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Spookie what was in the cabinet safe and sound?Wren, I saw the new guidelines last year. Just checked to see if there was something new right now. There's supposed to be a new announcement this year, but it didn't say when. Did something come out? Google didn't pull anything recent since 2014.
This is an AARP link discussing the 2013-2014 changes in layperson speak.
The problem I had with the 2003 guidelines was they were pushing to have folks @ 110-120 systolic. The complications from overshooting the target with low blood pressure. The falls b/c of Bp dropping with positional change and all the blood pressure medication side effects.
Let me know if there's a new announcement.
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Okay WAIT!!!!!!!! Welcome HERE Loverly! You heard Sass all a-yellin' and everything! Yes, we are here ALL the time... You don't have to pay attention to nothing'... we don't usually...
And you guys are all talking about WHAT? Sunflower butter? I have never heard of it... I love Crunchy Peanut Butter in halves of pickled jalapeno-peppers! You cut them in half, take out the seeds, and stack peanut-butter in them, as a delicious hors-doover!
Sam Arnold, of the Fort, here in Morrison served those to his special guests... And included that recipe in the cook-book he and Coors came out with.
Honest! So that's all I know about peanut butter.
Jazzy, that video was EXCELLENT! I LOVE that kind of music! Okay, I'm sending it to Cammi, for Joey.... That little turd.... I mean Cammi. She is laying pretty low lately.... I mean she is always laying somewhere, but more-so now than usual.... Maybe she will hear us talking about her?
Have you heard of my little Brother? In Nashville? He obviously got the talent in our family... I just got the looks...
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Mel, Eggs and nuts cause you problems since GB out? Just them? Walnuts are a superfood and eggs are now back in favor. Be real careful with protein supplements they can be serious trouble.
Spookie What I disagree with on the glucose range is the inclusion of 101-110 as being high. The range has been pushed so low with treatments that low glucose has been a problem. 70 can quickly drop out. This will make you crazy, I tried to bring a box that had glucose ranges throughout the day. It has HBA1c at "Less than or around 7%". Okaay , I'll cover my ears now.
http://www.webmd.com/diabetes/normal-blood-sugar-levels-chart-adults
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Kenny Malone.... my Brother...
http://www.cowboyjackclement.com/news/niles/120315...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAjEiMyJmZM 0 -
THIS IS SPENCER
Hi1, I knew you were talking to me yesterday. It helped. I threw caution out the window
Chevy are you sick deary? Come on we are all waiting for our morning fix.
OOPS Spencer was cheaper on EBAY. Lesson learned. Link has lot's of pic's if you scroll down
I know it's out there to be talking about a purse and extravagant, but I'm in the mood to treat myself. Kind of done being careful.
Brighton purses come with a Warranty for two years. Of, course I keep bags for 5-6.
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Sass! I'm HERE! It's snowing and cold.... and not looking good out there!
I LOVE Betsy Johnson purses, luggage, etc! They are light weight, and just "fun"! I get them from Ross, it's like a mark-down store.... And then they mark them down even FURTHER! A lot of them are made of silky material.... not just plastic.... And I like that they can adjust over your body.... not only handles.
Am I supposed to NAME my purses? I used to make my own.... out of toddler pants, etc...... Or cute silky ruffled bags, that fit over your body....
I EVEN made cigar-box hand-bags....! But they weren't exactly practical....
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Chevy- I love Betsy Johnson things. I got a cool muffler/neck thingy last winter at Ross. Many good bargins there!
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Sas, the piece of glass you gave me.
That link sounds like the damned Accord study from several years ago. Had the whole diabetes community in an uproar, still sends my BP up.
Put in this perspective. My MO says I could be around another 20 years. If I relaxed my control like that study, and my FORMER PCP suggest, 20 years is plenty of time to develop all the complications none of us want. For those that may not know, that could be: heart attack. Blindness. Amputation of limbs. Neuropathy. Dialysis. A feeding tube for gastroparesis. Impotence if male. Not a disease to be ignored.
I'm no doc, and I don't play one on TV. But I do live with it. That wasn't TOO bad, was it
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Spookie, I knew that'd get you going LOL. Is the steam stopped coming off your scalp?
Yes, Chevy name all those bags and repost. Entertain me
I can't say Lovey anymore b/c we have a Lovey. I'll say Dovey.0 -
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Gonna have to go to Chevys house to cool off. It's gonna SNOW on her!!!
Besides, what I said was true. Who'd make that stuff up???
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Aww...I feel the love.Thank you for the welcomes. Good morning. I am still trying to stay awake. Oh shoot work starts in like 1 minute. Got to go.0 -
Cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Hey Teka, Me too.Why are the called “bald” eagles?
Bald eagles are sometimes thought to actually be bald. This is not true; their head, neck and tail are covered by white feathers. The word bald is derived from balde, an old English word that means white.
I didn't know that
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Welcome. Gorgeous day today and for the next 5!! We will hit the 70's yay. I saved and dried some zina seeds last year and planted them in little pots. They are sprouting! Thrilled since they were hot pink and very hearty. Most of the time when I save seeds they don't do anything.
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Study: Many Medicare cataract patients given needless tests
By Marilynn Marchione
POSTED: 04/16/2015 12:01:00 AM MDTADD A COMMENT
The Associated PressMillions of older people are getting tests they don't need to prove they are healthy enough to have cataracts removed, a new study finds.
The excess testing before this quick, ultra-safe eye procedure is costing them and Medicare a bundle, and many patients don't know they can question it, doctors say.
"They should ask, 'Is it really necessary?' " and how much it will cost them in co-insurance — usually 20 percent under Medicare, said one study leader, Dr. R. Adams Dudley of the University of California-San Francisco.
It's amazing "how much harm a doctor can do with the wiggle of their pen or a check in a box" to order these tests, he said. "In just seconds, they can spend tons of people's time and money."
Removing cataracts that cloud vision is the most common elective operation for older adults, done 1.7 million times each year in the United States. It's an outpatient procedure that takes about 18 minutes and requires only numbing eye drops, not general anesthesia.
"This is one of the lowest-risk surgery procedures you can have," with less than a 1 percent risk of major heart problems or death, said Dr. Catherine Lee Chen, a UCSF anesthesiologist who led the study.
Yet many doctors order preoperative tests such as blood work, chest X-rays, electrocardiograms and even advanced heart and lung tests to ensure a patient can withstand the procedure.
Major studies found that about half of Medicare recipients were getting such tests before cataract removal and that routine testing did not improve outcomes or safety. In 2002, several medical groups issued guidelines advising against it.
Chen did the study to see whether the situation had improved since then and found it had not. Looking at Medicare records on more than 440,000 patients who had cataracts removed in 2011, researchers found that 53 percent had at least one test in the month before surgery.
About 13 percent of patients were given one test; 11 percent had two, 10 percent had three; 7 percent had four; and a whopping 13 percent had five or more tests. The study was published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Just to be serious for a moment!
And YES! Lots of snow coming down! Brought my house-plants in yet again.... supposed to be down to 30 for the next few mornings....
Loverly! So cute!.... What names Sass? You mean the ones I made? I don't have pictures! I don't even have most of the little bags anymore.... I gave them away.... They would have been DAHling for teen-age girls.... Ha!
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Did you guys see this? I was reminded of Blondie's problems getting her meds. I've taken myself off them, just living with the pain. Not like I have something I need to be doing. But I sure don't want to be treated like that.
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Hrmphh! Seems to me that Wakgreen's needs to be sued by a consumer. Then maybe they'll work it out. Explains why all over these boards BCO sisters are having problems.
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My Mom was in hospice and didn't need heavy pain meds until the final week of her life. When they were prescribed, no one wanted to fill the prescription. Finally her hospice nurse got them from a hospital pharmacy where she knew the pharmacist. It was ridiculous. She had lived in the same town and used the same pharmacy for 60 years. They said they didn't carry them because they were afraid of being robbed. Using that logic, banks wouldn't have money.
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Chevy - yes, you read it right - Sunflower Seed Butter! Same consistency as peanut butter and their "chunky" version has sunflower seed in it. Great video link - how amazing to be able to play the drums and make all those different sounds with them with your hands. I kept thinking I'm too uncoordinated...I would never be able to keep up the beat!
Sas - I can eat eggs if I only eat them occasionally...same with the nuts. The egg thing started after I had my second DD. When I was pregnant I ate eggs every day for breakfast because they were the one thing that didn't make my blood sugar go up. Then after I had her every time I ate eggs I had a horrible stomach ache and broke out in a sweat. Avoided them for years, and that was one of the things I was told to be careful with after I had my gb out but now I can eat them every once in a while. It's fine if they are cooked in something - never noticed trouble with that, I just can't eat a scrambled egg every day. I love them with bacon!!! I will definitely be careful with the protein powder...don't plan on using much of that. Your Spencer is beautiful!! Gotta treat yourself sometimes!!
Spookie - you're right - the complications of diabetes can be very serious for sure!
Loveroflife - that is the funniest dog picture!! Love it!
Mags - Wacky article about Walgreens - my insurance does not allow us to go there so we use CVS most of the time.
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Snow around the west I hear! I saw pics from a friend in Wyoming and heard Chevy has the white stuff. Colder in NM but no precip here yet, although rumors of snow for the mountains.
I made myself a home made sugar free root beer float today!
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Now I've never sued anyone, even though I may have had grounds to sue. But I do know(almost) what's suit worthy. Walgreens enters into the state data base that a consumer has been turned down. The next pharmacists checks and see's that the consumer has been turned down. The red flag goes up. They deny the consumer b/c they perceive the consumer is drug seeking, and that's entered into the consumers record. Red flag. Then the next pharmacist turns the consumer down. It's a domino effect. Soon the consumer is effectively blackballed by the state system b/c per the state record, there are repeated entries for denial.
The importance of the exposure of this by the ex-employee is lawyers are going to jump all over this. Soon we will be hearing of a Class Action Suit. GOOD. Blondie has been subjected to it. So, has Bon. I've read here of others. There was a thread last year on the topic. A stage IV gal wanted to know who else was experiencing the same thing. Her story was identical to what Blondie told us that she went through trying to get her pain meds refilled. The cat's out of the bag now.
Walgreen's may have had to pay 80 million to the government. The first class action will be equal or more. I think I'll just C&P this with Mags link and start a thread.
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Welcome lovely
Love betsy johnson
Never will go off mags
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Okey dokey---cleaned up the post and made a thread------------PAIN MEDICATION DENIAL---IS IT TIME TO FIND A LAWYER
https://community.breastcancer.org/forum/110/topic/830496
please, read and offer suggestions re: language grammar etc.
MAGs thanks for bringing the link.
Blondie if you want me to take your name out of the thread topic tell me . It's easy to do.
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MamaRay you did IT!
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Well it's been an hour and no comments---------either they're is an evaluation by the mods...or people are reading the link. I have been known to create controversy
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Hmmm... hot top ... no comments..... maybe Mods are evaluating it..0 -
Good for you MammaRay! Thank you for the reminder not to take the simple things of life for granted
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