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What The Heck is Diabetes and Why Do I Have It?
You’ve been recently told that you have Type 2 Diabetes or Pre-diabetes. Your doctor tried to explain it to you, but if you are like me, you didn’t quite understand what they were saying. I remember...
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Timing is Everything! Like You Didn’t Know That.
You’ve heard the phrase, “Timing is everything,” right? Sometimes it’s used to to explain why something happens. Sometimes it’s used instead of a single word, “Luck.” But, timing is indeed important...
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Do I Have To?
Today. At breakfast. After deciding what I was going to eat. Eliminating so many things I would have eaten; left with what I should eat. Knowing that no matter what I had, I was going to have to...
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Forxiga
Dr K. here, your virtual pharmacist. Today I will be venturing into new territory and discussing a diabetes medication that has not been approved for use in the United States. On November 14th, 2012...
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There’s Trouble in River City…Maybe
So that wasn’t exactly like Dr. Harold Hill sang it. He was sure there was trouble. In this case there might be trouble with some of the drugs used to treat diabetes, or there might not be. (Far be...
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Byetta and Bydureon
A quick trivia question: which medication used for type 2 diabetes is a synthetic version of a protein found in the saliva of the venomous Gila monster? (I would put up a picture of one of these guys,...
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Diabetes Medications
Index to the medications our pharmacist has written about: Let’s Start at the Beginning Metformin Glyburide Glimepriride Glipizide Januvia Avandia Avandia and the FDA Actos Actos and Bladder Cancer...
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Go Ahead, Box Yourself In
When I first started my battle to control Diabetes, the absolutely most difficult thing to do was to remember to take my meds. During a month I would forget to take my meds several times. Sound...
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New and Improved Food Journal
New and Improved. It’s a wash day miracle! You never felt so clean before. You will lose twenty pounds in five minutes. You will get 67 mpg in your big SUV…Okay, probably not any of those things....
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It’s Officially Summer!
I get hot looking at that picture! Well, it’s here. Finally. Summer. School is out. The days are longer. And, it’s hot, or will be soon. Maybe real hot. And, you might be going on vaction. So,...
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“Mirror, MIrror On The Wall….”
Those have got to be some of the most famous words ever used in a movie. Who hasn’t said them? Who hasn’t added their own words to the end of the phrase? But, what do we really see in the…Read more ›
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News & Views
It’s Friday, again. There was so much more that I wanted to write about this week. Where do these Fridays come from? They arrive way too fast, if you ask me. Well, it just means I already have...
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News & Views
Welcome to the Friday (most Fridays, anyway) edition of News & Views. There is so much going on, so let’s get right to it. If you have Diabetes, set your sight on healthy vision. “If you have...
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If you are new to the blog, Friday News & Views is the one regular – well, mostly regular – feature of the blog. There is so much happening in the world of Diabetes, and that’s related to...
View ArticleI Gotta Pee!
One of the symptoms of having uncontrolled or undiagnosed Diabetes is the frequent need to urinate during the course of the night. Now, that sounds all medically, doesn’t it? Look at the symptoms....
View ArticleAgavins, Tequila, and Diabetes
The New Field of Dreams? So, if you were going to develop a sweetener – think sugar-like substance, what would it be like? Come on. Dream BIG. Go for the Moon and the Stars. First, it has to be...
View ArticleNews & Views – Special Saturday Edition
Okay, I know it’s not Friday. That was yesterday. But, I thought that a further explanation of Agavins and Agave was important in light of the news about Agavins. Meanwhile, there’s a whole lot of...
View ArticleNews, Views & Announcements
Here it is, again. Friday. It happens every week, but they come so fast! I can hear you now, “But, wait, what’s that Announcements thing?” So glad you asked. Big Announcement: The War On Diabetes is...
View ArticleEinstein and Diabetes
Wait. Albert Einstein had Diabetes? I don’t know, for sure. But I have discovered there is a connection between Dr. Albert Einstein and Diabetes. Einstein spent his life in a quest to understand the...
View ArticleType 2 Diabetes and Alcohol
I was out to dinner on Sunday. Before I went, I made a decision what I was going to have to eat and stuck to it. But, what I had not even thought about was alcohol. You know – a… Read more › The post...
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