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Glucose Tablets for Lows

I have been having issues with my high blood pressure medication, so really sick and tired of hearing about them.  BUT now this: “Popular BP drugs may cause diabetes“.   Great - just great.  

If you are hypertensive and have been prescribed one of the widely used class of medicines called beta blockers—drugs like atenolol, inderal and metaprolol— you could be running an unacceptable risk of diabetes.

Just so happens, the SGM is on atenolol and my doctor won’t put me on it because it supposedly masks low sugar symptoms.  Now I have to worry about him becoming a diabetic?   Rats.   Not happy being a diabetic this week with all the mess going on with my medications - so sorry for the downer right off the top.

Its been 86 years since insulin was first used on Type 1 patients.   Although we are still hunting a cure, at least with insulin, people with T1 can live normal lives.

So, now we can’t drink the water?   I’m waiting for the day these people tell us that breathing is bad for us and we need to stop.  “Arsenic in Water May Be Tied to Diabetes“ 

Arsenic occurs naturally in the environment and is combined with other elements such as oxygen, chlorine, and sulfur to form inorganic arsenic compounds. Higher-than-average levels generally occur in workplaces, near or in hazardous waste sites, and in areas with high levels naturally occurring in soil, rocks, and water.  Arsenic can enter drinking water naturally when minerals dissolve, but it is also an industrial pollutant derived from both from coal burning and copper smelting.

No more copper smelting for me   How about more spices?

I recall a few weeks after being diagnosed with diabetes sitting in the tanning salon waiting my turn.  There was a gal in there three times my size waiting too while shoving a Snickers bar in her mouth and washing it down with a Coke.   I shot hot poker eye daggers at her the whole while in my head screaming, ‘ITS NOT FAIR!”   But - does obesity mean diabetes?  Not always. 

“Heritage Labs Launches Home Diabetes Test“  Still - got see a doctor if you’re not sure. 

Have a great week.

** Photo: Glucose Tabs - Diabetes 365 Day 29 - Nov 03, 2007; Originally uploaded to Flickr by cbenefiel