"Ozgirl" wrote in message
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respectful brevity snips

The line of questioning from the OP is suggestive of his
friends being type 2. I hope he will clarify this.


I am printing up all your replies. I know little about Diabetes since I do
not have the condition. These people all have "adult onset" diabetes. I
believe that it's known as Type #2.

One of these friends, a male age 62 lives on a high carbohydrate diet and
drinks at least one six-pack of beer a night. He does not exercise due to
the pain and swelling in his feet. Encouraging him to get on a better diet
with less "sugars" has done no good. His feet are discolored and he was
told he may lose one or both.

He checks his blood once or twice a day and has been on indictable insulin
for 6 years now.