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Nicky
 
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"Karen Sexton" > wrote in message
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> Oh great Now I'm paranoid! And all I wanted was good recipes:-)


Paranoid is good, with diabetes. Can you get your last few glucose tolerance
test results, and discuss any trend with your doctor?

> Aren't those glucose meters expensive? there are diabteics who can't
> afford them.


The meters are cheap, or free. The test strips cost about 50c each.

> I try real hard to not let myself get hungry, so as to avoid low-blood
> sugar- and to not eat a ton of carbs at meals, and try to eat healthy
> snacks - somehing with fiber in between meals to prevent lows and
> spikes- my husband learned that from a trainer who was teaching him
> about working out. That was about 20 years ago- I hope I've done ok-
> it's just that when you get older you think- "This is the only body
> I've got- it has to last me"...


Yup, good snack.

Nicky.

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A1c 10.5/4.5/<6 Weight 95/76/72Kg
1g Metformin, 100ug Thyroxine
T2 DX 05/2004