapid-acting insulin after every meal, sometimes as corrective boluses if after-meal sugar too high, plus 2 shots a day of a long-lasting insulin).

Today, I'd like to mention something that Amy (from DiabetesMine.com) and I discussed yesterday: a new observation I have about treating hypoglycemia -- treating with insulin as well as food! That's against the rules:

The Humalog USPI states:
Humalog is contraindicated during episodes of hypoglycemia...
Novolog USPI ditto
NovoLog is contraindicated during episodes of hypoglycemia...

It had never crossed my mind until it after it happened to me: treating a hypo with a big bagel (which usually needs about 6 units of insulin to cover) was too much carb and kicked my BG to the 200's. But I love bagels, and at my workplace, for some reason or other, they seem to be everywhere every time food is around.

Anyway, when hypoglycemic, I'm frequently ravenously hungry, and one bagel resolves the hunger. But the subsequent hyperglycemia was annoying. So, why not cover the hypo with a lesser dose of insulin? Well, it works. If I'm somewhere in the 50's or 60's and feeling hypo, one bagel plus 3 units of insulin fixes everything and the BGL ends up in the expected near-normal range.

Well, almost everything. If I do it too often, I'll inevitably gain weight...

Bill the diabetesdoc
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February 15, 2006

Symlin 7: Feb/Mar06

This is the 33rd in a series of discussion forums at Diabetes.Blog.Com, and is the mid-February/mid-March forum for discussions about Symlin. It is now closed to additional comments.

This Symlin forum was activated to allow comments on February 15, and at that time, the previous Symlin Discussion Forum was deactivated to prevent more posts to that forum. However, you can still read the earlier comments, and search for information throughout any forum, by using your webbrowser's FIND or SEARCH feature while at the earlier forums, or by searching at the advanced search feature that is at the Diabetes Monitor.

Bill the diabetesdoc

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February 12, 2006

Byetta 10: Discussion Forum for the week of February 12

This is the second in a new series of weekly Byetta Discussion Forums, and 32nd Discussion Forum at Diabetes.Blog.com. It is now closed to additional comments. There is a listing of other Byetta Discussion Forums at a separate webpage: List of Byetta Forums.
By the way, you'll also find some information about Byetta at two other Discussion Forums: odds'n'ends, and research about meds.
Also, you can still read the earlier comments (at the February 5 weekly forum, as well as earlier monthly Byetta forums), and search for information throughout those forums, by using your webbrowser's FIND or SEARCH feature while at the earlier forums, or by searching at the advanced search feature that is at the Diabetes Monitor.

Bill the diabetesdoc
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February 11, 2006

Recipe Swap

This is the 31st in a series of discussion forums at Diabetes.Blog.Com, and is a forum for people with diabetes and their friends to share and swap their favorite recipes. As you are probably aware, PWD can eat anything if they are on a flexible diabetes program (such as an insulin pump or a basal/bolus program) and understand carb counting. However, there are lots of excellent recipes that might include substitutions that decrease the calories or sugar or fat content, and which you might want to try.


There is another discussion forum for general discussion of meals/eating/nutrition, and some recipes have previously been posted there. And any comments you have about the recipes posted here should be made over there!


Please use the following format when entering a recipe:

  1. enter the name of your recipe on a single line, then
  2. leave a space then
  3. list ingredients (one per line)
  4. give instructions
  5. provide comments.
Please note our ground rules at http://diabetes.blog.com/690512/. To share your recipe and your comments, use the "Comments" link immediately below. For the purposes of the Recipe Swap, that includes any discussions about these recipes, which should be at the meals/eating/nutrition discussion forum.

Bill the diabetesdoc
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February 05, 2006

Who and where are you?

This is the 29th in a series of discussion forums at Diabetes.Blog.Com, and is a forum for folks to share where they live, e-mail addresses, and other personal data.

 As of June 1, 2008, the ability to post new comments at the Discussion Forums at Diabetes.Blog.com has been disabled. The old comments will remain available for you to read.

Please go to Diabetes Discussions to see new comments and to add your thoughts!

Instructions for posting comments may be found at Getting Started.

Thanks.

Bill the diabetesdoc

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Byetta 9: Discussion Forum for the week of February 5

This is the first in a new series of weekly Byetta Discussion Forums. It is now closed to additional comments.

The previous monthly forums were becoming too cumbersome and slow to load because of the increasing numbers of comments (1557 in January alone!), and there was confusion about whether to post at the monthly forum or the separate Byetta forum for long-term users of Byetta, at Byetta long-term use (which also is now closed to new comments).

By the way, you'll also find some information about Byetta at two other Discussion Forums: odds'n'ends, and research about meds.
Also, you can still read the earlier comments (at the February and January 2006, and December, November, October, September, August, and July 2005 Byetta forums), and search for information throughout those forums, by using your webbrowser's FIND or SEARCH feature while at the earlier forums, or by searching at the advanced search feature that is at the Diabetes Monitor.

Bill the diabetesdoc
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