Archive for January, 2005
Secretary Announces Plan to Fight Diabetes
Secretary Announces Plan to Fight Diabetes, Highlights Efforts to Promote Prevention
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Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2004
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Secretary Announces Plan to Fight Diabetes, Highlights Efforts to Promote Prevention
HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced Diabetes: A National Plan for Action during a town hall meeting at the National Press Club. This plan [...]
Read More..>>Health Tip: Feel Better About Yourself
From Yahoo Health:
Fri Jan 21,11:46 PM ET
(HealthDayNews) — Women in America are under pressure to measure up to a certain cultural ideal of beauty, which can lead to poor body image, the National Women’s Health Information Center says.
On TV and in print, women are bombarded with images of contemporaries who are extremely thin and have [...]
Fast Food Kills — and could cause Diabetes
I found this great magazine the other day at Walgreens “Low Carb Energy” and checked out their website. On it is some great information, more than is packed into their magazine, and has a nice section on Diabetes. Below is one of the articles on there about Fast Foods.
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Frequent fast food meals increase weight, diabetes [...]
What is Type II Diabetes?
Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes. In type 2 diabetes, either the body does not produce enough insulin or the cells ignore the insulin. Insulin is necessary for the body to be able to use sugar. Sugar is the basic fuel for the cells in the body, and insulin takes the [...]
Read More..>>A Very Bad Day
As I mentioned before, I have a problem with my gall bladder. I have been through a sonogram (results were: no stones) and a HIDA scan. The results of the HIDA scan came back with a “non-functioning gall bladder”. It’s only working about 5%. BUT, the doctor doesn’t want to take it out until I’ve [...]
Read More..>>Hypothyroidism - My other condition
I should also note that I also suffer from Hypothyroidism due to Radio Active Iodine treatment for Graves Disease. Fortunately for me, I have this as under control as possible.
What RAI does is kill the thyroid off. Mine had gotten so bad that it was the only option available to me (that’s what I [...]
Med Increase Helping
I can tell the medication increase has helped. I was having problems with my right ankle and foot swelling throughout the day - even with making sure I have it elevated and I don’t wear shoes often that could inflame it (ie: High Heels). When they would very swollen, I would have to revert to [...]
Read More..>>This Morning’s BG
This morning’s BG is the lowest I’ve had since I’ve started on this journey. 236! Yes, it’s still high, but getting it down to this point is a mile stone for me. Of course, when I tested 2 hours after breakfast, it had risen to 301 . I took 4mg of Avandia at breakfast - [...]
Read More..>>About my Gall Bladder Condition
It is called “Acalculous Cholecystitis”. Here is the information on it from EMedicine.com
Synonyms and related keywords: gallbladder inflammation, inflammation of the gallbladder, total parenteral nutrition, TPN, bile stasis, gallbladder stasis, stagnant bile, gallbladder dysmotility, sepsis with biliary tract infection, AIDS cholangiopathy, TPN-associated liver disease, cholecystectomy, percutaneous cholecystostomy
Background: Acalculous cholecystitis is a severe illness that [...]
Doctor’s Appointment Monday 01/10/05
No – it was not good at all. First – I tested yesterday morning, with a reading of 292. When I got to the doctor’s office, they checked with their meter and it was 134, and I had my meter with me and we checked it against theirs with the same drop of blood and [...]
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