Healing-ma for my mother, please. Her eardrum ruptured last night from sinus/allergy pressure from within. Thanks!

Followup to my ongoing sage.

My Hemoglobin A1C came back. My blood sugar count was between 300-400 for the past three months. My percentage of glycated hemoglobin, where the count was ideally 7% or below? I was at 12%.

This means I'm confirmed as having Diabetes. It could be I've been a person with Diabetes for a looong time.

The leg wound is not healing fast enough for my doctor, and I am going to see a specialist on Monday to check some things out and if I might need surgery to muck it out. (TMI?)

Also, apparently the hospital staff was supposed to schedule me for Diabetes education and did not. The doctor was visibly upset I had not attended classes already (not with me, for me).

Still no insulin, but my blood sugar has been rising since I stared taking a new antibiotic, so I'll talk to the doctor again. If anyone has suggestions for quickly reducing a blood sugar spike, beyond the exercising I'm already doing, let me know.

If this all sounds depressing, I'm actually optimistic. Identifying the reason why I've been getting unfocused in my job hunt and other things like screencaps is a relief. Treatment can only help.

Besides, despite the bed rest and inactivity? I've lost 4 pounds in 2 weeks. And that's on a 2200 calorie doctor-mandated diabetes control diet.

I should get back to the job hunt soon. With this leg, I'd hate to take a job sitting in one spot all day again. If anyone has some good and legit sources for home-based working, let me know. I can still write a good stick when I'm motivated.

In other news, my aunt Iola just had another stroke on top of the heart attack. Sigh.

Self-stomped on basis that Daniel has posted significantly since this, and must have read it by now.

A distinction should be made between complex and simple carbohydrates. Eating a whole grain is not the same as eating white flour or white rice.

Daniel, I will email you a diet that my Mom's Dr. put her on, plus some info from my nutritionist.

Self-stomped, on basis that Daniel must have seen this post or the e-mail by now.

Quick request for ~ma: My sweet SIL is having tests today to rule out brain/bone cancer.

A request for health-ma for my Uncle Dale, whose skin cancer recurred last year. His experimental treatments are no longer working, and this last round of chemo is not having any impact on the tumors, either.

Also, be careful when you go out into the sun, and have any unusual moles checked ASAP. Thanks!

Hey LAistas, I promised my friend, W, I'd ask you guys on the off-chance there was info to be mined or connections to be utilized...

Anybody know of any reasonable(ish) housing opportunities (for 1 adult male) in or near the San Fernando Valley area (preferably near the 101)?

Thanks for your consideration. Profile addy's good.

Hi - just writing to say I've arrived at home, in one piece (though that's only being achieved with duct tape.) Will catch up when have more time and energy. And please, get the message out that I didn't intend to scare David Fury, it's just that my social niceties tend toward the creepifying variety.

A request for some patented Buffista health-ma (and lots of it) directed toward my young cousin (12 yrs.) in No. Va. who just had a tumor removed from her clavicle. There is no information on whether it's benign or malignant, and we won't hear until Friday at the earliest. They also did a truckload of additional tests for a range of other bone problems, varying in severity and treatability. She's home now, and all reports are that she's doing well. Her parents and grandparents, on the other hand ... well, you can imagine the stress, worry, abject fear, etc. For that matter, her little brother broke his arm last week as all of this was unfolding, so he could use some good vibes, too. Please generate much positive ma and aim it toward them all. Much appreciated.