"Like other's I'll deliver the short story. It was the fall of 1975 and I was 16. I had been drinking a lot of fluids and needless to say had been making numerous bathroom trips. My mom caught me on one of these trips in the early morning…"
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kiva replied to Clare's discussion 'Lantus Humalog Why not mix ?'"The basal/bolus routine with flexible dosing and eating is a relatively a new concept to diabetes management. Back in the day with animal insulins and with the human insulins, fixed dosing and eating was the norm. You ate fixed amounts at each meal…"
kiva replied to Clare's discussion 'Lantus Humalog Why not mix ?'"Pretty much what HPN posted. If carefully done so as to ensure that no cross contamination occurred one may even accomplish and achieve results similar to the studies cited. However, given the nature the "general" public the Sanofi…"
kiva replied to Richard157's discussion 'Do You Hide Your Diabetes?'"Diabetes doesn't begin to describe who I am so it's not something I ever bring into conversation. That doesn't mean I hide it thou, the bracelet complete with a fire engine red medical cross and caduceus is there for anyone to notice…"
kiva commented on Joyce L. Hout's group 'Deaf and Hard of Hearing'"Hi all, fifty three year old husband, father and grandfather. I had scarlet fever when I was not quite three becoming deaf without the aid of hearing aids. Considered a pre-lingual hearing loss as I hadn't started to even speak at that point,…"
kiva joined Joyce L. Hout's group
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If you're interesting to joining a Deaf and Hard of Hearing Group that if you've diabetic. Please ask Joyce for this.
Marie B left a comment for kiva"you might be interested in this http://www.tudiabetes.org/group/deafandhardofhearing"
kiva replied to Richard157's discussion 'Fingersticks That Really Hurt'"I had to laugh out loud when I opened the picture. My wife, an RN was walking by and asked what was so funny so I read her the title of the thread "Fingersticks that hurt" . . . she then said, try changing the lancet once in a while. I…"
kiva replied to MelissaBL's discussion 'July Blog Topic: Independence Day'"Like others, I manange independently making my own adjustments as needed. Regular doctor visits are to keep prescriptions renewed as well as monitor other health issues that aren't so easily monitored at home. As my wife does most of the…"
kiva replied to denise102206's discussion 'Timing of eating'"I'm still fairly old school or maybe habit is just hard to break. I eat breakfast the same time Monday thru Friday, lunch and dinner are at the same time every day as well although it can vary by 15-20 minutes either way. Weekend schedule is…"
kiva replied to Tom's discussion 'Let's educate me about ALCOHOL'"For some a delay of several hours before the low happens. One thing not mentioned is the liver can only process about a pint or so per hour of beer or the equivalent of hard liquor. Drink 4 beers or shots in an hour or two and your liver is tied up…"
kiva replied to Tom's discussion 'Let's educate me about ALCOHOL'"As Putertech said above:
"your liver will not bail you out if you go low because it's too busy detoxifying your body from the alcohol"
This is the key "malfunction" if you will, when combining alcohol and carrying injected…"
kiva replied to Super_sally's discussion 'High Blood Pressure or Not'"I have two strikes against me on the blood pressure issue. In addition to diabetes I also have polycystic kidney disease which also commonly causes high blood pressure. I currently take a max dose of Norvasc and 10mg lisinopril which keeps me in the…"
kiva replied to Mark Hully's discussion 'Is it possible to reverse type 2 diabetes?'"Your doctor has the right idea, all we can do is reduce the symptoms. As for the words "cure" and "reverse", that people use to describe their solution to the problem they're are just that . . . words. Words only have…"
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- At 6:45am on July 22, 2012, Marie B said…
you might be interested in this
http://www.tudiabetes.org/group/deafandhardofhearing
- At 7:52pm on February 3, 2011,
deanusa said… - im so happy to see you!! thanks for adding me as a friend!
- At 7:35am on July 10, 2010,
lotsofshots said… - Kiva, it was so nice to see your picture on my page, thanks for answering back. Yes, mine had a beard that was just grey hair too and I got him from the animal shelter. Whenever I see your picture on site it makes me think of my dog and makes me smile! Lots
- At 8:28pm on June 26, 2010, lotsofshots said…
- kiva! Your dog looks just like my dog. He has since passed but was the best dog ever. He was so sweet! I think that yours is a girl right? I love dogs, especially black labs, is yours mixed? Mine even had the beard too!
- At 9:10am on June 16, 2010,
Mari said… - Hi Kiva,
Thanks for your help and imput with Ryder. Go ahead a post my forum on the Lab owners website, as long as it's safe. And you can put my email on it too.
Thanks!
Mari
- At 3:53pm on May 6, 2010,
Lois said… - Kiva:
It's just too darn bad that we can't cut them out and wear them.
Love your doggie pictures ... especially the one of him/her longingly looking out the window!
Lois
- At 5:03pm on May 5, 2010, Lois said…
- Kiva:
MyHotComments Put a little BLING in your birthday. Wear a diamond on me!
Hope you had a wonderful, wonderful day celebrating your birthday. Save a piiece of cake for me!
Lois
- At 2:16am on May 5, 2010,
Pauly said… - Happy Birthday Kivia. Hope you take some time and enjoy the day. Take care.
- At 8:26pm on April 1, 2010,
Jim Roach said… - Welcome to Tudiabetes Kiva!
- At 11:45am on March 31, 2010,
Doris D said… - WELCOME TO OUR REALLY BIG FAMILY KIVA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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