Re: A1C numbers and how they corolate to average blood sugars ...

[Guest guest]

Hah, hah, hah.

Strictly on an emergency basis. Not for ongoing medical care. Most health

problems likely to land someone in the hospital require ongoing medical care.

And the one hospital here in Austin, Texas, that " must " accept such cases

provides very bare bones care - and a poor quality of it. For instance, one has

only a third to half the chance of surviving a heart attack at Brackenridge then

any other hospital in the city.

And they don't even have the capacity to treat all health problems, and those

their clinics do treat are oriented toward emergency care.

Dora

[Guest guest]

I'm a bit confused by this post of playing the lottery to get health

insurance. We don't play the lottery, we purchase our health

insurance, or it's offered by employers at a reduced/free rate. We

don't win our insurance, we purchase it. Our health care system does

offer care for all people. We have health departments in each

county. If we are low income, we qualify for government-funded

health care.

My family pays several $800+ per month for health insurance. I

personally prefer paying for our insurance and having choices, but

everyone is different. If someone here does not have insurance, we

have the opportunity to change our circumstances by changing jobs,

attaining better education/job training, or accepting government

assistance. That's the great thing about the USA, if we don't like

our personal circumstances (like job, health insurance status) we

can actively change it through our own choice and determination.

Debi

> Sorry Bruce, you are confusing health care system and " the best

> helath care a person can afford if they have the money...or the

press

> releases to tug on the heart strings...to buy " .

>

> Yes, perhaps some of the better doctors are trained and work in

the

> US, but your " system " stinks!

>

> The system incorporates all levels of care, for all people, not

just

> the highest level of care for some people.

>

> I would rather be in a place that offers good care to all, than

play

> the lottery in the US and I hope that I would be one of the

fortunate

> ones who can afford the good health care. A good system provides

for

> all of the people.

>

[Guest guest]

When a friend hit her insurance cap she was the eligable for

medicaid.

HTH,

Debi

> Ditto. My 5 year old goddaughter is being treated for Ewing's

Sarc at MD in Houston. When their health insurance caps

you either have the money or you are out the door. That will never

happen here. We have our problems too but everyone gets treatment.

> chant

>

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>

> Thankfully, the rest of us who cannot pay those sort of amounts

are

> protected and treated fairly. There are many SYSTEMS better than

the

> US.

>

> ~ Jayd

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

<<Oh Jeannie, please don't depend on candy or anything else that you eat or

drink to bring your blood sugar up in a hurry. You need to have some

glucose tabs ready for those emergencies. They have 4 grams of fast acting

carbs to bring your BG's up a pretty good number within about 15 minutes. I

usually take one, then check again, and if I need to I take another one.

Usually 2 is my limit and I'm back in stable terrritory.>>

Thanks, Tootie. I don't have any glucose tabs, but maybe I should buy

some, huh?? There's just some chocolate candy that we got on sale after

Christmas. I rarely eat a piece, but thought of that right away. It's

really one of the only quick sugar sources around here. Not quick enough, I

guess. I got some glucose tabs when I was first dx'd, but they got

stale...since I rarely used them, I threw them away.

Love,

Jeannie

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[Guest guest]

Nothing is free, other people are paying for it through taxes and fees.

A good thing for some and a bad thing for others.

Mike B.

Gloria Lysa wrote:

> EVERYONE has free medical care????

>

> dorothy pithers wrote:I am so pleased

> that i live in the UK as we have

> free medical care and as i suffer from Hashimoto's disease i

> got free prescriptions and now i have diabetes i wouldn't be

> able to afford the medication with out our wonderful

> health service

>

> Love and Hugs

>

> Dot xxx

[Guest guest]

>I don't have any glucose tabs, but maybe I should buy some, huh??

> There's just some chocolate candy that we got on sale after

>Christmas. I rarely eat a piece, but thought of that right away. It's

>really one of the only quick sugar sources around here. Not quick enough,

>I guess. I got some glucose tabs when I was first dx'd, but they got

>stale...since I rarely used them, I threw them away. Jeannie

Glucose tabs are really handy. I buy them by the bottles of 100 or so and

refill the little cylinder packs that I keep everywhere. But if you don't

have any, you can't use them and candy (or other sugary things) will do in

a pinch. Chocolate candy won't act as quickly as some things and will

" last " longer because of the fat in the chocolate. Sometimes, depending

upon the circumstances, that's desirable. Orange juice is the age-old

antidote for a hypo as it metabolizes very very quickly. Even table sugar

(stirred into a bit of water to help get it down) works. Years ago, I used

those little table packs of sugar because they were portable (which OJ is

not) and downed them without water for a quick fix; back then, that's as

close as there was to glucose tabs. It would still work now but the result

(bg rise) doesn't last any longer than g-tabs. Under some circumstances, I

still use KitKats as they are pre-divided into 4 possible dosing sizes <g>.

Sandy

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