So last week was another round of doctor appointments. First an echocardiogram, then an osteopath.
The ecg shows an “mild left atrium enlargement” which, the intertubes tell me, is not of immediate serious concern. Plus, no one has called me say I’m going to die tomorrow, so I guess that’s okay. That Doppler ecg screen is [...]
The black hand of depression is closing in on me again. Made much worse by spending the day yesterday doing nothing waiting for a storm that never appeared (except to generate enough wind to knock out the satellite dish at the bar next door so I couldn’t even watch the Sox get routed by Texas [...]
e-patients: What’s in *your* MIB?
Wow. I never even knew this existed.
all those who do not have cancer.
/me raises hand.
Although the doctor is “still out of town”, it’s been 10 days since the biopsy, and his assistant has the report.
“No malignancies identified.”
I have to wait for him to come back to find out what the report says in detail (like whether this is “pre-cancer” or whatever [...]
I got my Blue Cross renewal form today.
The increase is 47%. Forty seven percent. In one year.
2007 rate: $428.87 / mo
2008 rate: $630.99 / mo
Jumpin jebus on a pogo stick.
I guess they need to pay for van Fassen’s “retirement” somehow.
Study Finds a Lack of Health Insurance May Roadblock Some Diabetes Patients From Seeking Critical Treatment
A message seen today on one of the mailing lists I subscribe to:
I was surprised to see the rate on HMO Blue Value Plus plan go up $142 per month per person for 2008 under my so called “small group plan”. Evidently the new universal health law has caused BC to combine small groups and [...]
Bogus Diabetes Test Strips Traced to Chinese Distributor - New York Times
New Diabetes Genetic Risk Factors Found
Interesting. They could use a better proofreader, though.
… “insulin, a hormone key for turning blood sugar into insulin”
erm, not exactly.
Researchers identify genes linked to diabetes - The Boston Globe
Some good news
ST. LOUIS, Jan 26, 2007 (UPI via COMTEX) — About half the U.S. population has the gene that puts them at greater risk of developing diabetes, a study from Saint Louis University said.
From: Diabetes News - American Diabetes Association
Patients piling medical costs on credit cards - The Boston Globe
This is exactly what Sen. Chuck Grassley said does not happen and the extent to which it does happen people have only themselves to blame. When the whole credit reform act (or whatever it’s called - the one that makes it much harder to declare [...]
This should surprise no one.
Seniors, Democrats ask: Must drugs be so costly? - The Boston Globe
The pharmaceutical industry says it plows profits back into research and development, but some question that argument. Drug manufacturers receive the bulk of a drug’s retail price , said Stephen Schondelmeyer , a University of Minnesota researcher who tracks drug [...]
Diabetics Confront a Tangle of Workplace Laws - New York Times
I’m glad I’m self-employed.
Diabetes breakthrough
Interesting reading from the National Post.
American Diabetes Month
Diabetes and Depression
Been there.
Yesterday was the quarterly checkup thing and my numbers were a bit off. I thought they might be.
A1c is up to 6.0 from 5.3. That’s not good. Below 6.0 is target, but I’d like to have a little more room than that. A 0.7 jump is a lot in only 3 months, I think. Must [...]
I joined a gym today. It was sort of a spur-of-the-moment thing. A bit on the expensive side. Sort of. But not really. The price ($70/mo) includes everything, and it has a pool. The last gym I belonged to charged extra for everything including classes and towels. It’ll give me something to do when the [...]
Saw the chiropractor this morning after the ride. He wasn’t happy about my doing the ride at all to begin with and now he wants me to stay off the bike for a few weeks.
WEEKS!?!?
