I also use steel-cut oats, for the same reason. I buy mine in bulk, which
seems the least expensive where I am. I cook mine overnight in a small slow
cooker, about four days’ worth at a time (I use a lamp timer to start the
cooker about 4 hours before I plan to eat it). I skip the butter and the
salt, but love it with cinnamon. And berries. And flax.
Debbie
Regarding travel and Byetta: One solution is purchasing the Medicool
Protectall case. It is specifically desgined for Byetta and will keep Byetta at
the
right temperature (36-46) for 8 hours. I have included a description of it here.
It is the only carrying case that I know of designed for Byetta. I have used
it for 8 months and it does what it sez. A bit pricey at $50.00 but it is a
good investment. I purchased a long oven tube themometer. Take it in the case. I
have found Hotels and other places will freeze the case and keep the pen in
the refrigerator. It is important to follow the instructions carefully. Take
the blue frozen holder out and keep it at room temp for 10 minutes then put pen
inside and zip and travel. Here is the companies description: Go to
www.medicool.com
Simply Freeze the special Blue Plastic Cooler inside the MediCoolerâ„¢, and
your medication will stay cold up to 8 hours. The Blue plastic Cooler is the
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Hi,
thanks for the invite!… I can not make it. I hope you have a great
day and enjoy your party!
Dale in New Jersey
Begin forwarded message:
Tammy
Was your baby over 9lbs?
I was told 25 years ago that I may get diabetes when I got older. They
told me because my daughter was over 9lbs. She was 9lbs.120z.
Being young I did not pay much attention to it and now I have diabetes.
I have it about 2 1/2 years and I am 53. I live in New Jersey.
Welcome to the group!
Dale
Begin forwarded message:
I’ts My 34th Birthday Party!
And You Are Invited!
Saturday April 8, 2006
5:30 PM
Bluffton, Indiana USA
Now I know you most likely can not make it…
But I wanted to let you know that you are invited to come!
I turn 34 on Wed. April 5th
I don’t know if you all already know about this but, there is an
e-zine (magazine on line) that is all about low carb eating. It’s
free to sign up and I find it very interesting and informative.
There are lots of recipes along with articles about low-carb eating
and products especially made for people trying to live low carb.
Anyway if your interested you can check April 2006 edition out here:
Here’s where they have a lot of sugar free products that you just
can’t find in your grocery store, plus I think their very reasonable.
Hope you find something of interest.
Hi all,
I am the newbie who was asking for info on getting a prescription for
Byetta. I did have an appointment with the diabetic management clinic team
on Monday, where the question of "what can they possibly do they do with you
for four hours" was answered — they make you wait a lot . The doctor and
the pharmacologist (a PharmD) were reluctant to prescribe the Byetta ("it’s
so new") and I’m pretty sure I now have a notation in my chart of being a
"difficult patient" but they ultimately decided to humor me and I walked
away with a prescription for a 5 mcg pen and nothing else. No instruction,
nothing, even though I had never injected anything before. Probably that’s
my punishment. Anyway, I’m teaching myself and so far so good. My blood
sugars have been very good, below 100 both before and and after meals most
of the time. My "dawn phenomenon" is still there but it’s now in the 130s
rather than the 160s - 190s, so there’s definite improvement. There’s been
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My doctor has wished (as have I for a long time) that I could take metformin,
but I had such an awful reaction both times I have taken it that even the
pharmacist said never to take it again. I was reading Annie’s post and lusting
after a forbidden drug (some of us lust after carbs, others of us after the
forbidden treatment).
Today I asked my DH to so some kinesthetic (muscle) testing with me using a
generic metformin he has with no enteric coating. No reaction. Muscle testing
is a way to see if there is an allergy without allergy tests and for me it works
as well as injection testing. Did it twice, just to make sure. No difference.
Rock solid with both. Which means there is no allergy, although there could
still be an idiosyncratic reaction.
So, I have split one of his 500 regular metformin and then split it again and am
taking one quarter of a 500 mg to see what happens - essentially 125 mg. I am
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In Diabetes Today
28-MAR-2006
Metformin Response Predicts Disease Progression
In type 2 diabetes patients who are treated with
metformin alone, those who achieve low levels of
glycosylated hemoglobin level (HbA1c), a common
measure of blood sugar, in the first year have a
longer period of drug effectiveness, investigators
report.
Because diabetes is a progressive disease, patients
typically undergo a succession of drug therapy
adjustments, Dr. Gregory A. Nichols and his associates
point out. If drug effectiveness is maximized at each
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Sadiqa,
I can only answer for myself, but (pre-Byetta) I had a tooth extraction, and
NO one, including the oral surgeon, told me to stop my diabetes medication.
The oral surgeon’s main concern was that my blood sugars were controlled,
and we tested my BG before the anesthesia and extraction. At the time, I was
taking metformin, Avandia and glipizide.
You may want to contact either your dentist or your doctor, (or both), and
ask them.
Tina
I happen to feel that the degree of a person’s intelligence is directly
reflected by the number of conflicting attitudes she can bring to bear on the
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