Guest guest Posted October 24, 2003 Report Share Posted October 24, 2003 Congratulations ! I knew you could do it! Especially, with the help of , yoou have learned how to deal with this thing called diabetes. Hang in there and thanks for a good job of sharing hope and showing the way! is a success! > Hi all. > > , I have to share this with the list. I have to! You deserve a pat on > the back and a way to go from everyone. As many of you know, , from > Canada, who is on this list recently lost her eye sight from diabetes. I > have been working with her off list for nearly a month to help get her > regulated. She has been a type 1 diabetic for 30 years, or there about. Her > doctors gave up on her ever being regulated saying she was brittle and there > is nothing they could do for her. This was told to her from one of the top > notch diabetic specialist hospitals in London. They sent her home hopeless > and told her she would be a brittle diabetic for her whole life. I began to > work very closely with her nearly emailing 5 to 6 times a day with her. Why? > Because I care and I knew there was hope for her. > > I quickly realized she was eating a traditional ADA high carb diet and using > the old sliding scale insulin technique that went out 15 years ago. I began > to instruct her on carb counting and dosing insulin, taking glucose tablets > to combat low sugars, and how to bring high sugars down by calculating > humalog doses and drinking water. > > After 3.5 to 4 weeks or so of working intensely with her off list, she is > now eating 30 grams of carbs for each meal, now understands carb counting, > how to count humalog to cover her carbs, and eats glucose tablets when she > is low sugared so she won't sky rocket. , I want to say to you > personally on list... good job! Folks, here are 's readings 3.5 to 4 > weeks of her working on her sugars. Bare in mind, doctors told her for her > entire life she could never have normal blood sugars. > > BTW Canadians use different numbers than we do. You times the Canadian > number by 18 to get the equivalent US reading so I'll do that for her. > > pre-breakfast > blood sugar 115 > humalin n six > humalog four > carbs 30 grams > > noon pre lunch > blood sugar 104 > humalog five > 30 grams of carbs > > presupper > blood sugar 100 > humalog four > 30 grams of carbs > > evening/bedtime > blood sugar 99 > humalin six > > Prior to getting some training on the newer techniques she could use > to fight this disease, she was running blood sugars that went from 35, to > 390, to 190, to 77, to 269, to 55, and so on. This is what doctors classify > as a brittle diabetic. I was also termed this prior to me gaining control > via carb counting. > > , God bless you! If you can do it one day, you can do it two. If you > can do it two days, you can do it for the rest of your life! > > Folks, this works! was fed the lie that it was hopeless for her. Fed > the lie that she would always be a brittle diabetic, meaning never be > regulated and run high and low bgs for her entire life. It was quite simple > to get her to these levels, of which she never attained by any doctor in her > life. She did the following: > > * quit purchasing foods that didn't have a food label on them. Foods without > a label, you can not accurately measure carb grams. > > * for low blood sugars, she quit drinking sugared pop, eating candy, orange > juice, etc. all old outdated ADA techniques for dealing with low blood > sugars that were spiking her sugars all the time. Instead, she now eats > glucose tablets to deal with low blood sugars so she doesn't spike any more > in the 200 to 300 range. > > * lowered her carb grams to 30 grams a meal and has adjusted her humalog to > cover those 30 grams at each meal > > This has not been easy for her. She has been through a lot lately in her > life and she really needs to hear it from all of us. , sorry if you are > taken back by me posting your sugar levels to the list but you deserve to be > heard! You are a success story ! You proved the doctors wrong and your > story needs to be heard. The doctors who told you for years it was hopeless > were not correct. You proved them wrong gal! Good job! > > warmest regards, > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 24, 2003 Report Share Posted October 24, 2003 Dear , and List, Joy to and victory to JUstin. Pure inspiration to all of us with special food needs and thanks!!! God bless both of you. Rita Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 24, 2003 Report Share Posted October 24, 2003 Hey thanks Harry but is the hero here smiles. She has put in countless hours of applying new techniques, testing what foods effect her bgs, and flat out kicking diabetes rear end! , your awesome! BTW she is very busy right now playing catch up on emails so she may not reply smiles but I wanted to let everyone know since I know she would never toot her own horn smiles. So I had to toot it for her... honk honk is in control!! is a success! > > > > Hi all. > > > > , I have to share this with the list. I have to! You deserve a pat on > > the back and a way to go from everyone. As many of you know, , from > > Canada, who is on this list recently lost her eye sight from diabetes. I > > have been working with her off list for nearly a month to help get her > > regulated. She has been a type 1 diabetic for 30 years, or there about. > Her > > doctors gave up on her ever being regulated saying she was brittle and > there > > is nothing they could do for her. This was told to her from one of the top > > notch diabetic specialist hospitals in London. They sent her home hopeless > > and told her she would be a brittle diabetic for her whole life. I began > to > > work very closely with her nearly emailing 5 to 6 times a day with her. > Why? > > Because I care and I knew there was hope for her. > > > > I quickly realized she was eating a traditional ADA high carb diet and > using > > the old sliding scale insulin technique that went out 15 years ago. I > began > > to instruct her on carb counting and dosing insulin, taking glucose > tablets > > to combat low sugars, and how to bring high sugars down by calculating > > humalog doses and drinking water. > > > > After 3.5 to 4 weeks or so of working intensely with her off list, she is > > now eating 30 grams of carbs for each meal, now understands carb counting, > > how to count humalog to cover her carbs, and eats glucose tablets when she > > is low sugared so she won't sky rocket. , I want to say to you > > personally on list... good job! Folks, here are 's readings 3.5 to 4 > > weeks of her working on her sugars. Bare in mind, doctors told her for her > > entire life she could never have normal blood sugars. > > > > BTW Canadians use different numbers than we do. You times the Canadian > > number by 18 to get the equivalent US reading so I'll do that for her. > > > > pre-breakfast > > blood sugar 115 > > humalin n six > > humalog four > > carbs 30 grams > > > > noon pre lunch > > blood sugar 104 > > humalog five > > 30 grams of carbs > > > > presupper > > blood sugar 100 > > humalog four > > 30 grams of carbs > > > > evening/bedtime > > blood sugar 99 > > humalin six > > > > Prior to getting some training on the newer techniques she could use > > to fight this disease, she was running blood sugars that went from 35, to > > 390, to 190, to 77, to 269, to 55, and so on. This is what doctors > classify > > as a brittle diabetic. I was also termed this prior to me gaining control > > via carb counting. > > > > , God bless you! If you can do it one day, you can do it two. If you > > can do it two days, you can do it for the rest of your life! > > > > Folks, this works! was fed the lie that it was hopeless for her. Fed > > the lie that she would always be a brittle diabetic, meaning never be > > regulated and run high and low bgs for her entire life. It was quite > simple > > to get her to these levels, of which she never attained by any doctor in > her > > life. She did the following: > > > > * quit purchasing foods that didn't have a food label on them. Foods > without > > a label, you can not accurately measure carb grams. > > > > * for low blood sugars, she quit drinking sugared pop, eating candy, > orange > > juice, etc. all old outdated ADA techniques for dealing with low blood > > sugars that were spiking her sugars all the time. Instead, she now eats > > glucose tablets to deal with low blood sugars so she doesn't spike any > more > > in the 200 to 300 range. > > > > * lowered her carb grams to 30 grams a meal and has adjusted her humalog > to > > cover those 30 grams at each meal > > > > This has not been easy for her. She has been through a lot lately in her > > life and she really needs to hear it from all of us. , sorry if you > are > > taken back by me posting your sugar levels to the list but you deserve to > be > > heard! You are a success story ! You proved the doctors wrong and > your > > story needs to be heard. The doctors who told you for years it was > hopeless > > were not correct. You proved them wrong gal! Good job! > > > > warmest regards, > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 24, 2003 Report Share Posted October 24, 2003 I can't add anything to that but Hurray for ! When the doctors tells you that you can't, just tell them, 'YES, I CAN!!!' I'm just going to have to go back and read ALL of the posts I missed while we were away. That shouldn't take more than a few weeks Del > Hi Rita. > > After seeing 's results... I got the fire burning in my bones again > folks! Here I come at ya with both barrels loaded packed full of love and > concern... bang bang... Let me say it to everyone on this list!! Controlling > diabetes is possible! 100% possible! You can kick its rear end! <snipped> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 24, 2003 Report Share Posted October 24, 2003 Hi Del. All of us have had a lot of heart felt posts lately. Check out the thread that is entitled food will kill you. Lots of good heart felt posts in that one. kind regards, Re: is a success! > I can't add anything to that but Hurray for ! When the > doctors tells you that you can't, just tell them, 'YES, I CAN!!!' > I'm just going to have to go back and read ALL of the posts I missed > while we were away. That shouldn't take more than a few weeks > > Del > > > > > Hi Rita. > > > > After seeing 's results... I got the fire burning in my bones > again > > folks! Here I come at ya with both barrels loaded packed full of > love and > > concern... bang bang... Let me say it to everyone on this list!! > Controlling > > diabetes is possible! 100% possible! You can kick its rear end! > <snipped> > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 24, 2003 Report Share Posted October 24, 2003 Talking about food...I bought some of the Ezekiel bread I had previously mentioned from Trader Joes's. it is not too bad, but rather dry and needs butter on it. I don't know how it would be with a sandwich. I will try it tomorrow as French toast-maybe soaking it in some egg Beter will moisten it up! Re: Re: is a success! Hi Del. All of us have had a lot of heart felt posts lately. Check out the thread that is entitled food will kill you. Lots of good heart felt posts in that one. kind regards, Re: is a success! > I can't add anything to that but Hurray for ! When the > doctors tells you that you can't, just tell them, 'YES, I CAN!!!' > I'm just going to have to go back and read ALL of the posts I missed > while we were away. That shouldn't take more than a few weeks > > Del > > > > > Hi Rita. > > > > After seeing 's results... I got the fire burning in my bones > again > > folks! Here I come at ya with both barrels loaded packed full of > love and > > concern... bang bang... Let me say it to everyone on this list!! > Controlling > > diabetes is possible! 100% possible! You can kick its rear end! > <snipped> > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 24, 2003 Report Share Posted October 24, 2003 Well, , i was wondering why we had not been hearing from you. i am so glad you are doing so much better. the carb control and counting and dosing accordingly has really worked for me too. so glad you are in better shape. I bet you are feeling better too. Congrats! is a success! Hi all. , I have to share this with the list. I have to! You deserve a pat on the back and a way to go from everyone. As many of you know, , from Canada, who is on this list recently lost her eye sight from diabetes. I have been working with her off list for nearly a month to help get her regulated. She has been a type 1 diabetic for 30 years, or there about. Her doctors gave up on her ever being regulated saying she was brittle and there is nothing they could do for her. This was told to her from one of the top notch diabetic specialist hospitals in London. They sent her home hopeless and told her she would be a brittle diabetic for her whole life. I began to work very closely with her nearly emailing 5 to 6 times a day with her. Why? Because I care and I knew there was hope for her. I quickly realized she was eating a traditional ADA high carb diet and using the old sliding scale insulin technique that went out 15 years ago. I began to instruct her on carb counting and dosing insulin, taking glucose tablets to combat low sugars, and how to bring high sugars down by calculating humalog doses and drinking water. After 3.5 to 4 weeks or so of working intensely with her off list, she is now eating 30 grams of carbs for each meal, now understands carb counting, how to count humalog to cover her carbs, and eats glucose tablets when she is low sugared so she won't sky rocket. , I want to say to you personally on list... good job! Folks, here are 's readings 3.5 to 4 weeks of her working on her sugars. Bare in mind, doctors told her for her entire life she could never have normal blood sugars. BTW Canadians use different numbers than we do. You times the Canadian number by 18 to get the equivalent US reading so I'll do that for her. pre-breakfast blood sugar 115 humalin n six humalog four carbs 30 grams noon pre lunch blood sugar 104 humalog five 30 grams of carbs presupper blood sugar 100 humalog four 30 grams of carbs evening/bedtime blood sugar 99 humalin six Prior to getting some training on the newer techniques she could use to fight this disease, she was running blood sugars that went from 35, to 390, to 190, to 77, to 269, to 55, and so on. This is what doctors classify as a brittle diabetic. I was also termed this prior to me gaining control via carb counting. , God bless you! If you can do it one day, you can do it two. If you can do it two days, you can do it for the rest of your life! Folks, this works! was fed the lie that it was hopeless for her. Fed the lie that she would always be a brittle diabetic, meaning never be regulated and run high and low bgs for her entire life. It was quite simple to get her to these levels, of which she never attained by any doctor in her life. She did the following: * quit purchasing foods that didn't have a food label on them. Foods without a label, you can not accurately measure carb grams. * for low blood sugars, she quit drinking sugared pop, eating candy, orange juice, etc. all old outdated ADA techniques for dealing with low blood sugars that were spiking her sugars all the time. Instead, she now eats glucose tablets to deal with low blood sugars so she doesn't spike any more in the 200 to 300 range. * lowered her carb grams to 30 grams a meal and has adjusted her humalog to cover those 30 grams at each meal This has not been easy for her. She has been through a lot lately in her life and she really needs to hear it from all of us. , sorry if you are taken back by me posting your sugar levels to the list but you deserve to be heard! You are a success story ! You proved the doctors wrong and your story needs to be heard. The doctors who told you for years it was hopeless were not correct. You proved them wrong gal! Good job! warmest regards, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 24, 2003 Report Share Posted October 24, 2003 That's about what I do , Dell. Breakfast will be about 7:30 if you and yur wife can make it! Re: is a success! Add a bit if vanilla extract to the batter, then top with splenda, cinnamon and real butter. Ummmm...what time is breakfast ? --- > hey now that sounds good -- french toast... could sprinkle some splenda on > top as a powdered sugar substitute and not need any syrup. The low/sugar > free syrup out there is high carb since they replace the sugar with carbs. > Unless, which I don't know, they may make sincerely true sugar free syrup > without corn starch/corn syrup and with splenda/nutra sweet but check the > carb grams on the bottle prior to using. > > > regards, > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 26, 2003 Report Share Posted October 26, 2003 justin i can not tell u how much i appreciate your assistance with my diabetes. my family are now supporting me and trying to help me get information on carbs, smile. i think u understand how much i appreciate the time and effort u have given me. i hope my children will never have diabetes but if they do they will get good information as a tool to prevent blindness and all the other complications. justin i will pray for u and all the others u are helping tomorrow when i go to church. love, karen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 26, 2003 Report Share Posted October 26, 2003 harry, i do truly am grateful for justin and all his wisdom. but i have also learned by reading your emails to justin and his to you. i know i will likely never meet anyone on this link but it has been so worthwhile to be exposed to the education on learning to control our condition. i would like to thank u too. i have my first appointment with a diabetes specialist in december. i just want to go in there and show him it can be done. many thanks, karen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 26, 2003 Report Share Posted October 26, 2003 I love successful women! May I have the next dance? Re: is a success! > harry, i do truly am grateful for justin and all his wisdom. but i have also > learned by reading your emails to justin and his to you. i know i will > likely never meet anyone on this link but it has been so worthwhile to be > exposed to the education on learning to control our condition. i would like > to thank u too. i have my first appointment with a diabetes specialist in > december. i just want to go in there and show him it can be done. many > thanks, karen > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 26, 2003 Report Share Posted October 26, 2003 Hi . Yes, pray for me. I can use it smiles. I know you appreciate what I've done to help you but the satisfaction I get is seeing you be successful at controling your blood sugars. Ah, so so so satisfying to me smiles. Seeing a brittle diabetic take absolute control over her 30 years of crazy sugars. That makes me smile. Your awesome . You deserve a diet pop for a treat smiles. You have done a lot of hard work to get where you are at and I know others on the list have done very hard work to get good sugars as well. In fact, I'm certain some lurkers are practisingn some of this stuff as well and seeing better bgs results. Re: is a success! > justin > i can not tell u how much i appreciate your assistance with my diabetes. my > family are now supporting me and trying to help me get information on carbs, > smile. i think u understand how much i appreciate the time and effort u have > given me. i hope my children will never have diabetes but if they do they > will get good information as a tool to prevent blindness and all the other > complications. justin i will pray for u and all the others u are helping > tomorrow when i go to church. love, karen > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 26, 2003 Report Share Posted October 26, 2003 Good for you, ! show that guy! Re: is a success! harry, i do truly am grateful for justin and all his wisdom. but i have also learned by reading your emails to justin and his to you. i know i will likely never meet anyone on this link but it has been so worthwhile to be exposed to the education on learning to control our condition. i would like to thank u too. i have my first appointment with a diabetes specialist in december. i just want to go in there and show him it can be done. many thanks, karen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 26, 2003 Report Share Posted October 26, 2003 Hi . You go show the diabetes specialist who is the real specialist, you. You will probably know more than him. After all, who do you think taught him much of his knowledge? Diabetics did smiles. Re: is a success! > harry, i do truly am grateful for justin and all his wisdom. but i have also > learned by reading your emails to justin and his to you. i know i will > likely never meet anyone on this link but it has been so worthwhile to be > exposed to the education on learning to control our condition. i would like > to thank u too. i have my first appointment with a diabetes specialist in > december. i just want to go in there and show him it can be done. many > thanks, karen > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 27, 2003 Report Share Posted October 27, 2003 Good going girl. Keep up the hard work; it is really paying off for you. Lynn and Bill. is a success! > Hi all. > > , I have to share this with the list. I have to! You deserve a pat on > the back and a way to go from everyone. As many of you know, , from > Canada, who is on this list recently lost her eye sight from diabetes. I > have been working with her off list for nearly a month to help get her > regulated. She has been a type 1 diabetic for 30 years, or there about. Her > doctors gave up on her ever being regulated saying she was brittle and there > is nothing they could do for her. This was told to her from one of the top > notch diabetic specialist hospitals in London. They sent her home hopeless > and told her she would be a brittle diabetic for her whole life. I began to > work very closely with her nearly emailing 5 to 6 times a day with her. Why? > Because I care and I knew there was hope for her. > > I quickly realized she was eating a traditional ADA high carb diet and using > the old sliding scale insulin technique that went out 15 years ago. I began > to instruct her on carb counting and dosing insulin, taking glucose tablets > to combat low sugars, and how to bring high sugars down by calculating > humalog doses and drinking water. > > After 3.5 to 4 weeks or so of working intensely with her off list, she is > now eating 30 grams of carbs for each meal, now understands carb counting, > how to count humalog to cover her carbs, and eats glucose tablets when she > is low sugared so she won't sky rocket. , I want to say to you > personally on list... good job! Folks, here are 's readings 3.5 to 4 > weeks of her working on her sugars. Bare in mind, doctors told her for her > entire life she could never have normal blood sugars. > > BTW Canadians use different numbers than we do. You times the Canadian > number by 18 to get the equivalent US reading so I'll do that for her. > > pre-breakfast > blood sugar 115 > humalin n six > humalog four > carbs 30 grams > > noon pre lunch > blood sugar 104 > humalog five > 30 grams of carbs > > presupper > blood sugar 100 > humalog four > 30 grams of carbs > > evening/bedtime > blood sugar 99 > humalin six > > Prior to getting some training on the newer techniques she could use > to fight this disease, she was running blood sugars that went from 35, to > 390, to 190, to 77, to 269, to 55, and so on. This is what doctors classify > as a brittle diabetic. I was also termed this prior to me gaining control > via carb counting. > > , God bless you! If you can do it one day, you can do it two. If you > can do it two days, you can do it for the rest of your life! > > Folks, this works! was fed the lie that it was hopeless for her. Fed > the lie that she would always be a brittle diabetic, meaning never be > regulated and run high and low bgs for her entire life. It was quite simple > to get her to these levels, of which she never attained by any doctor in her > life. She did the following: > > * quit purchasing foods that didn't have a food label on them. Foods without > a label, you can not accurately measure carb grams. > > * for low blood sugars, she quit drinking sugared pop, eating candy, orange > juice, etc. all old outdated ADA techniques for dealing with low blood > sugars that were spiking her sugars all the time. Instead, she now eats > glucose tablets to deal with low blood sugars so she doesn't spike any more > in the 200 to 300 range. > > * lowered her carb grams to 30 grams a meal and has adjusted her humalog to > cover those 30 grams at each meal > > This has not been easy for her. She has been through a lot lately in her > life and she really needs to hear it from all of us. , sorry if you are > taken back by me posting your sugar levels to the list but you deserve to be > heard! You are a success story ! You proved the doctors wrong and your > story needs to be heard. The doctors who told you for years it was hopeless > were not correct. You proved them wrong gal! Good job! > > warmest regards, > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 29, 2003 Report Share Posted October 29, 2003 no, like you, I was just uneducated and the doctors I seen for most my life never told me this information, I learned it from a diabetic mailing list online and from reading Dr. Bernstein's book diabetes solution revised, so it is partially their fault for not being educated enough or continuing their education on diabetes management. Re: is a success! > justin , i get a kick out of the v o n nurses that come to the house twice a > week to take my readings off the monitor. they are in awe. it blows them > away the before and after results. they were happy if i was fifteen or > lower. wich is too high of course they were willing to let me live that way. > i have also noticed more information on the radio and tv about carbs. are > we just slow getting this information in canada? karen > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 29, 2003 Report Share Posted October 29, 2003 , I don't think you are slow about getting the info in Canada. It is just coming out in th U. S. too! it takes people a while to get things! Re: is a success! justin , i get a kick out of the v o n nurses that come to the house twice a week to take my readings off the monitor. they are in awe. it blows them away the before and after results. they were happy if i was fifteen or lower. wich is too high of course they were willing to let me live that way. i have also noticed more information on the radio and tv about carbs. are we just slow getting this information in canada? karen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 29, 2003 Report Share Posted October 29, 2003 Thank goodness for this list! It is teaching me how to manage my glucose blood levels and insulin dosage. I am using the information gathered here to teach my physician about diabetes management, since he apparently doesn't know it either. I have purchased and given him the Bernstein book Diabetes Solution, which I don't think he has read yet. Also I credit this list and the people on it with possibly saving my leg, which had a more severe infection than of which I was aware. I have also taught my physician that a diabetic needs more specialized attention and care regarding any infections on his body. I am now on my second prescription for antibiotics, and due to 's and 's advice about getting another prescription for antibiotics, I might just save this leg after all. I still have the infection, but the sores are clearing up. I will watch the healing process carefully to see how it goes. Before becoming a diabetic I use to heal in two to three weeks, but now it takes two to three months. Re: is a success! > > > > justin , i get a kick out of the v o n nurses that come to the house twice > a > > week to take my readings off the monitor. they are in awe. it blows them > > away the before and after results. they were happy if i was fifteen or > > lower. wich is too high of course they were willing to let me live that > way. > > i have also noticed more information on the radio and tv about carbs. are > > we just slow getting this information in canada? karen > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2004 Report Share Posted February 14, 2004 when i was in hospital last year i had ulcers on my heels from being in a coma for two days and in intensive care after surgury lying for six days. what they ended up doing was applying a silver patch on the heels. they use this for burn victims and it kills all bacteria and speeds up the healing process. karen Re: is a success! > > > > > > > justin , i get a kick out of the v o n nurses that come to the house > twice > > a > > > week to take my readings off the monitor. they are in awe. it blows them > > > away the before and after results. they were happy if i was fifteen or > > > lower. wich is too high of course they were willing to let me live that > > way. > > > i have also noticed more information on the radio and tv about carbs. > are > > > we just slow getting this information in canada? karen > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 15, 2004 Report Share Posted February 15, 2004 Thanks , This silver patch is an excellent idea. Re: is a success! > when i was in hospital last year i had ulcers on my heels from being in a > coma for two days and in intensive care after surgury lying for six days. > what they ended up doing was applying a silver patch on the heels. they use > this for burn victims and it kills all bacteria and speeds up the healing > process. karen > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 15, 2004 Report Share Posted February 15, 2004 , Good advice on the silver patch. Not sure what was in the patch but yes it would work well. Another thing to have on hand: Band-aids with antibiotic on them. I found some last year and applied a band-aid or two to a cut I had received and the healing time was remarkable compared to a similar experience a couple of months before that treated with a non-antibiotic band-aid. I didn't think it was going to work much but it did. Another good OTC treatment for wounds is Eucerin or Aquaphor, and neither has any adverse reaction for us diabetics. Bill Powers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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