Mrsd I could of guessed that,when I was young and thin I had prediabtes
Mel but when I gained when to debectics 2 ,I was told don't go over 180
I think went to that from 80,90 and very avtive. Lost the weight but
still take 2 metformin..My Dr. always tell me of Vits to take,that's GP
the other Dr.I check or ask Gp. Glen was right on nose about deaths. But
should have listing meds. I'm not as active as i was,Mrs d you stopped
treadmill because of you knees,what was it you switch to? I saw som kind
of chair for all kinds of stretch and a petals for legs,at bottom,I miss
dancing with my walker.

Mel did you have to sign any papers like you do before sugery,if anything happens do to this trial ect.. I wasn't surprised a pharma..was involved.
And the Cholestorol pills just make PN worse eat oatmeal or plain cheeriors
My 91 yr. aunt eats very well is very thin,still puts in a garden cleans
her house,but has high cholestorol like the rest of the family.My grandmother
cooked everything in Lard I still can taste it.. I sorry this happened Mel
and for those peoples family..

I did a spine trial and was allergic to the med. they were trying,they shut
that one down. Damm I wish we would get a better health care system..
Hugs to all Sue

Sue;

In your post your doctor told you not to go over 180. Is that your weight or your sugar reading??

And yes, when I joined the ACCORD program, you sign a bunch of papers. You agree to let them do all their testing. I believe I even agreed to let them do DNA testing with my blood.

I was given memory testing (I passed, can you believe that). all kinds of testing, initially. Then I was able to be examined by the top eye specialist at Cornell (as part of the protocol). Very impressive. I remember the doctor telling me "you are not a candiate for Lasik surgery". Forgot the reason (and I actually passed the memory test).

They would ask you "repeat after me", and give you 12 words" Then you give them back to them in any order you could remember". Then they would give you another 12 words, then ask you "give me the names of the first 12 words". I never laughed so hard. This was about 2 years ago.

I wonder how many times they give you that memory test. I have no idea.

Anyway, I have a cold.

Just had some soup. The weather is absolutely bonkers here in NY.
Yesterday it broke an all time record. Got up to 68.
Right now it's freezing.

Holy Moly

Personally, I would never be involved in any program that results in increased deaths at any level.

That was never go over 180 in weight and I was told that years ago.
I keep my suger level 120 and under,but don't want it down to
60..Sorry you have a cold it's bad then a little warm then a snowstorm

Oh Herb every time you go into the hospital,you sign a paper if there going
to do a lot of tests or sugery,that you know you might die..Or your kidney
stones ,heart trouble,hernia,infected ingrown toe nail just might not get
fixed. Just ask The med students or reident who spend the whole day
scaring old people. gezzzz. Hugs to all Sue

Thanks for clearing that up Sue:

I DO INDEED HAVE A COLD. I did not drink any liquids yesterday because Alan had the ivig and I was so busy keeping him hydrated that I forgot to keep myself hydrated.

I woke up sniffing and sneezing, and I said 'oh brother, I have a cold, oh well". I did not drink any liquids after breakfast, then I ate my soup for lunch, and AGAIN, DID NOT DRINK ANYTHING TILL 4:30, when I took my sugar and it was 248. Believe me, my sugar is NEVER 248. I then realized that I should have been rehydrating. I immediately drank a nice cup of green tea.

In 20 minutes my sugar went down to 185.

I shall be drinking tea or water as needed. I only hope I never forget to hydrate.

I am assuming that this is the reason for my reading of 248. I don't eat anything white or cake, or candy, or anything. and I've been having the same wonton egg drop soup for lunch for years. I love it and it's my guilty pleasure. It never impacts my sugar.

But today, well 4 hours after lunch, it rose to 248, then dipped back down.

Tomorrow is Cornell.

THAT SHOULD BE MOST INTERESTING!!

P.S. It's 7 p.m. just took (90 minutes after dinner), and it's 156.

I think I'll live after all!!

Oh, one interesting point.

Alan went to his podiatrist today and told him about the Cornell thing.
His doctor said: "yeah, I heard about this, and in my opinion, it's the people who have diabetes and who continue to smoke, these are the ones that have major problems and ultimately expire". So maybe the people in the intensive group were smokers??
Perhaps we shall never know. Alan asked his doctor "can I quote you on that, and he replied "Absolutely"

when you have an infection, Mel. This is typical.

Yeah, that's what I said to myself "sugars go up when you have an infection".

Now here is where I get confused.

I have an infection??? Where do I have an infection?? I thought I just had a cold, which is caused by the Rhinovirus that gets into your nose and then you get a cold.

See, I watch the Discovery channel all the time (lol).

So is this to mean, that when a body gets a virus, a bacteria, or ANYTHING?, this means AN INFECTION??

And then the body puts out it's antibodies to FIGHT THE INFECTION.

I've been using the Zycam swabs. They did wonders for me the last time I caught a cold. Shorted the duration and I wasn't that bad.

So I just want to understand the word INFECTION in the body. OH, and here's a really good question. Does this ONLY HAPPEN TO DIABETICS, or to non-diabetics too??

Thanks much

Melody