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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
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Bill the diabetesdoc
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• 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).

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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/

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
info@diabetesmonitor.com

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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.

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

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

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.

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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".

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Galvus is a similar medication, and would compete directly with Januvia. Galvus was initially assumed to be approved by the FDA shortly after Januvia was approved, but the FDA asked for additional safety data: see Upcoming Diabetes Medications: vildagliptin (at the Diabetes Monitor). Galvus is approved in Europe and other countries.

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

This Discussion Forum is for you to describe your story of how you were first diagnosed with diabetes. By the way, I've posted my story elsewhere at this blog, at My Diabetes (day 2); I've reproduced it below, as comment 1.

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