|
February
12,
2002, Issue 91
From the Editors Desk:
This
past Friday a woman came into the pharmacy with prescriptions for
Humalog 75/25, and a glucose meter and strips. She had been in the
hospital and was diagnosed with a blood glucose of 875.
I
asked her what her A1c was and she did not know. I asked her if they
showed her how to inject her insulin and she said no. I asked her if
they showed her how to operate her monitor and she said no. I asked her
how often they told her to monitor and she said “a couple of times a
day.” I then asked if she had been scheduled to receive diabetes
education and she said, “no what is that?”
She
informed me that her doctor had told her to take her readings a couple
of times a day, and if it was over 300 to call him. Otherwise he would
see her in 30 days.
Her
husband told me that they had insurance and wanted to know why no one at
the hospital had told them these things.
I
helped them to learn about the Insulin, the monitor and informed them
that they were entitled to education and they had a right to demand it.
As
they left after 30 minutes I felt great about helping them but I soon
realized how much better a job we all need to do to educate our medical
colleagues on the benefits of education and self-management. Check
out Item 11 to examine the results of education's benefit.
This
week Dr. Richard Bernstein shares with us his insights into
cardiovascular exercise. I’m sure you will find his methods acceptable
to all your patients. Click
Here
Birgitta
I. Rice, MS, R.Ph., CHES, the developer of the WarmFeet® Therapy, has
asked us to invite you to participate in an educator, patient feedback
study. WarmFeet wants to offer the Relaxation therapy program to up to
150 of your patients. They are looking for 25 to 30 medical
professionals who will enlist 1 to 6 patients each. Click
here to get more information and receive your kit
Keep
earning scholarship points to the 2002 AADE Conference by referring new
readers (click here)
RB is a newcomer and submitted 125 names and is in the lead and CK is a
close second with 106 points. NS is third with 86
If your company or clinic already pays your way, we will give you
cash for expenses. Hint: if you go to your association or staff meetings
take a sign up sheet and pass it around.
If
you missed the special feature last week, “Diabetes and Pregnancy: Twice as Important”
Twice as
important. Learn
the strategies for controlling blood sugars during pregnancy! Click
Here
This
weeks item revisted is from January
2, 2001 Issue 33
“Afternoon
Office Visits May Miss ½ of Diabetes Diagnosis”.
Doing a
random blood glucose test in the afternoon can miss 50% of those with
undiagnosed diabetes. See Item #3
Consider
making Diabetes in Control Your home page.
Dave
Joffe,
Editor-in-Chief
-
Steve Freed
Publisher
|
Generate
Individualized meal plans for your patients!
Dr.
Thomas Burke Ph.D. “Nitric
oxide and its role in health and diabetes” 
