I take Nordic Ultimate Omega 3 from Whole Foods - 2 a day=1200mg. It is expensive so I wait until they have a sale and stock up. I have some carotid blockage but can't take blood thinners. A...
Try Omega 3 to lower your triglycerides. I take two a day because of the same thing that happened to Lainie. It raised my hdl and lowered my triglycerides. But you have to be careful to get the kind...
I am up at my usual 3:00 am. This is when my sugar starts to rise and wakes me up. I am so allergic to so many meds, that this is also when I get uncomfortable and can't stay in bed. And yes, this...
I just heard an interesting topic discussed on a nutritional program. Some studies have shown that Alzheimers may really be another type of sugar/insulin problem. Here is a bit of information I...
This is the best explanation I have come across for sugar substitutes. The author tells the pros and cons of each one....
I see my gp on Tuesday for an appt. She and I had already talked about an endo. From nine years ago the diabetic nutritionist I went to gave me the name of the endo she had gone to all her life. I...
Thanks Lanie. Encouraging as always. I hope you are doing well too. Sometimes we forget to thank the nurturer!...
Jim, I have wondered about that too. I am like Lanie in that I have stayed on a low carbohydrate diet and exercise. That worked well for 9 years, but this year the numbers have begun to rise...not...
I will see her next week after I finish my antibiotics. Maybe an endocrinologists?...
This past year I have had four reactions to different diabetes medications - Metformin (glucophage which I have tried three or four times), Januvia, Actos and now Invokana. I realize from my own...
I know we can do a lot to postpone or slow the disease we call diabetes. But our genetics will fight us every inch of the way. So instead of letting our genes win the battle we have to use our brains...
My Mother and I are both type II diabetics. We have had multiple skin tags all our lives. We have tried in vain to find out why we had so many, but nothing made any sense. Your post is a revelation!...
In around five years Google has announced that they will have a contact lens that will monitor the tears in your eyes for glucose levels and transmit the info to insulin pumps to regulate the amount...
I need some reassurance and advice. For 8 years since I was diagnosed with type 2 I have controlled it through diet and exercise. Last year my fasting blood sugar went up. They put me on Glucophage...
This is a new medication that keeps the kidneys from absorbing so much glucose back into the blood stream. It was just approved for type 2's. Anyone taking it yet?...
I too have been taking Vitamin D for several years. My bone density was great, but when my blood tests came back my Vit D was something like 6 or 8 which was way too low. Vitamin D affects the...
Lainie, my Mom always had trouble with stomach ulcers when she was in her 40-50's. Then they discovered that the mucus lining of the stomach was being attacked by a bacteria. That discovery 20 years...
This study that has been ongoing for ten years or more combines a lot of different studies in different parts of the world and they all have come to the same conclusion: one specific bacteria in the...
Judy, I live in Houston Texas. We moved here from east Texas. In East Texas I could tell the seasons of the year by my allergies which equated to my blood sugar readings fluctuating with how many...
The article seemed to say that many different researchers were already studying this in mice when they found a whole family that had the mutated gene. I pray that they find "miracle" cures like stem...
http://www.everydayhealth.com/type-1-diabetes/one-mans-diagnosis-leads-to-major-type-1-diabetes-discovery.aspx?xid=aol_eh-endo_4_20130304_&aolcat=AHD&ncid=webmail2 (There you go!...
I have tried multiple statins and reacted to each. I cannot take them. But several years before I was diagnosed with type II diabetes, I was taking lipitor. During that time period I had two...
Here is an article from Discover Magazine about gastric bypass surgery and how it cures diabetes. They are currently trying to figure out the enzymes/hormones/etc. that they are triggering in the...
My father had these for years before he passed away at age 90. He had heart problems and was on aspirin and at one time also plavix. Both were blood thinners. The doctor told him it was bleeding...
There was news here in the Houston Texas newspaper about several research groups working on stem cells to do all sorts of things from growing hearts for replacement to hunting down individual cancer...
Okay, forum members. We really gave it to Paula Deen when she announced she was a diabetic and still promoted all those carbs and butter in her cooking. Here is an article that tells how she dropped...
I always used to get a flu shot - until the last two years. Both years I had a 'light' case of flu within a week of getting the shot which caused my blood sugar to rise. My doctor decided it wasn't...
I too enjoyed walking and now occasionally "strolling" compared to what I used to do. I love the fresh air and seeing the changes in weather and seasons. BUT.....my feet, arches and a sprained knee...
That rash can also be an allergic reaction to latex which should be checked into because of the procedures in doctors' offices and hospitals that use latex gloves, etc. Washing the clothing and...
I am very allergic to a number of medications - statins included. While there is a back-and-forth over whether statins raise blood sugar, I can say that every time I reacted to medicine - especially...
I have been reading about a new fiber that is supposed to be having great results on cholesterol and glucose. Has anyone tried Guar Gum Fiber? Supposedly it is better than psillium or other fibers...
I can't get a handle of what this medicine is. I see it described as victoza insulin and other places for non-insulin diabetics. Can you explain to me exactly what it is?...
Thanks Lanie. I had heard about this. You know, I believe in the future that we will be treated with more natural medicines. So many medicines are prescribed now that the next generation will...
That is EXACTLY what I asked her! She said she thought she would try it first. I also got her to take Omega 3 to try to help the plaque. Natural remedies work so much better for us. But I definitely...
My Mom who is also a diabetic and has extensive PAD and other cardio-vascular problems was told to try Plavix even though she has reacted to it before. IF she reacts again, they are going to do a...
Recently I tried Magnesium because I had read it was good for blood pressure and mine was starting to get a little high - especially since I have reacted to three medications in the last month. But...
Not sure if this is what you are experiencing or not. I am allergic to a huge list of medications. The first warning sign that I am about to have an allergic reaction is a feeling inside I describe...
Has anyone taken ramipril or norvasc for their blood pressure? Did it raise your blood sugar or make it difficult to keep level?...
This is my sad story. I took lipitor for five years and did not recognize the signs of reaction (heart palpitations, shortness of breathe and muscle pain) that I had been having until I broke out in...
Jim, I have so many reactions to medications that I do searches all the time. But this one caught me by surprise. I did the search and found nothing mentioned about blood sugar as Lanie did. But when...
AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! (I know...I am preaching to the choir! LOL!) My own Mother is a typical example of being termed "pre-diabetic". She showed all the signs many years before they definitely said she...
You are right about all the complications we face. But I will have to say that finding out about my type II diabetes, learning about it and doing all I can to control it, changed my life, my way of...
Thanks for a quick reply. I tend to react to medication a lot. I have a call in to both my doctors this morning....
Has anyone been prescribed this medication? I finally had my numbers sooo good. Then I took one pill and ten hours later my post pandrial after dinner was 212! And the headaches! I would love to hear...
More fallout for Paul Deen! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/24/paula-deen-publicist-nancy-assuncao-sanchez_n_1227621.html?ref=food (I made the link active.)...
That is the best description I ever heard!!!!! Enjoyed that!!!...
I have watched her cooking shows over the years because I was raised on the type southern cooking that she is sooo good at - lots of real butter, bread, pies, dumplings, loads of fat and sugar, a lot...
I always controlled my diabetes (type II) with diet and exercise and then I twisted my knee. It has been nearly a year since I have been able to work out only two to three times a week instead of...
My Mom is a type 2 diabetic. Because she was not insulin dependent, no one listened to her complaints about her feet first of all and then the progression up her legs. Until she saw a cardiologist...
I just learned that statins can predispose people to pre-diabetes and diabetes. I had a bad reaction with statins several times and now they want me back on them. But new information says that...