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Sudden Weight Loss Can Happen for Both Diabetes and Prediabetes

One of the most common symptoms of diabetes and prediabetes alike is sudden weight loss.  I began to notice i was losing weight when a belt i bought from Giordano in Aug 07 became too large within a month and i had to go back for them to punch 2 additional holes.
I convinced myself that [...]

Top 10 Symptoms of Prediabetes and Diabetes

There are several tell tale symptoms of prediabetes and diabetes.  A diabetic or prediabetic may or may not have all of these listed below but if you do experience any of them, you may want to visit the doctor to perform a fasting plasma glucose test (FPG) or HbA1c test to determine if you have diabetes.  [...]

Metformin + Me (II) - More Giddy Spells…Hypoglycemia?

It was end Jan 08 and 2 months had passed since i had my last check, I had to go back to Doctor B for followup test for HbA1C & fasting plasma glucose FPG tests. I was very confident that i will be getting good results because i have been exercising hard and have been [...]

Metformin + Me => Giddy Spells

News spread in the office soon and many colleagues were recommending me to seek a second opinion.  I agreed but not till about 3 weeks later.  The doctor was from someplace near my company and will called him Doctor B.
Doctor B recommended that i just test my HbA1c levels.  When i first got back my HbA1c results which [...]

Dear…My Health Results are ok Except That I have Diabetes

After getting my health report and learning that i am a diabetic, the first thing that goes through my mind is how to disclose to my dear wife Elaine.
Should i call her immediately or should i keep it from her so that she will not worry??? Or shall i candidly put it across? Or maybe should [...]

Diabetes? Don’t Pull My Leg, Doctor!

I can still recall the morning when i went to the medical center to get my annual health report.  The doctor whom i will call Dr. A (i saw a few doctors so have to differentiate) was smiling and going through the medical examination results with me. Must be good..i thought.
“Your health is very good generally [...]

The JOURNEY Against Prediabetes Begins

Hello, i am Poh Heng and this is my very first post on my first personal website. Hurray, i did it…after months of reading, planning, going round in circles on how to start i.e from a complete idiot knowing nothing about creating websites, knowing nuts about hosting, domain names, DNS etc…to something that looked presentable [...]