Note: Alhough we think these sites offer good information many of these contain fat-phobic stuff mixed within. Please remember never to take anything you read (including on this site) as fact without thinking it through and, if possible and/or necessary, talking it out with your health care team.
Fat Acceptance
- NAAFA - the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance is a major organization in the U.S. fighting for Fat Acceptance.
- ISAA - the International Size Acceptance Association is similar to NAAFA and reaches across borders.
- Stef's Fat Acceptance FAQs - these FAQs are full of useful information and links regarding everything from Usenet groups, clothing, organizations, health, fitness, sports, and numerous other topics. Much of it is not being updated but the information is still of use.
- Also from Stef, the Fat Friendly Health Professionals list - this page can be invaluable to find a doctor or other health professional.
General Diabetes
- The American Diabetes Association and the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation are two of the biggest support and research organizations out there for diabetics in general.
- For folks north of the US there is the Canadian Diabetes Association.
- The incredible Radiance Magazine has, in its archives, a terrific article about fat-accepting ways of handling diabetes and our doctors.
Insulin
- Not just for insulin users, Eli Lilly has a section on Managing Your Diabetes. Lilly is the maker of many human insulins, including Humalog, Lente, and Ultralente.
- The other big insulin maker is Novo-Nordisk. They also make insulin pens.
- For those of us using syringes and pens, the Becton Dickinson (BD) Diabetes Village is full of useful info, including a page about how to inject insulin.
- Do you need a prescription for insulin and syringes where you live? Here's a page that tries to you with that for people in the US. (Generally the answer is yes for new insulins, no for old stuff like R, mixed for syringes.) Anyone have a link to info for other countries?.
Medication
- Glucophage primarily works by reducing the amount of sugar released by the liver. It also has an effect on insulin resistance.
- Avandia also has a web site, as does Actos. Both are fairly new oral anti-insulin-resistance drugs that may be used in place of Rezulin. Rezulin was the first of this class of drugs but has been removed from the shelves in the US (as well as other countries) due to the potential for serious liver problems.
- Prandin is taken before meals and helps your pancreas produce more insulin to cover the meal (if it can).
- The sulfonlyureas, including Glucotrol (aka Glipizide), Gliburide (aka Glynase or Diabeta), and Amaryl all work to increase the pancreas's output of insulin.
Meters & Testing
- Boehringer-Mannheim, maker of Accuchek meters, has merged with Roche. Information about Accuchek meters can be found off the Roche Diagnostics page.
- LifeScan, another meter manufacturer, has Diabetes Self Care pages, along with information about their meters.
- The Children with Diabetes web site, while not applicable to most of us, has a list and reviews of most of the major meters out there. They also have a link to the Meters List which has things from contact info for meter companies (not Internet contact info, though) to highly technical details about the meters.
Other
- Checking your feet regularly is a good way to prevent amputation. The Lower Extremity Amputation Prevention Program aims to help teach foot screening and offers both information plus free monofilaments to use to test your feet.
