Jo's Cafe

Good Morning everyone!  How was your weekend?  We sat around and did diddly squat – ‘cept watching Dr. Who DVDs.  We are catching up on the new series and are into Season 2 now. 

I went to a foot doctor a couple weeks ago and we discovered the reason my feet go to sleep when I walk is because I have a wide foot and an arch that needs some minor support. I’d been wearing normal width shoes and when you walk, your feet expand and mine had no where to go!  New walking shoes and some support for the arch and I’m off walking again.   Roscoe is enjoying it that’s for sure.  Down to the end of our sub-division and back (up some pretty nasty hills mind you) and I’ve done one mile and am pooped.   I know its better for me with my diabetes and hopefully I can get some poundage off and then off these high blood pressure meds.

How is your diabetes control been?   I’m still at an A1C of 6.3 – but feel there are times I’m not in control.  Now that I can walk again, the me being in control is coming back.  Remember – if your body did betray you, the condition does not control you – you control it.  You.Are.In.Charge!

There are many great news articles out there in the last couple weeks, but here are just a few to wet your appetite:

1. Sunlight, Vitamin D May Cut Kids’ Diabetes Risk
   Adequate sun exposure and vitamin D levels may play an important role in helping to prevent type 1 diabetes in children, a new study suggests.
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2. Gene-based diabetes therapy paves way for personalised medicine for all – Times Online
   A therapy tailored to individuals⊘ genes has transformed the treatment of a chronic disease, in a ground-breaking advance for personalised medicine. Hundreds of diabetes sufferers in Britain were able to switch from insulin injections to cheaper, more…
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3. Diabetes Mine – the all things diabetes blog » Top 8 Low-Carb Fake-Outs
   You know how some foods just instinctively seem low-carb — or appear to genuinely be so, based on the package labels, but somehow aren’t? Isn’t that maddening? Here’s my personal list of dreaded “fake-out foods” that spike my blood sugar when…
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4. Tight glucose control cuts risk of diabetic kidney disease
   Maintaining tight control of blood glucose (sugar) in type 2 diabetics reduces the risk of kidney disease by 21 percent, according to results of a study reported at the annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association.
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5. Cancer warning added to diabetic foot gel
   Johnson & Johnson has added a strong “black box” warning about the risk of dying from cancer to the prescribing instructions for the company’s Regranex diabetic foot gel, U.S. regulators said on Friday. A study showed the chances of dying from cancer …
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6. Gum Care Helps Control Type 2 Diabetes and Its Complications
   People with type 2 diabetes can help control the disease by taking better care of their teeth and gums. That’s the case dentists were expected to make at the American Diabetes Association’s annual meeting in San Francisco this weekend.
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7. Two diabetes trials shed a little light on deaths
   Weight gain, the use of multiple drug combinations and perhaps even getting blood sugar too low, too fast may all have been factors in causing early deaths, experts said.
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8. Bloomberg.com: Worldwide
   Sanofi-Aventis SA’s Lantus insulin controlled blood sugar levels for patients in the early stages of diabetes when other methods failed in a study, which may help the French drugmaker’s push to put people on the product sooner.
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Have a great day!