10.25.2008 | 10:40 am | General | Tags: health, Medical, Rants, Reviews
Sometimes I wish we had better health insurance. I work for a small company and it seems like the cost is higher and the benefits are not that great for us. I think maybe if I worked for a larger company with more members maybe the insurance coverage would be better and cheaper. And starting in January, most of the doctors in my local area will not be accepting my insurance. That means I’ll have to be finding a new doctor. I found this website for North Carolina health insurance, I wished Georgia had something like that. I might would just get my own insurance and then I could drop the coverage through my employer. Oh, well. I sometimes wish we had coverage like in Canada but then I have heard that it’s not so great. What’s your opinion??
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08.22.2008 | 3:15 pm | General | Tags: Medical
Dewayne was diagnosed with Diabetes yesterday. After using the monitor for a week, I sent the results to the doctor’s office. The nurse called me and said that after looking at the results the doctor believes that Dewayne is a Diabetic. So the doctor is putting him on a medication called Metformin that he takes one time a day after the evening meal. They also want Dewayne to lose some weight and start an exercise program. But the hardest part will be to change his way of eating. Dewayne loves everything fried (we are from the south and we love everything fried). So we all are going to be eating less fried foods and less breads, and more vegetables, more chicken and fish, and more whole grain breads and cereals. I will now be including some recipes for diabetics.
The nurse recommended the American Diabetes Association’s website (www.diabetes.org) I have already checked it out and it is very informative. There is a lot of great sounding recipes that I am going to try. It explains a lot about diabetes and carbohydrates. When I was a kid and my grandmother had diabetes, I thought that she just couldn’t have sugar and sugary foods. But there is so much more to it. There was a guy at work telling me that a sweet potato is better for a diabetic than a white potato (like a baked potato) and I’m thinking how can that be?? The sweet potato is sweet but the white potato has more carbs than a sweet potato. I’m becoming educated.
Now to get Dewayne to start exercising (and me too). I suggested walking to the nurse and she said that would be good as long as we walked for 30 minutes a day. So I think that’s what we are going to do. Wish us luck.
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08.13.2008 | 10:14 pm | General | Tags: Medical, Sick
My husband, Dewayne, has been going to the doctor for a skin infection since before our vacation. Last Wednesday when he went for a recheck, the doctor wanted him to come in for some fasting (nothing to eat or drink after midnight) blood work. He went in for the blood work this past Monday and the nurse called me on Tuesday with the results. His cholesteral and triglycerides was slightly elevated but the nurse was most concerned with the blood sugar….it was high. So the doctor wants him to monitor it.
I went by the doctor’s office this morning and got a blood glucose monitoring system. The brand is One Touch Ultra 2 and I’m hoping it is easy to use (it says it is on the side of the box) since Dewayne or I had never used one of these things before. So I got the booklet out and read all about it and how to use the monitor. So I’m hoping it will all come together when we start using it in the morning.
Anyway, the nurse wants us to keep up with the readings in the mornings (fasting) and two hours after the evening meals. And then they will decide (by the readings) if he is diabetic or not. I’m praying that he’s not.
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