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  • Re: High Blood Sugar

    High for me is to tired I have to go to sleep Low is hyper......get out of my way before I run u down. When I say low tho remember I am only on Actos and Glucophage so my lows are normal at about 90.
    Posted to Continuous Glucose Monitoring (Forum) by shortie on Mon, Nov 2 2009
  • Re: NEW MEMBER wants to know : Anyone on Actos 30mg

    My doctor also wanted to start me on the double dose of Actos, but I asked why? He said that is what usually works for most patients. I told him I wanted to start on the smallest dosage and am still on that! I am fortunate that my health insurance believes it is important to get diabetes patients to take their drugs ( preventative instead of curative
    Posted to Beating Diabetes Burnout (Forum) by shortie on Mon, Nov 2 2009
  • Re: Exercise

    I just read this page I posted earlier this year.....ha....I went down hill along with the summer that never came. Have not walked much this Fall.
    Posted to Staying Healthy (Forum) by shortie on Mon, Nov 2 2009
  • dermatologist

    Hello All and hope it was a safe Halloween at your house! I went for my first time to a dermatologist for a whole body check. All was good, she said I had healthy skin for a 58 year old! But of course I was too tanned. Just got back from 10 days in Florida on an unplanned trip. I told her that the skin on either side of my big toes in the cuticle area
    Posted to Taking Charge of Type 2 (Forum) by shortie on Sun, Nov 1 2009
  • Re: NEW MEMBER wants to know : Anyone on Actos 30mg

    Hi Cathey I have been on Actos about 2 years. 15 mg once a day. It works very well for me with no side effects. Good luck. Shortie
    Posted to Beating Diabetes Burnout (Forum) by shortie on Wed, Oct 14 2009
  • Re: High Blood Sugar

    I agree with you with the stinging eyes. But I have never tested higher than 225 and that was before I started any diabetes med. Now I am never higher than say 180 after eating too many carbs. But I can tell when I have high like that by getting very sleepy that I can not keep my eyes open. I also feel puffy plus a sensation in my body I do not like
    Posted to Continuous Glucose Monitoring (Forum) by shortie on Tue, Oct 13 2009
  • Re: Best News!!

    Bravo!
    Posted to Taking Charge of Type 2 (Forum) by shortie on Tue, Oct 13 2009
  • Re: So has this been a cold or the pig flu???

    Oh Don that is making me laugh this dark damp October morning....where was summer and actually Fall too...winter has just budged its way in!!!! Laurie how are you now? My medical building is out of the seasonal flu shot already and one has to call a hotline to see when they get more in...saw on the TV that it is not just one area not having enough.
    Posted to Staying Healthy (Forum) by shortie on Tue, Oct 13 2009
  • Re: So has this been a cold or the pig flu???

    My husband had it first about 3 weeks ago and came home from work at noon and slept the day. He had a low grade with chills, and it turned into head then chest congestion, but nothing overwhelming. Tired most of the time---no sorethroat ---but mild headache. No vomiting or diarehha but did not feell hungry and had more bathroom visits than normal. I
    Posted to Staying Healthy (Forum) by shortie on Sun, Oct 4 2009
  • Re: Care to guess my A1C?

    Acidity....hum......I used to drink a shot glass of very expensive balsamic vinegar every day when I was first diagnosed as diabetic a few years back. Maybe I best restart that plan? I do eat a lot of tomatoes and tomato sauce and vinegar based dressings......grapefruit is a no no for me tho because of Lipitor, but oranges also are acidic.....hum..
    Posted to Staying Healthy (Forum) by shortie on Thu, Oct 1 2009
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