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On Thu Apr 24 16:32:58 2003 Sam (raneysam@yahoo.com) said:
Squats: Just
moved, no Physician hookup in new area yet. Sugars are normal for me now. Pulled
out of that one. Unusual. I will go to new clinic here next week..introduce
myself, I just love to see their faces when I pull out my insulin pump. They
usually don't believe me at first, but I have my "C" peptide results, which
help. O on insulin production.
On Thu Apr 24 14:09:31 2003 () said:
Faith what did your post have to do
with diabetes?/? Please explain.....
On Thu Apr 24 12:45:08 2003 Faith () said:
Not that it is any of your
business, but I was not kicked off as moderator on DHD. I was asked if I wanted
to remain on there as moderator since I've not been on the site much lately, and
I said I didn't. I never did anything there as moderator anyway. I don't go to
any sites now, and only read here ONCE in a while.
On Thu Apr 24 11:49:46 2003 Kerry (manlyholemeister@yawhoo.com) said:
Howdwwwdeeeeeeee everybody!!!!! I've not posted or visited here in long time
but how is and where is everyone? Lets swap e-mails and get this place back up
& running. GLAD TO BE BACK!!!!!!!!!
On Thu Apr 24 09:44:59 2003 Jim () said:
Does anyone here use Actos AND
Amaryl in combination to treat hi blood sugar? If so, are you having any
problems with it? Jim
On Thu Apr 24 08:14:36 2003 Jim () said:
19:56:16- Yes, and yes. 19:23:47-
Yes, and yes. 19:19:36- Never happened, wouldn't have posted it if it did. BTW,
please use spellcheck so we can decipher your posts. It's slaPPed. Have a good
day, Jim
On Thu Apr 24 01:05:43 2003 Squats () said:
Sam!!! Be careful. 480 is beyond
the danger point. BTW, is it that high all the time? If so, you are in trouble.
What you posted doesn't say much for doctors in your area.
On Thu Apr 24 01:02:02 2003 Squats () said:
Faith and Herb (both decent
people) were driven away by heartless, cruel, and uncaring posts, like 19:56:16.
I continue to hope those of such a mindset will leave us alone here so DIABETES
AND LIVING WITH IT CAN BE DISCUSSED!!!! If not, go fill yourselves with protein
powder!
On Wed Apr 23 19:25:21 2003 Marc W () said:
Jim.... I swore I wouldn't
either, but saw first hand what cigs did. Now I lecture like that person you
couldn't stand when you were smoking, you know that guy, the one you would blow
smoke at! Hey I did the same thing. Take it easy and good luck with the draft
this weekend, football is coming soon.... Marc
On Wed Apr 23 16:25:45 2003 Jim () said:
Marc- I haven't jumped on a soapbox
with people who still smoke because I always swore if I quit that I wouldn't. I
STILL want one in the worst way sometimes. BTW, I only did the spelling cop
thing in my post, to slap he/she/it around a little for attacking. Felt like the
thing to do. Felt good, aint sorry for it. Jim
On Wed Apr 23 16:24:31 2003 () said:
I see no evidence of censorship or of
posts being pulled. Remember the horrible things said about Herb and his wife
some time ago and none of them were pulled. Are we suffering from a little
paranoia?
On Wed Apr 23 16:13:28 2003 Marc W () said:
in case the spelling police
still enforces here, one instead of ones and respond instead of resond.
On Wed Apr 23 16:11:05 2003 Marc W () said:
Jim, thanks. I forgot you are a
recent ex smoker. Great move. I used to smoke 4 packs a day years ago, now I am
ones of those pain in the butt ex smokers who can not stand to see people smoke.
To resond to the living in the past post, I think we all know that DERC does the
censoring, and just because you don't see someone post doesn't mean they aren't
here. It's been about 2 months since I posted, but I read a few times a week.
You never know who is still around.Take it easy......
On Wed Apr 23 14:52:57 2003 () said:
I just read Monday's posts having been
out of town. Faith and Herb censors. Boy somebody is living in the past. Neither
one of them has posted here for a long long time.
On Wed Apr 23 14:29:48 2003 () said:
Jim wouldn't know any better
anyhow....whatever that means.
On Wed Apr 23 13:45:28 2003 Jim () said:
Marc- Sorry to hear about your dog.
I smoked cigarettes for a number of years, and after I quit (6 months now) the
neuropathy seems to be getting a little better in my feet as the doctor said it
would. Jim
On Wed Apr 23 13:40:49 2003 Jim () said:
You wouldn't be told to go to hell
if you had the smarts not to attack people, and if you didn't try to give
misinformation to people that need real help. And as far as DELETING (you should
try spellcheck) my post, it doesn't matter to me. I wouldn't know any better
anyhow. Jim
On Wed Apr 23 12:57:46 2003 Sam (raneysam@yahoo.com) said:
Address is the
same as before...I am fighting with high sugars right now, 480, Doc's don't know
me here yet & wouldn't believe me without a C-peptide test which takes
awhile. I am a type 1, at 61..oh, heck...what's worse? Am at the local Library.
Will check tomorrow, if someone wants to contact me.
On Wed Apr 23 10:06:21 2003 Marc W () said:
Hey Jim, when I met my doctor
for the first time, the first question he asked was do I smoke. He said he will
not take any diabetics who smoke because if they smoke they won't take care of
their diabetes, since smoking is about the worst thing a diabetic can do, for
all the reasons you listed. Anyone who even questions what you posted is a fool,
and if he smokes, he is in for a much shorter lifespan, period. Since our blood
vessels clog a little every day, it doesn't take a brain surgeon to get that
something that contributes to that will kill you.Oh well, some people will argue
about anything with absolutely no logic to it. On a personal note, I finally had
to put my dog down yesterday, that boy sure did have a good life though. Take it
easy.......Marc
On Wed Apr 23 07:33:56 2003 Jim () said:
The ONLY reason I will "take the
bait", as Marc use to say, is to discredit the idiot who says I mislead, for the
benefit of any newbies who stumble on to this place. Newbies- Please never take
anything you see on the net as 100% truth. Always do your own research and then
talk to your doctor before believing. Squats, thanks. Follow the link below for
smoking and neuropathy info.
http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m0CUH/11_22/57604084/p5/article.jhtml?term=
On Wed Apr 23 00:07:18 2003 Squats () said:
I am in agteement with Jim on
smoking and nerve damage. The constriction of blood vessels can cause nerve
damage and pain in feet. It is self delusion to underestimate the negative
affects of smoking!
On Tue Apr 22 18:16:54 2003 () said:
15:11 where do you get your information
? you don't cite any sources..??? What makes you so sure you are correct,please
list your sources....we will be waiting ....
On Tue Apr 22 15:11:14 2003 JIM IS RIGHT!!!!! () said:
Smoking is also a
documented risk factor for both the development and progression of various types
of neuropathy (damage to the peripheral nervous system). A retrospective case
control study of type 1 and type 2 diabetic patients found that current or
ex-smokers were significantly more likely to have neuropathy than individuals
who never smoked (64.8% vs. 42.8%).[17] A more recent prospective study found
that cigarette smoking was associated with a 2-fold increase in risk.[18]
On Tue Apr 22 14:24:26 2003 Jim () said:
Crystal and other respectable
people- You won't find the help you need here. Run a search on "diabetic support
sites" and RUN to one of them. Sorry, Jim
On Tue Apr 22 14:22:51 2003 Jim () said:
ANY doctor can attest that smoking
constricts your blood vessels, hence less circulation, hence more trouble with
your neuropathy. I defy you to point out a website that refutes what I said. And
at 4-5 packs a day, she would be coughing way too much to notice the neuropathy
anyhow. Some things never change. Shame me? Go to hell. Jim
On Tue Apr 22 13:21:24 2003 () said:
SHAME JIM
On Tue Apr 22 13:17:47 2003 () said:
Dear Crystal, my ex-wife smokes 4-5
packs per day, we used to fight about this all the time as I thought it made my
neuropathy worse...to bolster my fight I went to the U. of Wi Medical library
and looked up this in their diabeties section....much to my suprise several
studies found NO connection with smoking...which is not to say all the other bad
effects are not valid. Only that Jim has not done his homework and has listed
wrong/false/misleading statements here. Home that helps.
On Tue Apr 22 09:03:42 2003 . (.) said:
Interesting article from ABC.com
Scientists Developing Contact Lenses as Glucose-Monitoring Aid for Diabetics By
Paul Eng April 22 - For diabetics, monitoring the amount of sugar in their blood
is a crucial task that can be a literal pain in the finger. And for years,
doctors and researchers have been trying to develop less-intrusive glucose
monitoring aids that don't require patients to stick themselves with needles to
draw blood for testing. But the latest research from scientists and doctors may
lead to a device that helps diabetics keep watch on their glucose - just by
looking into any mirror. Sanford Ascher, a professor of chemistry at the
University of Pittsburgh, has been studying "photonic crystals" - materials that
signal the presence of certain chemicals by changing colors. And for the last
three years, he and a team of researchers at the university have been
experimenting with a photonic crystal that can detect glucose. How It Works The
team's research is expected to be released in the May 1 edition of Analytical
Chemistry, a publication of the American Chemical Society. But Ascher and other
chemists say how the material works is fairly simple. The photonic crystal is
actually a gel made up of a proprietary combination of boronic acid and other
chemicals. The chemicals form an array of long polymer chains, which contain
receptors that bind to the structure of glucose. The molecular spacing between
the chains in the array changes as it comes into contact with glucose. The
changes in spacing and volume of the array effectively alter how light passes
through the material. High concentrations of glucose produce spacing that causes
light to refract, or bend, to produce a purple color. Low glucose would refract
the light to produce a reddish color. Normal glucose levels would produce a
green color. Distinctive Diabetic Diagnostics If the material can be used in a
contact lens, it would detect the glucose carried in human tears, Ascher says.
"The ideal is that it's on the bottom edge of the lens and the diabetic patient
would look in a mirror and see a color and relate it to a color wheel to
[determine the] concentration of glucose," says Ascher. Mark Arnold, a chemistry
professor at the University of Iowa, says the approach taken by Ascher and his
team is "very unique." "Most glucoses [glucose monitors] use some type of
enzyme," says Arnold, who is familiar with photonic crystals and Ascher's
research work. "There is no other approach like this." However, Arnold says he
and other researchers are also working on other differing methods of
non-invasive glucose detection as well. At an American Chemical Society
symposium last year, for example, Arnold and his team presented a paper that
proposed using beams of "near infrared light" that would measure glucose levels
in cell fluids just under the skin. Another paper, from Gerard Coté at Texas
A&M University, proposed a "smart tattoo" - special polymers that would be
implanted under the skin and glow in the presence of glucose. Wait and See
Arnold and the other researchers in non-invasive diabetes monitoring remain
cautious about developments mainly because so much research still needs to be
done. "We still consider this work as research in basic mode," says Arnold.
David Finegold, a doctor of pediatric endocrinology at the University of
Pittsburgh's School of Medicine and collaborator with Ascher, agrees that
researchers have just begun to scratch the surface of the idea for a diabetes
contact lens. "The critical next observations are to better understand the
dynamics of [glucose] in tears and blood glucose," says Finegold. "If we can
figure out this relationship clearly, then we could use [the gel sensor] as
effectively as the methods that draw plasma for glucose testing." An in addition
to ironing out scientific issues, creating the lens has been a matter of tedious
handiwork for Ascher and his researchers. "Right now, we have to cut a piece of
the gel out and glue it in to an existing contact lens," says Ascher. "We're
hoping to find an easier way to do this." Ascher notes that the team is taking
steps to further the research this year. The university has already patented
Ascher's work and is seeking investors to form a local startup company for
further research and development work. But Ascher is quick to admit that it will
be several years before diabetics will be able to buy a glucose-monitoring
contact lens. "A commercial product has to get through federal Food and Drug
Administration testing, and that's at least two or three years away," says
Ascher.
On Tue Apr 22 08:49:30 2003 Jim () said:
Crystal- Does he smoke? If so it is
making his neuropathy twice as bad. Does he drink? Same thing with that. How is
his blood sugar control? What is his dosage of Neurontin? Mine is 1200-1800mgs
at night. We may be able to give you some advice based on these answers. Jim
On Tue Apr 22 08:38:32 2003 Crystal (crsmith@forrestgeneral.com) said:
Hello! My husband has Type 2 Diabetes (and a multitude of other medical
problems...high blood pressure (but I think that's from the pain) every joint,
back has been broken 3 times, etc.) He has peripheral neuropathy. Takes
neurontin for that. We rub his feet a couple times a day to keep the circulation
stimulated. Are there any suggestions to help with the pain and burning and the
pin poking sensations he has from his feet to his knees? We eat healthy foods.
Is there any kind of food or herb that may help these painful symptoms. With all
his other ailments, it is hard for him to exercise but does walk some in the
yard. He is only 52...he said that if he'd have even thought he'd live past 30
he'd have taken better care of himself! Let me know your thoughts. Thanks!
On Mon Apr 21 22:21:11 2003 () said:
does anyone hava a email address for
Sam Linda Raney ?
On Mon Apr 21 13:39:22 2003 () said:
I posted about Dr Atkins. I realized
after I posted that I meant to say "Could IT have been the high protien" so I
typed that sentence in the very next post to explain myself, and then the post
is deleted. Who decides what is and is not relevant here, Squats, Faith and
Herb???????
On Mon Apr 21 10:20:55 2003 () said:
....CENSORSHIP AND REMOVAL OF POSTS IS
WRONG AND STIFLES THE FREE THINKING APPROACH TO THE EXCHANGE OF
IDEAS............
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