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  • My Knee, Blood sugar, etc.

    My knee is still pretty good today.  I’m having odd pains when I’m at rest, either in bed or in a chair, but walking is okay.  Stairs, even one stair is a bit hard, but I still can’t believe how much good one PT session did.  I’ve been better since I saw the PT than I was all last month.

    I am able to do some walking on the treadmill.  I’m doing 5 1/2 minutes today, SLOW, 2.0 mph, after meals, though this evening will be tough as I am going to a party, and so will the school day.  I’ll have to see how things go after Monday’s PT session.

    My blood sugar is much better than it’s been.  It had one of those days yesterday when I was just hungry all day, but today, I’m sick to my stomach and don’t feel much like eating (probably Symlin).  I wish I would have less days like Saturday.

    I’m off to visit a good agility friend who fell yesterday and had surgery this morning to repair a broken hip.  Then I’m heading to the party.

  • My knee

    It is SO much better!  I was afraid to get out of bed, as I was having some pain, but not a lot.  It didn’t hurt to put weight on it!

    I did some of the physical therapy exercises and I did two sets of 2 1/2 minutes at 2.0 mph on the treadmill after breakfast.  Not a lot, but seeing as how I couldn’t walk without crutches when I got up yesterday, it’s huge improvement.  I’m going to try to do 5 minutes after every meal for a while, then slowly up the distance.

  • My knee

    Just got out of the hot tub, and I’m doing SO much better.  I went and made a copy of the physical therapy sheet as I know I’ll need those exercises the minute I wake up.

    I can’t believe the difference the physical therapy made.

  • Physical Therapy

    I got into the Physical Therapist, got evaluated and got my first workout.  I actually walked out with a pain score of about 3.  I went in with a pain score of about 7-8, so it really did some good.

    I’ve already done a round of exercises since I got home, and feel even better.

    The therapist indicated that I would probably be able to keep running dog agility but maybe not pain free.  That is super news!

  • D-New Tibits

    Amy posted about the shift from BMI to girth measurement.

    Diabetes Mine: More Titillating D-News Tidbits

    I’ve been watching the cardio vascular news pretty closely (that’s the major complication that got my father and his parents). The movement from BMI to girth measurement has been a well documented, but slow shift.

    And I certainly fit the model!

  • My Doctor – Part II

    Well, I know have a lot more confidence in him.  Hey, it takes me a while, and no one I go to ever knows who he is ….

    Anyway, he was right on the money on the diagnosis.  I got the xray done, and a letter from the radiologist.  I see him at 2:45 to get a referall to the physical therapist.

  • My doctor

    I am very happy with my doctor right now.

    He had written instructions to his assistant to write orders for an xray.

    Also he called back quickly after hours.

    Right now I’m waiting to get an xray.

  • Knee

    My whole leg hurts, from the knee down to my toes!  Icing hasn’t helped much.  I’ve got a Thermacare wrap on it now, but it isn’t either.  The hot tub helped earlier, so I’m going to hobble down when I get enough courage and try that again.

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    Hot tub helped — I have more range of motion.  Oddly enough blood sugar is lower, not higher, as I expected.

  • Knee

    My whole leg hurts, from the knee down to my toes!  Icing hasn’t helped much.  I’ve got a Thermacare wrap on it now, but it isn’t either.  The hot tub helped earlier, so I’m going to hobble down when I get enough courage and try that again.

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    Hot tub helped — I have more range of motion.  Oddly enough blood sugar is lower, not higher, as I expected.

  • Yikes!

    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.