Posts Tagged ‘blood glucose’
Sunday, April 17th, 2011
Shoes for amputees? Medicare waste revealed "The government paid more than billion in questionable Medicare claims for medical supplies that showed little relation to a patient’s condition, including blood glucose strips for sexual impotence and special diabetic shoes for leg amputees, congressional investigators say." http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26860289/ Amazon.com Widgets
Tags: blood glucose, congressional investigators, diabetic shoes, glucose strips, leg amputees, medical supplies, medicare, medicare claims, medicare waste, msnbc, sexual impotence
Posted in Diabetic Medical Supplies | 6 Comments »
Monday, March 21st, 2011
My wife is 53, active, healthy-looking, not obese. She has high blood sugar and is trying to control and monitor it through diet and exercise, trying to avoid getting to the insulin stage. She has tried low-carb South Beach approach, but is still above 100 (blood glucose) in the a.m. Are there other thing to [...]
Tags: blood glucose, diet, exercise, high blood sugar, insulin, south beach
Posted in Blood Glucose Monitors | 12 Comments »
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
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Monday, March 7th, 2011
I have had three different blood glucose monitors (One touch ultra2, Accu-check compact, and Freestyle Light) I though all were good untill I started using the Freestyle Light. It would give me a lot of crazy numbers, and i’m not sure if they were correct or not. Examp. I would test my blood sugar and [...]
Tags: accu check, blood glucose, blood sugar, crazy numbers, ultra2
Posted in Blood Glucose Monitors | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011
Does anyone have any information regarding diabetes care (insulin dependant) in/around Manama? I will not have medical coverage and want to know how much medications (such as insulin and test strips for blood glucose monitors) cost? Also, is there any insurance plan that would cover this, if so please provide a name/contact. Thanks Amazon.com Widgets
Tags: blood glucose, diabetes, diabetes care, insulin dependant, insurance, insurance plan, medical coverage, medications, test strips
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Thursday, February 17th, 2011
This really just happened to me.I am monitoring my blood sugar to try and figure out a way to live with high blood sugar without having to resort to quacks and crook pharm companies dangerous drugs.My blood glucose was 177 at 12:15 pm-I drank 2 tabls of app cid vin and it dropped to 127 [...]
Tags: blood glucose, cid, dangerous drugs, fluke, high blood sugar, pharm, quacks, tabls, vin
Posted in Blood Glucose Monitors | 3 Comments »
Saturday, February 5th, 2011
Here’s my story. I recently relocated to a different state. Up until my relocation I was recieving prenatal care normally, however when I moved I had so many issues with applying and finally getting approved for medicaid that it took me 2 months to actually be approved and see an OBGYN in my new residence. [...]
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Posted in Blood Glucose Monitors | 8 Comments »
Sunday, January 23rd, 2011
A medical equipment manufacturing company tested the reliability of a blood glucose monitor. It measured the time to failure of 20 randomly sampled monitors it produced. Listed below are the 20 measurements (in months) for the time to first failure. 21 9 13 41 2 14 14 26 19 15 23 17 14 11 27 [...]
Tags: blood glucose, equipment manufacturing company, first failure, Measurements, medical equipment manufacturing, monitors, reliability, stem and leaf, stem and leaf plot, time to failure
Posted in Blood Glucose Monitors | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
and then pass the 3hr? (For gestational diabetes) I failed the first one, but I also didn’t fast for it like the lab says to because my Dr. told me not to. Now I have to go in for the 3hr. one (which sucks) and I’m concerned I’m going to fail, even tho I know [...]
Tags: blood glucose, brown rice, corn, diabetes, first test, gestational diabetes, home blood sugar, low carb diet, low carb diets, pasta, potatoes, reassurance, sweets, thanks in advance, tho
Posted in Blood Glucose Monitors | 1 Comment »
Thursday, January 13th, 2011
After fasting test show: 4.8mmo1/1 After 2 hours taking glugose drink : 8.8 mmo1/1 Should I monitoring the blood glucose until I give birth. If my blood glugose is ok for 2 weeks after test, should I continue it. Amazon.com Widgets
Tags: blood glucose
Posted in Blood Glucose Monitors | 2 Comments »
Saturday, January 8th, 2011
I had a physical recently and my doctor told me that my blood sugar was 101 so I should keep an eye on it. I’ve been very good about what I eat for 1 month now and yesterday administered my own blood sugar test using the OneTouch Ultra 2 in what would be considered a [...]
Tags: blood glucose, blood sugar test, onetouch Ultra 2, random test, retest
Posted in Blood Sugar Testing | 6 Comments »
Saturday, December 4th, 2010
a year ago I was diagnosed hypoglycaemic so I bought a blood glucose monitor. 2 hours after eating today my blood sugar was 10.1mmol (181mg), is this something I should be concerned about? I have often worried that my hypoglycaemia might turn to diabetes as i have heard that this can happen. Could a non [...]
Tags: blood glucose, blood sugar, diabetes, hypoglycaemia, hypoglycemia, toast
Posted in Blood Glucose Monitors | 4 Comments »
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
A couple of days ago I typed into google "why am I always tired and thirsty," which I always seem to be. Yahoo answers came up and diabetes was the most common response. I’m 24 years old, 175 lbs, and exercise about 3 times a week so I didn’t think it would be that, but [...]
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Sunday, November 28th, 2010
Hi. I’m looking for consumer reports/ guides or magazines related to the Diabetes field. (If possible it should deal with blood glucose monitors) Amazon.com Widgets
Tags: blood glucose, consumer reports, diabetes, magazines
Posted in Blood Glucose Monitors | 2 Comments »
Friday, November 12th, 2010
The improved Ascensia Contour Test Strips make testing blood sugar levels fast, easy and accurate. Contour Test Strips feature a unique flip-top bottle design that opens and closes easily – perfect for users of all ages. The strips are kept fresh up to 6 months after opening due to a patented bottle design with built [...]
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