What they don’t tell you in the article though, IS why there is a school nurse shortage.
And of course, it is because there is a nurse shortage. Also school nursing jobs don’t pay as well.
CNN.com – Cohen: School nurse�crisis puts kids at risk – Jan 23, 2006
“Why don’t you get the school nurse?” I asked. The principal looked at me like I was an idiot. “The what?” came the reply.
Sadly he won’t get what he wanted but maybe it will help others.
Diabetic wins suit against IRS
Gary Branham didn’t anticipate striking a blow for diabetics who face discrimination because of their disease. He didn’t even know such discrimination existed.
Scientists Discover Gene That Confers Sizable Risk of Diabetes – New York Times
Scientists have discovered a variant gene that confers a sizable extra risk of Type 2 diabetes and that is carried by more than a third of the American population.
Yes, very long, 8 pages on treating Type 2 diabetes.
In the Treatment of Diabetes, Success Often Does Not Pay – New York Times
They did not shut down because they had failed their patients. They closed because they had failed to make money. They were victims of the byzantine world of American health care, in which the real profit is made not by controlling chronic diseases like diabetes but by treating their many complications.
Yes, very long, 8 pages on treating Type 2 diabetes.
In the Treatment of Diabetes, Success Often Does Not Pay – New York Times
They did not shut down because they had failed their patients. They closed because they had failed to make money. They were victims of the byzantine world of American health care, in which the real profit is made not by controlling chronic diseases like diabetes but by treating their many complications.
I haven’t posted about this yet, because
a) I’ve been too busy being sick and with knee pain
b)I haven’t formed an opinion.
Anyway, both diseases disgust me today. Today I’m going to be judgmental and angry with people who are taking their health and trashing it by not eating and exercising to their advantage.
I do have an opinion about this though.
A lot of people look at me and assume I got here because I don’t care about myself, and that I got here because I wanted to.
That’s not really true.
And there are plenty of skinny Type 2 diabetics out there.
I think it is wrong for people to stamitize diabetes. It’s a disease. People don’t choose to get it. They even often don’t choose NOT to get it — sounds weird, but people assume just diet and exercise will do it. It’s not that easy.
As I said, there are plenty of active, thin people with diabetes. I have a friend who is a principal at one of our schools that exercises every day, eats right, has never little excess body fat, but takes 3 different types of oral medications daily.
I also have friends that are very overweight, have been for years, and yet they don’t have diabetes at all.
Even if someone is over weight, it’s often something that the individual has no control over. For years, I exercised every day, dieted, and did everything I could think up. Only one problem. I was only sleeping a few hours a night and had sleep apnea (from a broken jaw, not from being overweight). I kept gaining weight, and once the sleep problems were solved, I started losing weight.
Educating people is a good thing. When a student observes me testing my blood and says — “oh, my grandmother (or other relative) tests her blood like that”. My response is: Make sure you get screened for diabetes every year, since you have a relative, it is more likely you’ll become diabetic someday.
Just make sure you are giving correct facts and you are not adding to the stigmas!
I always knew those Type 2 diabetes drugs weren’t anything to mess with….
I’ll admit to blowing the initial headlines off, thinking — well, it’s a known complication anyway, until I read the following paragraph.
FYI: Eyes scare me AFTER cardiovascular complications.
Rosiglitazone Linked to New/Worsening Macular Edema
A majority of the cases involved concurrent peripheral edema, according to an alert sent today from MedWatch, the FDA’s safety information and adverse event reporting program. In some patients, macular edema resolved or improved after discontinuation of therapy. In one case, the condition resolved after dose reduction.
I always knew those Type 2 diabetes drugs weren’t anything to mess with….
I’ll admit to blowing the initial headlines off, thinking — well, it’s a known complication anyway, until I read the following paragraph.
FYI: Eyes scare me AFTER cardiovascular complications.
Rosiglitazone Linked to New/Worsening Macular Edema
A majority of the cases involved concurrent peripheral edema, according to an alert sent today from MedWatch, the FDA’s safety information and adverse event reporting program. In some patients, macular edema resolved or improved after discontinuation of therapy. In one case, the condition resolved after dose reduction.
I blogged a couple of weeks ago, that I was having trouble with my long Inset fusion sets — they just didn’t seem to be adhering as good as they should.
Well, I called and complained to Animas, and they replaced the two boxes I had left.
The new lots are 100% better! The paper isn’t coming off the set — in fact, I have to be careful to make sure that I don’t tear the paper before it’s completely off the set. And they actually stay on me for three days without extra adhesive.
I called Animas Friday and thanked them, it sure makes life easier.
BD Diabetes – Educational Literature – Your Insulin Adjustment Workbook
Your Insulin Adjustment Workbook