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Bajahowodd
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Cheaper, Eh?
| Quote: | Originally posted by k-rico
| Quote: | Originally posted by toneart
It is too tempting to have fun here, but Diabetes is a serious matter. Everyone needs to get checked and stay on top of it. Thank you David for the
topic. |
It's real easy, and cheaper than going to a doctor, to go the drug store and buy a glucose monitoring thingamajigger.
http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/diagnosis/ |
I just dropped $100 at Target for a box of test strips!
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noproblemo2
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| Quote: | Originally posted by toneart
Keeping the c-cktails replenished while spending hours on the BajaNomad. Now there's a hobby! 
Robby...Get me another!  |
I'll second that!!!! Cheers
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noproblemo2
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There is always a veggie garden for a hobby and provides fresh food...
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bajabass
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Yeah, but then all the dogs in the ejido eat them, I get depressed and drink!!
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajabass
I get depressed and drink!! |
That's what you're supposed to do. It verifies your diagnosis for depression.
It ain't easy sustaining a mindset that allows talking about Your Prozac in bars.
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knuckles
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I second that Veggie Garden thing. Along with lots of Wine 
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BajaNuts
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cheers, mates!
I'm headed out tomorrow to spend a day with family which includes my ...since 1st grade...insulin dependant diabetic brother...now age 48. Multiple
daily injections, and he still drinks wine................
It's in our family from previous generations. Hypoglycemia and diabetes.
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Packoderm
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| Quote: | Originally posted by tjBill
| Quote: | Originally posted by surebought
The Number one Health issue facing the Baja Ex-Pats.
I would have to say that it is Type 2 Diabetes. |
Interesting, because I know an American who moved to Baja for that very reason. He did not have health insurance and since he was diagnosed while
uninsured no US insurance companies would cover him; blacklisted in the insurance databases. |
Man, that's not cool. I guess that no matter how bad it gets with me, I'll keep away from any kind of testing while here in the U.S.
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BajaNuts
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surebought sounds like someone who is on the "front lines" as they say, in the health care industry.
In his 20 years as a farmacia, I bet he has a pretty good line on what are the health issues.
Diabetes stems from diet, alcohol, exercise, any number of factors.
Thanks to this new poster for sharing what they believe to be a big issue (and it IS a big issue-one of many) and can affect all of us in some way
at some time.
[Edited on 12-4-2009 by BajaNuts]
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irenemm
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Mexican are the #1 people in the world or hispanic with Diabetes. UCLA had a study for more than 10 years. Dr. Manuel Quinones was in charge of that.
great DR. got my husband sugar in control and my son-in-laws.
diet and exercise most important
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The Gull
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| Quote: | Originally posted by toneart
| Quote: | Originally posted by Woooosh
after re-reading these posts- are you sure #1 isn't dementia? |
No, I am not sure.  |
I can't remember.
I thought my deafness and blindness came from diabetes until I was tested for blood sugar and found it very low.
Seems like little blue pills may have been to blame.
No matter, I can't hear ugly women complain during sex. Best of both worlds.
�I won\'t insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.� William F. Buckley, Jr.
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surebought
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I carefully left out alcohol as a risk factor in Diebetes. I didn't want to offend any of my new friends on Baja Nomad. And I love my two Bohemias
that I drink every week with seafood. Just call me Mr. Moderation. I do understand why people drink. I only know one Mexican Gentleman who drinks
quite a bid (You all know him if you frequent Hussong"s). They should study him, because he's the only Mexican Alcoholic that I know that doesn't
also show signs of Mental Illness. For Mexican's Alcohol can quickly lead to living under the Bridge and pestering the tourists for money. Not with
the Americans. Back in the US some carry on very productive lives. Bordom and being a little too smart for your own good and too much easy money.
News Flash. The Liquor Store two doors down from my Farmacia, closed its doors yesterday. A Liquor Store closing in Mexico. I wonder if that is
part of the Mayan Prophesy.
In a while the smile on my face turned to plaster.
Stick around while the clown who is sick, does the trick of disaster. Neil Young from Mr Soul.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by surebought
I wonder if that is part of the Mayan Prophesy. |
2012...The end is near. There will be tumbleweeds rolling down Lopez Mateos and Ruíz.
Repent while you have the time.
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Iflyfish
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The worldwide prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) will increase from 135 to 300 million cases by the year 2025. In Mexico, DM is the third cause of
general mortality and the primary cause of mortality in the 55- to 64-year-old age group.
http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S018844090300075...
Very thoughtful and useful post.
Iflyfish
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Osprey
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A big thank you to the Nomad board. I was living under a bridge, begging the tourists for money until one of them called me a troll. I learned on this
very forum that a troll is a bad thing to be so I moved. In a way you've all saved my life.
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Bajahowodd
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Obviously, there are genetic predispositions to type 2 diabetes. That said, however, I would consider diet and weight control to be of primary
importance. What was overlooked in the posts about the high incidence of the disease in Mexico, is that in the US, African Americans also suffer at
much higher rates. The common element, in my opinion, is diet that is driven by poverty. Of course, rich people get the disease, too. But I look at it
as an active rather than passive cause when it happens to people who are not poor. Bad lifestyle choices.
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toneart
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Osprey
A big thank you to the Nomad board. I was living under a bridge, begging the tourists for money until one of them called me a troll. I learned on this
very forum that a troll is a bad thing to be so I moved. In a way you've all saved my life. |
Stay out from under my bridge! Just to make sure, my dog and I have "marked" the territory.  
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vandenberg
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| Quote: | Originally posted by The Gull
I thought my deafness and blindness came from diabetes until I was tested for blood sugar and found it very low.
No matter, I can't hear ugly women complain during sex. Best of both worlds. |
How do you know they're ugly, being blind and all.......
Gull, you're not exaggerating, are you ?
[Edited on 12-4-2009 by vandenberg]
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: | Originally posted by surebought
The Number one Health issue facing the Baja Ex-Pats.
I bet nobody would guess this one. |
Answers:
#1 Old age.
#2 GOP shenanigans to cut SS and medicare
causes of diabetes are usually self-inflicted.... get lots of exercise, eat healthy, and go on a diet if you are a lard butt
[Edited on 12-4-2009 by mtgoat666]
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vandenberg
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Osprey
A big thank you to the Nomad board. I was living under a bridge, begging the tourists for money until one of them called me a troll. I learned on this
very forum that a troll is a bad thing to be so I moved. In a way you've all saved my life. |
And now...... back to trolling.
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