Why Do Doctor's Have Such Bad Handwriting?
Marilyn Sue McClintock
8 years ago
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Comments (22)Your glucose of 128 may not be all that bad. It depends on when the reading was made. Your glucose level will be elevated after you eat. Blood sugar readings should be taken just before you eat. This lets you know if you can have a serving or must limit the carbohydrates. I've been on meds for diabetes type 2 for 10 years. My preferred glucose range is 90 to 120. The diabetic educator does not want to see readings above 120, although an excursion above this number isn't fatal if you can bring it back down. A flu attack will wreak havoc with the glucose munbers; Some people crash while others have elevated readings. Going out in the cold may raise your blood sugar. It has gotten increasingly difficult for me to control my glucose levels, however, I have found that for me, weight is the biggest factor. My blood sugar is more easily controlled when I an loosing weight, and I've got quite a bit to lose. The other factor is exercise, not just a stint of cardovascular trainning, but real labor over a long enough period of time to burn off calories. The labor does not have to be extreme, just enough of it to burn calories. My problem is finding something that is not boring. Taking a 3 mile hike on a trail is good. I may not be expending energy very fast, but it is at a steady pace and I am on my feet the whole time. Later, when the weather improves, I will be taking my bicycle out for runs. being cooped up in winter is very bad for diabetics. Another way for me to add exercise to my routine is to walk to the grocery store rather than drive. I live within 0.7 mile of a neighborhood grocery store and when I walk there for small items, it helps my health. Along with blood sugar, blood pressure is important too. My blood pressure has been under control ever since I started watching for excess salt in my diet. These days, it is sad, but, you can get sandbagged in the grocery store on salt. Sadly, I can't bring home most canned soups. Have you read the sodium content lately? The amount of sodium listed on the can is for one serving. You must look for how many servings are in a can and multipy the two numbers to find how much salt is in one can. it's revealng. Many soups run 600 to 900 mg (milligrams) of sodium per serving and may have 3.5 servings per can. This would be my entire days salt needs - That's too much. For a male, 2000 to 2500 mg of salt per day is plenty. The only readon to increase this amount is if one is sweaating a lot from labor and hot weather. Good luck on your endevor. I think that you have caught your early enough to stave it off with life style changes....See MoreWhat Do You Have Too Much Of, & Why Do You Have It?
Comments (89)So many people with issues with parents...sad. I was loved, I had toys and gifts,dresses, dolls, books, sport stuff, games,I lacked for nothing . But as I got older, I think I tried to "recapture" my childhood. As an adult, I loved antique shows, flea markets, garage sales. Any time I saw something we had in our house growing up, I had to buy it. I even bought too many rose bushes and planted them in my garden, trying to re-create my Grandma's rose garden. I now have a linen closet stacked with doilies and tablecloths I'll never use, sets of fancy glasses too fragile to use, things like that. Oh, and on the funny side, my daughter cleaned out my bathroom just yesterday. She found eleven bottles of Listerine. I don't know, I hate the stuff, it burns... I remember buying one bottle because it did everything, whitens teeth, freshens breath, makes gums healthy, strengthens the enamel. I'm just always looking for something to make me happy....See MoreMy rant - why is the government now prescribing for doctors?
Comments (34)This is an issue that I struggle with on a daily basis. I have a disease that causes me great amounts of pain. In addition, I suffer with fibromyalgia and I need a knee replacement-my knee is bone on bone and has been that way for a few years. I also fractured my spine 5 years ago so I have bad, chronic pain from that. I cannot walk unassisted-I need a cane now, and will be transitioning to a walker in a year or so. I cannot climb stairs without assistance and I cannot bend my left knee. My disease exaserbates my knee problem because my ankles don't bend so my gait is off-throwing off my hips and back too. About 8 years ago I was prescribed 60 325/5mg Norco-the lowest dose available, and it was to take one to two a day as needed for severe pain. For 5 years I seldom refilled except ever few months. Then I developed the fibro and my knee got worse. Coupled with my physically demanding job, I was having to take the two pills a day. Then the pain just kept getting worse-which is very typical with the disease I have. So since I only had a prescription for 2 pills a day, I'd only take them when I could not longer bear the pain-I'd be at about a level 5 all day and I'd take the pills when it got to a 7. As a long term chronic pain sufferer you learn to live with pain! My doctor told me that I was in a very, very small group of his pain management patients who really did need the pain pills. I never called in for early refills, my urine tests always came back clean, etc. But then he retired and I got a new doctor. My new doctor doesn't believe me that I now need a higher dose of the Norco. A nurse told me that the dose I've been prescribed (for 8 years) is virtually the equivalent of a Tylenol 3-used to help someone get over a sprained back and not for a long term-chronic pain sufferer. My doc prescribed Tramadol-which helped somewhat with my fibro pain but didn't do anything at all for the other pain-the pain that would make me white out at times, feel like I was going to vomit from pain, and keep me up all night, in tears. I kept refilling it because it did help me get through the day at work when just wearing clothing hurt and my HAIR hurt-but I'd save the Norco till bed time so I could take two just so I might be able to sleep without crying. FInally I went in to see him, literally in tears because I hurt so bad, to ask to get my prescription increased. He's had me take xrays which show severe arthritis and bone spurs in my left knee. Arthritis in my ankles, my right knee, my back and my neck. (I was told 15 years ago I had the neck of an 80 year old, it's so damaged from car accidents). So he has proof that I'm in agony but he told me that since I already take Tramadol, he won't increase the Norco, because it will just stop working and I'll need higher and higher doses. He blames the extra weight I've put on because I CANNOT WALK ANY MORE to the Norco stopping my metabolism. His solution to my crying in agony was for me to call the bariatric unit to get into the gastric bypass program so I will lose weight so they'll fix my knee. In a very best case scenario that would be at least 18 months out, and it won't help the lymphedema or the arthritis in the rest of my body. My friend has fentanyl patches, takes Lyrica, and gets regular injections for her various pains. I do not want to move on to Oxycodone or fentanyl! I just want my Norco increased to 1-2 every 4 hours as needed-which is the TYPICAL low dose. I won't even take them if I don't need them! I can't take ibuprofen-it causes stomach bleeding in me. I try cannabis, I try massage, accupuncture, stretching, water exercises, heat/cold you name it. I have said to my doctor that I've considered having my legs amputated if it would mean that pain would stop-of course I wouldn't do that but when you have such bad pain that you'd sacrifice your legs to make it stop-THAT is real pain. I really do live in fear of what will happen if the pain meds are further restricted....See MoreWhy do bad things happen in clusters?
Comments (34)It is so hard to know when the time is right to let a pet go. We took our Annabel to the vet (this was several years ago) because of incontinence and trouble standing sometimes. They ran her blood tests again and said her liver (I think) numbers were continuing to worsen. They do an extensive panel every year, so we had a baseline. During the conversation, he said it would not get better and she would start to be in pain at some point. We brought her home and called the clinic that comes to the home to put her down. Around here, it is Lap of Love, but they have offices/clinics in many areas. I would keep the appointment, but ask the vet his honest opinion and get any recommended tests. The not being able to stand is often a sign that time is running out. My heart goes out to you. Hope the car is an easy fix and floor is as well....See Morelgmd_gaz
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