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Congratulations!

By Lawrence Bergen (Lar) on Tuesday, July 29, 2025 - 04:48 pm: Edit

Great News Jean!!

By Dal Downing (Rambler) on Wednesday, July 30, 2025 - 04:52 am: Edit

Smiles, tips his head and raises a toast to your continued good health.

By Garth L. Getgen (Sgt_G) on Tuesday, November 11, 2025 - 04:30 pm: Edit

My doctor issued a continuous glucose monitor to me. After several weeks on this thing, I'm expected Six Flags to contact me to use my trace to design their next roller coaster.


Garth L. Getgen

By A David Merritt (Adm) on Tuesday, November 11, 2025 - 09:08 pm: Edit

40 year diabetic here, it's the average that is most important, long term. As long as you are not going too low, you may be fine.

By Roger Rardain (Sky_Captain) on Wednesday, November 12, 2025 - 04:31 pm: Edit

66 year old diabetic here.
Diagnosed about 2003, using a CGM since they came out.
My trends, like Gerth's, are quite wild to see. It's the nature of my metabolism.
The accuracy of a given brand may not be super accurate, but as ADM says, it's the trend that counts.
The technology has enabled my to completely stop with the (incredibly painful) finger sticks and still be classifiedby my doc as a "controlled diabetic".

By Jeff Wile (Jswile) on Wednesday, November 12, 2025 - 06:38 pm: Edit

Third generation pre-diabetic here.

All four grand parents, both of my parents were diabetic.

I have been flagged as a “pre-diabetic” since college.

One can of any sugared soft drink spikes my blood sugar numbers souring.

My maternal grandfather just couldn’t inject himself (he was widowed the year I was born) with insulin.

Sadly, he was a farmer, and had the attitude that work first, self care second.

So far, I have been very lucky, careful diet, eliminate sweets as best one can (I just love a scone in the morning, so each week, I get treated to one scone. Our local bakery does a fabulous cinnamon chip/ cream chees scone (un frosted.)

Just marking off the days until my doctor tells me that I crossed over.

At least no one has talked to me about my coffee consumption.

By Ted Fay (Catwhoeatsphoto) on Thursday, December 18, 2025 - 09:42 pm: Edit

MESSAGE TO EVERYONE ON THE BBS:

If you are "older" (i.e., 50+) and you have any minor recurring acne or relatively permanent rough patches of skin, then go see a dermatologist. It might be actinic keratosis (precancerous cells).

The treatment is positively awful. Your choice of chemotherapy cream (which makes your skin melt off) or cryotherapy (which uses liquid nitrogen to burn out the AK cells).

I'm doing the cream, because I'm worried about catching it all, which covers a significant fraction of my face. I'm about to start my 4th treatment in January. Then a 5th in February after the skin has juuuust enough time to mostly heal.

As bad as that sounds, it is WAY better than treating the cancer, especially if it metastasizes. Just ask SVC about the surgery he just underwent...

So. Take care of yourselves and live longer... An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure!

-T

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, December 19, 2025 - 05:43 am: Edit

I have had over 20 cancers cut out of my face, hands, back, arms, and more, the first in 2005. About half were basal, the rest squamous cell, never had the deadly third kind. Some were just minor annoyances, others were painful and included sending me into surgical shock.

I had three cut out of my right forearm a few years apart. The second and third I had the scars made parallel to the first, and I tell people that a tiger stuck his paw through the bars of his cage (I got too close when feeding him) and caught my arm with three of his claws. As I really had fed a tiger and only narrowly avoided his claws it made a believable story.

The very first one 2005 was in the center of my back and two inches across. When the doctor was ready to cut it out he asked me if I minded that two students from the Texas Tech medical school were going to watch. I agreed, then told him it was fine with me if the two of them did some of the cutting as there was enough to share. I didn’t know that would technically be illegal. The doctor asked if I was really sure and I said yes, that I had graduated from the Texas Tech engineering school. The two students got to work and had a grand old time. It was the first time either of them had actually cut on a human being and was the greatest day of their lives. They thanked me profusely and had school bragging rights for the rest of the year. The three of them could not close the wound ( it was too big) or do a graft that big so they let it scab over and grow back. Took two years to heal. The next day the head of the school called me, not howling in anger but terrified I would sue the school. I met him later and signed a letter giving backdated permission, but I doubt that would have stood up in court. But I was proud to have given two young doctors their first time at bat. I found out later that they got married to each other on the day they graduated medical school. I was so proud of them, and I know I will be part of their lives, careers, and romance for their entire lives.

By John L Stiff (Tarkin22180) on Friday, December 19, 2025 - 09:41 am: Edit

You got me beat.

I have had 7 surgeries this year.
2 on my left arm.
3 on my chest.
2 on my back.

I had a great tan the year before!

It must be some kind of revenge as all of my life I enjoyed summer pool time with no problems.

By Jeff Anderson (Jga) on Friday, December 19, 2025 - 03:06 pm: Edit

I do hope your two young doctor friends are also fans of the SFU...

By Ryan Opel (Ryan) on Friday, December 19, 2025 - 04:51 pm: Edit

It's not a contest.

By Garth L. Getgen (Sgt_G) on Friday, January 30, 2026 - 05:51 pm: Edit

For the past two years, they've sent me to the nephrology clinic (kidney specialist) due to blood test results. My kidney function had slipped down into mid-range of Stage Three CKD. Six months ago, the results showed improvement, so the doctor told me he hoped it was stabilizing and wouldn't decrease for a while. Well, I saw him the other day. As he was going thru the lab results, he said "okay, okay, good, okay, wow!" Was that a good wow or a bad wow? Turns out to be a very good wow. My results continued trending up, so now I have officially improved back up to Stage Two. I don't have to see him again until next year.

Also, my PCM says that based off research done in the past few years, they now think my A1C is actually a tad too low. I can't eat like a starving teenager but at least I don't have to count every carb I eat.


Garth L. Getgen

By Kevin Howard (Jarawara) on Friday, January 30, 2026 - 10:12 pm: Edit

That is great news! Wow! And that's a good Wow!

As for myself, Doc now says I've got my blood sugars down again, so I'm no longer considered "diabetic", but rather I am "pre-diabetic".

As I was considered diabetic before, wouldn't that mean I now am "post-diabetic"?

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, January 31, 2026 - 03:47 am: Edit

Great news, Garth!

By MarkSHoyle (Bolo) on Saturday, January 31, 2026 - 08:49 am: Edit

Caught bit of a video/possibly ad...

Supposed Japanese Study finds a parasite, that sucks off a persons insulin....
Some kind of natural concoction will destroy it...

Have to take the report with a grain of salt, but if true would help a lot of people....

By Michael F Guntly (Ares) on Saturday, January 31, 2026 - 11:01 am: Edit

Garth,

I've been living there for years. Since my chemotheraoy (cisplatin + others) for bone cancer, prior to surgery, 11 years ago, my eGFR has been averaging around 60 (45-65), borderline between Stage 2 and stage 3a CKD. This is a known side effect of cisplatin and is being monitored regularly. So far it appears to be stable at this level.

Simultaneously, cisplatin affected my hearing, resulting in hearing aids, though the impact is not so much hearing sounds (volume), but more speech recognition. With multiple conversations going on at the same time (e.g. family gathering), the nerves in my inner ear have trouble isolating individual voices for transmission to my brain. Plus the platinum settling in the inner ear has also affected my balance so I have to be careful when walking/turning so as to avoid falling. The femur replaced via surgery, does not have all the minor stabilizing muscles reattached. breaking the prosthesis would be "bad".

But apart from all this, the tradeoff appears positive as, after 10 years of monitoring, with no sign of cancer returning (incl. metastasizing to the lungs), I was told no further checking was necessary.