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Big trouble again for the magic blood thinner Heparin. Health officials identified a contaminant in batches of the medication associated with 19 deaths and are trying to determine how the chemical got into the drug. The lots of heparin were recalled on the 28th of February and there has been no new deaths. The key […]
Well, well well… I have started jogging again. I have kept it quiet the last few weeks as I did not want to jinx myself! I have had back surgeries, 7 knee operations and countless other scopes and broken bones and such- athlete my whole life. I am feeling good for the most part. I […]
Being a cardiac patient, do you live with diabetes as well?
Yes, I have both heart disease and diabetes
No, I do not have diabetes
I have pre diabetes and ‘watch’ what I eat and exercise as a precaution
I do not know
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This is kind of interesting… I have often thought about this over the years. The EKG standards need to be changed among the elder population.
After analyzing readings from more than 700 patients 80 or older, the researchers discovered that the average cutoffs (beginning and end points) for measuring all three ECG intervals — PR, QRS […]
Are you more active in the Spring months?
Yes, always
Not really, the same all year long
No
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Thank goodness, my blood sugars have settled down. I have been anywhere between 78, where I do not feel good, and 111. Sometimes there is just no rhyme nor reason, but tis life.
Exercise- yeah I am kicking some mean butt and should so be dropping some lbs but noooooooo. I am feeling good physically and […]
Well… proven to be a tough week on the old fingers and glucometer. I have been slightly elevated the last 48 hours, it’s going to happen now and then but I do not like when it does. But does anyone? And I do not have much to complain about compared to type 1 diabetics but […]
This is so scary to me, a mom of three young kids. 18 year old Adam Thielen went it cardiac arrest while on the sidelines of his school basketball game. Thanks to spectators that were familiar with an AED, this 3 sport athlete was revived as his parents looked on.
Adam was rushed to Monticello Hospital […]
What dose of Aspirin do you take?
enteric coated 325 mg
baby asa 81 mg
different dose per my doctor
I do not take aspirin
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I am still kicking butt in the exercise department this week, thank the sweet lord! I have been walking, riding the elliptical, using the light weights and playing some mean Wii, haha. I am feeling fairly good… just wish I could drop the ol’ lbs.
My blood sugars were anywhere from 90-104. Although the one day […]
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