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So far I just picked up that I need to change my numbers,,,150-200, EIGHT units sub-q.....nm

Posted By: as on 2007-09-07
In Reply to: ESL diabetic dictation and I am LOST. Can you translate how this should look? sm - as

Subject: So far I just picked up that I need to change my numbers,,,150-200, EIGHT units sub-q.....nm

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