# of Children:
2 adults, 2 deceased, 2 grandchildren
Religion:
Jewish
Personal Quote:
The life you save just might be your own! YOU are your own best caregiver, and no one else will ever care as much!
About Me:
I was a short fat kid and am still one, though I now weight less than I did when I was 10yrs old! I've been shooting insulin since early 1967, and I'm still here to complain about it. I have all my eyes, all my kidneys, all my liver, all my fingers and toes, have normal blood pressure and lipids,--so I must be doing something right-- and a "bad attitude" because I question the so-called authorities, do my own research, and demand to make my own decisions about my care. I'm a cancer survivor because I'm onery enough to refuse to die when I was expected to, and despite that the cancer was ignored and the diagnosis and treatment delayed becuase of the mistaken belief "your sympttoms are just the diabetes not being controlled enough." I'm here, and the doctor who said that is NOT, so there!
Personal Goals:
I'd like to weigh what I did when I was 8yrs old (I was over 200 at age 12!) I want to see my grandchildren again before their father (my only son)is deployed back to Afghanistan. I want to see my daughter get her BS. I'd like to get paid to do the work I do as a volunteer, and still be able yo keep mu public option health insurance. I want to join my Uncle Frank at his 100th birthday party this summer, and I want to invite the community to celebrate MY 100th birthday over a world-wide broadband hook-up.
Favorite Music:
Acid jazz, Mick Marin's Blues Party, some historical gospel
Favorite Movies:
MuLan, Gay Purree,Antz, Forty Carats; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; Legend of Drunken Master;Fiddler on the Roof
Favorite TV Shows
Spartacus: Blood and Sand Yes, it's violent and gory and the society is morally bankrupt (which is why the Roman Empire fell) but the eye candy--woo-hoo!
Favorite Books:
Sex with the Queen by Elizabeth Hermann (true history); Faye Kellerman's Rina Lazarus/Peter Decker series (why hasn't this made at least a few TV movies: Lifetime Channel. are you listening?); Freakonomics; anyting by Al Franken or Malcolm Gladstone
Vices:
I don't drink alcohol or coffee; don't smoke anything (pot makes me puke, and I didget it medically; and don't have promiscuous sex, so that leaves only CHOCOLATE! The GOOD stuff, like Valrhona, Godiva, Scharffenberger, or Jos. Schmidt, but See's will do in a pinch, as I believe Charl-Mont went out of business.
Virtues:
I'm passdionate about social justice. I don't make promises I can't keep.
I wonder what "successful management" means? Is living and having all your eyes and kidneys and fingers and toes, and adult children and even grandchildren, sufficient? Oh, and I'm a cancer survivor too! I know I gave myself that first shot--in the doctor's office--on March 18, 1967, but I don't know how to prove that, because that doctor died from a massive coronary nearly 30 years ago. I did meet Dr Burriss Boshell at UAB six years later, shortly after UAB opened the first publicly-funded...
View full commentI wonder what "successful management" means? Is living and having all your eyes and kidneys and fingers and toes, and adult children and even grandchildren, sufficient? Oh, and I'm a cancer survivor too! I know I gave myself that first shot--in the doctor's office--on March 18, 1967, but I don't know how to prove that, because that doctor died from a massive coronary nearly 30 years ago. I did meet Dr Burriss Boshell at UAB six years later, shortly after UAB opened the first publicly-funded specialized hospital for diabetes and metabolic diseases. Dr Boshell has gone to Heaven (if there is one, he deserves to be there), along with Don Starkwether, a wonderful LPN there who was a gifted educator. Anyway, do I count: I'm not the auto-immune kid. I have Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Syndrome, which was not even described and identified until I was adult, but which caused me to be clinically Type 1 since childhood. Fortunately for me, the islet cell tumors had to be non-malignant, though the thyroid and parathyroid tumors were cancerous and persistent. I've had a virtual ZERO C-peptide ever since the test went into clinical use. Oh, and also very unlike the stereotype of the Type 1 diabetic kid, I was--and still am--a fat girl bursting with estrogens. Though, I do weigh less now than I did when I was 12! My sister hates me because I don't have hot flashes!
It's very interesting to me that the majority of reported very-long term diabetic persons are male, and there is absolutely NO RESEARCH on how menopause affects Type 1 diabetes. Prejudice here?
Hi Robin, Give each of the two (2), Joslin and Lilly a call. Somewhere, the older the better there is a medical record with your information, the diagnosis and the fact that you take insulin. Check the hospital medical records. The records could be at a Doctor's office, a clinic, or hospital. It is a search and it does take time. Best of success in your search. As always have a great day. Dan
View full commentHi Robin, Give each of the two (2), Joslin and Lilly a call. Somewhere, the older the better there is a medical record with your information, the diagnosis and the fact that you take insulin. Check the hospital medical records. The records could be at a Doctor's office, a clinic, or hospital. It is a search and it does take time. Best of success in your search. As always have a great day.
Dan
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