Diabetics: do you count fiber in your carb totals?

[TexLaProgressive]

18. I use stevia and Splenda sparingly

Those are not sugar alcohols which can cause gastric distress. Neither is aspartame, but I avoid it like the plague. It makes my pain and touch nerves ultra sensitive. The skin on the front of my thighs was painful with no visible signs. Then I would have a rush of sensation starting at the feet to the middle of my upper legs. That seemed to have a visual stimulus, like seeing a base runner sliding to base.

After years of avoiding aspartame it is nearly gone, sometimes I'll get a bit on the soles of my feet. Strange but true.