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Ketones build up in our urine sometimes from illness's, missing insulin shots to often, low carb diet's, bad insulin pumps. Can lead to DKA. Can be,life threatening. Mostly T1s get it,but it can happen to any diabetic

Most who read my posts become very aware that I don't tend to sugar coat anything.

Maybe that is because I have been dealing with Diabetes my entire life. My Parents, Grandparents, Great-Grandparents, Uncles/Aunts and cousins all have/had diabetes, at least the overwhelming majority of them, so if you are a "normal" member of the family, you likewise have Diabetes.

It didn't mean your life was over. It didn't mean that you life was limited, it was simply a genetic trait no different then… read more

Apart from anything else it’s too vague and woolly a statement to have any meaning.

I got Cervical Myelopathy in 2002 and was told by the neurologist that I’d “be in a wheelchair in two years”. Now if I wasn’t so resilient I might have given up at that moment and resigned myself to my fate. Instead I lost 3 stone (42lbs) to bring me back to the normal weight category. I also walk a lot and go to the gym where the back extension machine keeps my spine in good shape.

It’s not that I’m saying… read more

I ask this question the other night about if anyone had a issue with there Freestyle Libre 2 sensor falling off and several of you said it has never happened to you. Well last week i had my first one ever put on at my doctors office and after a couple hours it fell off so today i went back to my doctor to get another one put on and just like before a few hours went by and it fell off too. This is so frustrating to me and do not understand why it keeps happening i was looking so forward to having… read more

Common feeling amongst many - "I feel all alone because nobody around me understands"

Well, I'm just kicking back watching the Tampa Bay/Dallas Wildcard Game

For a bit of perspective - statistically there is 7,874 DIABETICS in the stands watching the game live

We are nowhere near alone....

This with people that have these individuals in their lives.

I did post up this video in response to a long post, but worth having a look

Novo Nordisk, one of the big drug and insulin mfg's is "finally" starting to talk truth to Diabetics who tend to have their heads stuck in the sand and most doctors seem to be fine with them that way

Have a listen

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aa2ovXY1G5Y&t=1s

I was at my grandsons birthday party today and there were several other people there that was type 2 diabetes like me, I watch all these diabetes eat pizza and cake and cookies and i was like how do y'all eat all this stuff, I didn't have any of it and they ask me why and i said i try to control my diabetes then i ask them what there A1C was and all of them said in the 8's and 9's i said that's not good and then ask them what medication did they take for there diabetes and each one was taken 3… read more

I can wake up with a fasting blood sugar of 90. Drink two cups of coffee with just two packets of Splenda per cup and two hours later when I'm ready to eat breakfast my blood sugar's all the way up to 160. I'm looking for any insight anyone has on this issue.