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02-19-2004, 12:11 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: The mighty shire. England
Posts: 1,225
| | | It's me!
Hey, just thought i'd make myself known! I'm a newbie to these forums and a newbie diabetic too, been diabetic for about 5 or 6 weeks now.
I dont get to talk with many people who hav diabetes so i thought this would be a nice place to get know some people.
Who mainly uses these forums..? english? american? or people from all over? |
02-19-2004, 12:26 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: The city on the edge of forever.
Posts: 4,847
| | | Hope you enjoy yourself here and I look forward to talking with you.
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Say you'll share with
me one
love, one lifetime . . .
Lead me, save me
from my solitude . . .
Say you want me
with you ,
here beside you . . .
Anywhere you go
let me go to . . .
Christine,
that's all I ask of . . .
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02-19-2004, 01:45 PM
|  | Junior Member | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Eastern USA
Posts: 77
| | Hey, welcome 
I think you'll find everyone here friendly and very helpful, good to have you. And, yes, these forums have people from all over the world  |
02-19-2004, 02:42 PM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Hogwarts, Hobbiton, the Galactic Milieu &Ks when I have to be here
Posts: 4,318
| | | Welcome,
LauRa Lu
The folks here is from
todo encima
partout
ganz rüber
toda sobre
all over
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02-19-2004, 03:57 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: UK Mansfield
Posts: 413
| | | Hello,
I'm Linda, I am from Nottinghamshire, small world.
Welcome, Im sure we have loads to talk about.
Love L
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02-19-2004, 04:00 PM
|  | Member | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Lancaster, UK
Posts: 338
| | Hiya! im Teresa and im in England too, up in Lancaster... was in Birmingham till recently!
Welcome to this place |
02-19-2004, 04:52 PM
|  | Ex-moderator | | Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 1,919
| | Well hello and welcome, me!!!
You've found the greatest bunch of diabetics on the www, so start posting and have fun.
I'm a Canadian girl.
Shy |
02-19-2004, 04:55 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Palm Beach County, Florida
Posts: 1,139
| | Welcome, and nice to meet you, Laura Lu. Peeps from all over here.
Best wishes,
Angie
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02-19-2004, 07:37 PM
|  | Member | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: NE Ohio
Posts: 252
| | | Hello
I'm From Ohio
I have been on these boards on and off for a few months. Everyone is very friendly and helpful
Enjoy asking anything you wish. Someone will probably have an answer.
Don |
02-20-2004, 01:43 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Ottawa, Canada
Posts: 3,293
| | Hello Laura, welcome to this wonderful forum! I'm in Berkshire.
Marie |
02-20-2004, 08:12 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: The mighty shire. England
Posts: 1,225
| | | thanx for all the nice welcomes...nice to see there's a wide mix of people and nice to see some fello midlanders on here, Altho i'm not originally form the midlands...more of a suthener, well kind of!
I hav a question about chocolate! i might post it in a new thread if no-one responds on here but........
is it ok to have in small doses? it doesnt seem to affect me much anyway and the stuff i tried that said it was suitable for diabetics really put my blood sugar up!
Is it a bad idea to have any kind of chocolate coz it's so rich in sugar that you get too much too soon?
I have a bit of a problem with saying no to the stuff but i am trying! (Altho i failed miserably five minutes ago, think i may hav had a little too much!)
i was being really sensible with everything i eat and do for the last six weeks, i feel so stupid now...i hope my b.sugar doesnt go up too much! ....... |
02-20-2004, 08:38 AM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Hogwarts, Hobbiton, the Galactic Milieu &Ks when I have to be here
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Is it a bad idea to have any kind of chocolate coz it's so rich in sugar that you get too much too soon?
| My dear young lady, Chocolate is one of the Four Basic Food Groups, coupled with the fact that as any Harry Potter fan knows Chocolate is the True Cure for many ailments. LOL
Seriously though, I am addicted to chocolate and to deal with that addiction I have switched to Semi-sweet baker's chocolate. I have tried them all (Brands in the U.S.), Baker's, Hersey's, Nestle's and many others.
The reason for Semi-sweet is thgat it has less Carbs than Milk Chocolate and I can carefully measure the Carbs I do ingest because the pieces are cut in such a way as to let you know there are either 9 or 8 Carbs per piece. Also, the semi-sweet is more intense in flavor and taste so I can more easily limit my in-take.
All that being said, I prefer the Nestle's Semi-Sweet Baker's Chocolate because it looks like a "Real" bar of Chocolate. The wrapping looks like a "Normal" chocolate bar. It is not some Brick that is difficult to break with your teeth or grainy like cheaper chocolates from a WWII movie. It's texture is almost exactly like a Milk chocoalte candy bar. I actually feel as though I'm being allowed to eat chocolate just like I did when I was "Normal."
Just my $.O2(U.S.)
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02-20-2004, 08:45 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: The mighty shire. England
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| | :p I was doing fine before today by not actually eating any chocolate at all!!!  The stupid thing i just decided to do was make my fiance a nice chocolate cake for when he get's home for the weekend....he's a bigger chocoholic than me so i thought i'd treat him! only trouble is there's only half a cake left!  (wonder where it could hav gone )
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02-20-2004, 09:36 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: SF Bay Area
Posts: 2,869
| | | Hi LauRa and Welcome! Hope to see you around often and get to know you better.
As far as the chocolate goes, if you are carb-counting then you can plan for it and include a bit of it in your diet. Don't know if you're injecting insulin or not, but there's ways to do it.
Welcome again,
HeatherP
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02-20-2004, 09:43 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: The mighty shire. England
Posts: 1,225
| | Quote: Originally posted by HeatherP
Don't know if you're injecting insulin or not, but there's ways to do it.
| Hey i see your a cat lover :p me too 
I am on insulin but its a mixture so i dont think i can give myself any apart from the two times i'm meant too.. 
I have a distant friend of the familly whos on non-mixed inulin(whatever it's called  ) they give themselves a small shot if they've had too much of something i.e chocolate.
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