Archive for April, 2008
3 Modes of Management of Diabetes and Prediabetes
Monday, April 28th, 2008Diabetes, once diagnosed, is the condition that one has the rest of his/her life as there is no cure for this disease at the moment.
Though this is the case, it is not the end of the world for diabetics as diabetes can be controlled and people with diabetes can still lead an active and fulfilling [...]
What Types of Diabetes are there?
Sunday, April 27th, 2008I am not sure about you but I am really guilty of this. You see, my father was a diabetic for about 3 years before he passed away in 2006 but yet i am not even aware that there are different types of diabetes, i just knew he had diabetes. It was until i was diagnosed [...]
What is Diabetes?
Saturday, April 26th, 2008This is another area where i thought i knew but in fact, i don’t. I always thought diabetes is people who’s blood sugar is too high and have to bring it down to safe levels…and you know, just avoid food with sugar. Now i found out that there’s much more to that.
Diabetes Diabetes Mellitus is [...]
Metformin + Me (II) - More Giddy Spells…Hypoglycemia?
Friday, April 25th, 2008It was end Jan 08 and 2 months had passed since i had my last check, I had to go back to Doctor B for followup test for HbA1C & fasting plasma glucose FPG tests. I was very confident that i will be getting good results because i have been exercising hard and have been [...]
Metformin + Me => Giddy Spells
Thursday, April 24th, 2008News spread in the office soon and many colleagues were recommending me to seek a second opinion. I agreed but not till about 3 weeks later. The doctor was from someplace near my company and will called him Doctor B.
Doctor B recommended that i just test my HbA1c levels. When i first got back my HbA1c results which [...]
Dear…My Health Results are ok Except That I have Diabetes
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008After getting my health report and learning that i am a diabetic, the first thing that goes through my mind is how to disclose to my dear wife Elaine.
Should i call her immediately or should i keep it from her so that she will not worry??? Or shall i candidly put it across? Or maybe should [...]
Diabetes? Don’t Pull My Leg, Doctor!
Monday, April 21st, 2008I can still recall the morning when i went to the medical center to get my annual health report. The doctor whom i will call Dr. A (i saw a few doctors so have to differentiate) was smiling and going through the medical examination results with me. Must be good..i thought.
“Your health is very good generally [...]
The JOURNEY Against Prediabetes Begins
Sunday, April 20th, 2008Hello, i am Poh Heng and this is my very first post on my first personal website. Hurray, i did it…after months of reading, planning, going round in circles on how to start i.e from a complete idiot knowing nothing about creating websites, knowing nuts about hosting, domain names, DNS etc…to something that looked presentable [...]
Commonly Used Terms in Diabetes
Saturday, April 19th, 2008Glucose -
Hyperglycemia / Hyperglycaemia - too much sugar or glucose in the blood (also see Ketoacidosis)
Hypoglycemia / Hypoglycaemia - too little sugar or glucose in the blood (also see Ketones)
Insulin - a hormone produced in the pancreas that regulates the level of glucose in the blood
Ketoacidosis - severe excess of glucose in the blood (see hyperglycaemia)
Pancreas [...]