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JULY, 2009
Summer brings new thoughts about how to live well with diabetes and its complications. Those of us who have lived with diabetes for years know the changes in treatment to control blood glucose levels. Today insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors are ordinary. The soft wear that comes with glucose monitors and these devises make understanding how to better control diabetes easier. Over the holidays we met with an old friend of my husbands who was in the market for a continuous glucose monitor to control his type 2 diabetes which is being treated with insulin. As a physician he knew the importance of keeping his HA1c percentage. The new year also is a great time to see all of your specialists as needed, i.e. internist, endocrinologist, cardiologist, urologist. gynecologist, ophthalmologist, dentist, and periodontist. Sit down with these professionals and find out how you can work together to get your HA1c at the suggested 7% or lower, control any long term complications, or daily short term complications if you feel that they are not in control. Let’s make 2009 our year of good health.
Some of you have written and complimented us about out new book, The Cleveland Clinic Healthy Heart Lifestyle and Cookbook published by Broadway Books. You can look at the book by going to our bookstore which will connect you to Amazon.com. As you know those of us with diabetes are at a significantly higher risk for developing heart disease than people without diabetes which is why we wrote the book. Cleveland Clinic has been rated as the best cardiovascular hospital as rated by U.S News and World Report for the last 14 plus years so we were proud when they asked us to collaborate with them. As we do each month, we wish you good health and bon appetite.
Stay Healthy and informed! Bon Appetite!
The Editors,
Bonnie Sanders Polin, Ph.D. and Frances Towner Giedt
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