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07-04-2009, 11:26 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2004
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Originally Posted by **** 
What with the news today about acetaminophen being a liver killer, I am not too keen on what the fda approves.
| Acetaminophen has been known to be a "liver killer" for, uhm, ever. But sometimes (always, actually), the FDA approves drugs DESPITE side effects. Otherwise we'd have no drugs approved, since ALL have side effects.
The issue with Acetaminophen is people who go out and take 3 different drugs with Acetaminophen in it, and then kill their liver from their triple dose they just took. There's nothing wrong with taking 2 extra strength Tylenol. There is something wrong with taking that, plus Vicodin, plus sinus medicine with Acetaminophen in it. |
07-05-2009, 05:01 AM
|  | Senior Member | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Mt. Dandenong, Victoria, Australia
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Originally Posted by **** If we are making suggestions....
I suggest don't do diet. It does not satisfy, ever.
Hence, you drink more and it then becomes problematic. | i don't know what "don't do diet" means. all i said was i don't ever go into fast food, drive through restaurants...
my office has a barrista in the foyer. i get real coffee for $2.70. i must be spoiled. 
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early July 2007: 16.2%; early Sept 2007: 8.0%; early Dec 2007: 5.9%; early Jun 2008: 6.4%; early Apr 2009: 6.4%
triglycerides: 89 (1.0); HDL chol: 50 (1.2); LDL chol: 19.5 (0.5); total cholesterol 87.5
Lantus before bed - 14u; Novorapid for meals (averaging 10-16u per day); Lowish carb diet |
07-05-2009, 03:23 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: ChicagoArea
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Originally Posted by matingara my office has a barrista in the foyer. i get real coffee for $2.70. i must be spoiled. | I want a job there.
Yes, you are spoiled. |
07-05-2009, 05:21 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Texas
Posts: 65
| | | blah that's happened to me...I usually never get soda from fast food places...all they have are the diet cokes which taste terrible (although coke zero does taste a bite better). I usually get diet orange soda...... When I got sick last year though and I was malnourished I would drink regular soda and bolus all the time without a problem...kinda got me addicted for a while but now I'm just back to the diet stuff -_- i just like the insulin-freeness lol
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07-05-2009, 08:26 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Houston, TX
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| | | Yea, I'm not too terribly big on fast food lately either, but we were down at the beach and it was handy. And I dont want to use my meter to test my drinks because the one Ive got interacts wirelessly with my pump. I've really cut down on soda, but I must say that Ive probably had 3 regular sodas in the 9 years I've been diagnosed. They just taste so nasty to me now. Like carbonated pancake syrup.
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07-05-2009, 08:59 PM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Bellevue, WA
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Originally Posted by VinceF The one touch ultra smart won't test it either but if you lance then add a small bit of the drink to your drop it will register...I usually test the drop without drink first as a control then test with the drink. | Not sure what you mean by that. I test drinks with my Ultrasmart all the time. A diet drink will give you "Error 4."
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07-05-2009, 10:39 PM
| | Senior Member | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Mt. Dandenong, Victoria, Australia
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| | i just tested a "zero coke" on my xceed meter and it said "LO".
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early July 2007: 16.2%; early Sept 2007: 8.0%; early Dec 2007: 5.9%; early Jun 2008: 6.4%; early Apr 2009: 6.4%
triglycerides: 89 (1.0); HDL chol: 50 (1.2); LDL chol: 19.5 (0.5); total cholesterol 87.5
Lantus before bed - 14u; Novorapid for meals (averaging 10-16u per day); Lowish carb diet |
07-06-2009, 02:43 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: TX
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| | Hmm... well I got ahold of some regular coke, I tested with my Bayer Contour, and it gave me a reading of 11!! I tested some Gatorade too and that said 69 (it's not sweeter than the soda, so I'm not sure what's up with that - maybe the electrolytes mess with it)? So I tried the coke again and it said 26... then tried some crystal light (no diet soda around) and it said "LO". Yeah, I don't know what to think.. lol.. but I think I would trust diet to read "LO".
Tested myself and got 123
BTW, I agree about regular tasting like carbonated pancake syrup.. I normally can tell the difference, but if you get a fountain soda with less syrup than normal, it can be difficult to tell the difference right off. |
07-06-2009, 03:06 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: UK
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| | I avoid diet drinks like the plague as they have caffeine which screws up my bg. Diet lemonade is the only drink I have for a treat once in a while. My favourite drink is herbal teas as there are so many and are one of the few things in this world that can't effect my bg even if I overdose on them .
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