"I too have had the eye doc one year pronounce just a little bit of non-proliferative retinopathy... and then the next year pronounce the eyes completely fine.
I think they look really really hard in our eyes for 50 years and every so often…"
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Traveling light AND a glucagon kit
Started this discussion. Last reply by MyBustedPancreas Jul 23, 2012. 8 Replies 0 Likes
My family and I are going to be traveling to China, including many train trips in somewhat rural/mountainous parts, for a few weeks in August. Amazing!Packing... I'm thinking of getting a glucagon…Continue
Is Hypothyroidism a complication of diabetes?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Emmy Jun 6, 2012. 14 Replies 0 Likes
Is Hypothyroidism a complication of diabetes?If I lower my average bg enough, can I reverse this complication? If so what A1C would be the goal? 4.0?I looked through the DCCT results but didn't see…Continue
Frozen Shoulder progress
Started this discussion. Last reply by teld May 5, 2012. 5 Replies 0 Likes
Me and at least one other Tim were talking about Frozen Shoulder a couple months ago, when I was still pretty early in the recovery.Since then, with some physical therapy, I have recovered about 75%…Continue
Tags: Capsulitis, Adhesive, Shoulder, Frozen
Bitter melon
Started this discussion. Last reply by LAB May 6, 2012. 43 Replies 0 Likes
My new boss came into my office, closed the door, and gave me a long lecture today, that I should stop using insulin and just use bitter melon. How this has cured everyone else he knows with…Continue
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Tim replied to Nyadach's discussion 'Funny hypo stories...'"Once in the middle of the night, with a bg pretty dang low, I wandered into the kitchen to treat the hypo with a small bowl of cereal. Get the bowl, grab a box of something off the top of the fridge where the cereal is supposed to be, pour on milk,…"
Tim replied to Terry's discussion 'The DOC got this one wrong'"I'm totally removed from the CWD discourse but I can see how their perspective would be very different from mine.
The getting-all-up-in-your-face humorous discussion of actual experiences in hypo treatment probably would scare the living ****…"
Tim replied to Bobby's discussion 'What is the longest distance you have walked?'"Walking around the city... I get two miles in every day as part of my commute to work. Other days I can get 4 miles in the evening, in addition to the two miles in the morning, for a total of 6 miles for the day. Sometimes if schedule and…"
Tim replied to Terry's discussion 'The DOC got this one wrong'"I think anyone who has ever had an aggressive hypo experience, especially one that resulted in raiding food stores that might vaguely look like a carb source, would find the humor in that blog.
A person whose role was to take care of a diabetic...…"
Tim replied to KCCO's discussion 'type 1--becoming more insulin resistant'"If your bg goes up 50 points after meal... that doesn't mean the insulin isn't working. I don't think it indicates any kind of failure. I think that just means you need a minor tweak in doses.
If doses are going up over time, just an…"
Tim replied to KCCO's discussion 'type 1--becoming more insulin resistant'"If you were becoming more insulin resistant, the discernable pattern would be your required doses going up and up. The doc would be able to discern either of these.
If your numbers are randomly varying, but your doses and/or correction doses not…"
Tim replied to Bacail's discussion 'Fried Chicken'"It's not the flour. It's the proteins and fats getting absorbed and turned into glucose by your body, many hours later. Not sure 170 is the worst number in the world :-).
I haven't had KFC since (believe it or not) I was in China last…"
Tim replied to NatalieHodge's discussion 'Running out of options for paying for care...'"I'm not the OP, but... a solo doctor with her own practice, is likely to have all the same problems getting health insurance that any self-employed person would. e.g. pretty much impossible to get coverage for any pre-existing conditions."
Tim replied to acidrock23's discussion 'The Good Wifeabetes?'"When I was a kid with T1 in a public school, it was long before the concept of "504 plans" or ADA compliance. I would describe how it was done as "don't ask don't tell" - as long as I didn't make a big deal out of…"
Tim replied to Karen's discussion 'Your Goal'"Ahah! They also had a picture of Tes-Tape color scale! I haven't seen a Tes-Tape roll dispenser in ages and ages!
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Tim replied to Karen's discussion 'Your Goal'"I actually am surprised folks here concentrate so much on the numbers at some time after the meal (or even argue about how many hours after the meal).
I struggle a lot with just keeping my bg before the meal in line with my goals. Sure, it's…"
Tim replied to kaitype1's discussion 'TYPE 1 & HEADACHES'"I was diagnosed at age 14. In a strange twist, I had headaches for several years before I was diagnosed, but after diagnosis they went away, maybe not immediately, but not too long later. Never really understood why.
Certainly headaches are listed…"
Tim replied to Sue59's discussion 'Diabetes and Loss of Limbs'"When I was diagnosed (a third of a century ago!) the "diabetes education" at the local hospital consisted of them showing me pictures of gangrenous and/or amputated feet, hands, arms and legs in a medical textbook. For better or worse that…"
Tim replied to Sue59's discussion 'Diabetes and Loss of Limbs'"There is also "diabetes insipidus" which has nothing to do with sugar or insulin."
Tim replied to Stuart's discussion 'Peripheral vision test... how would you describe it???'"Wow, and I thought I worried too much about doc and eye doc visits and tests!
In most places (in the US at least) insulin (at least the good old R and N that you and I have used in the past) is available over the counter.
In the past 30-40 years the…"
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- At 10:49pm on June 16, 2012,
nel said…
Tim ...I read your response to the lady in B'By ...where you lived in 96-98 ..small world ...I lived in Burnaby from 1974 - 1985 in the Lougheed mall area in a condo on Horne Street( my girl friend and I had fun with this Horne St. name :)), then moved to Van , kept on working in N.W .I worked at St.Mary's Hosp in New West from 1971-1986 as Director of Food Service ; walked /biked home every night by Royal Col Hospital ...far too busy now :) .Married in 1985 ; we moved around a bit in the area then to the Shuswap in 1999 ...with family and friends at the Coast . ...we may have passed each other and rubbed shoulders , ha, ha ??...and you are living with d a tad longer !
- At 4:18am on August 28, 2011,
Peetie said… - Happy Birthday Tim!
- At 8:44am on January 31, 2011,
Richmatik said… - Nice to see another technology-oriented person who likes numbers! ;-)
- At 7:49am on October 22, 2010,
Joe_h said…
- Grok - I love that term and an excellent book. thanks
- At 8:36am on June 18, 2010,
The Diabetic Welfare Queen said… - Tim, I am sorry, but I'm not posting your comment. You turned my struggle with Diabetes, and other issues, into a 'just get off the computer,' lecture... and that's not fair... though kudos to you for such an achievement as 30 years with D.
- At 9:52am on March 10, 2010,
Doris D said… - Welcome to our REALLY BIG FAMILY Tim!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- At 8:48pm on March 8, 2010,
Martina H Milligan said… - Welcome to tuDiabetes
- At 8:43pm on March 8, 2010,
Robyn said… - Hello and Welcome!
- At 8:35pm on March 8, 2010,
Jim Roach said… - Welcome to Tudaibets Tim!
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