tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52743529246725609122024-03-13T09:00:22.919+07:00Negotiating with Diabeteschanphenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04948273579090324776noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274352924672560912.post-25045346492217557522009-01-19T19:32:00.002+07:002009-01-19T19:37:43.460+07:00UpdatageIt's been a while since I've updated. Living in Laos is considered to be a 'hardship position' because lack of readily available services. Particularly, health care. If you go just across the border to Thailand, you're often dealing with medicine which was practiced in the US twenty years ago. I've made my connections with some good doctors in Bangkok.My most recent problems have been lack of a chanphenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04948273579090324776noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274352924672560912.post-46796605975615391852008-05-06T16:58:00.003+07:002008-05-06T17:11:27.382+07:00test don't readHere's something interesting - stuff from a site called apture. I wonder if it will work.Some interesting diabetes links for the day.chanphenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04948273579090324776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274352924672560912.post-79057138786058877612008-02-13T07:18:00.000+07:002008-02-13T07:22:15.250+07:00Effect Measure, one of the best public health blogs, has an entry about research done with rats on the effect of apparent effect of saccharin on weight gain and development of excess adipose tissue. I guess I'm glad to say that it wasn't until the past two years that Laos started importing diet drink, otherwise I might have bought more. But because of marketing and the consciousness of young chanphenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04948273579090324776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274352924672560912.post-76717215897039596982008-02-10T21:39:00.000+07:002008-02-10T21:51:02.897+07:00Metabolic syndromeInteresting article in the NY Times today: Metabolic Syndrome linked with Diet SodaMetabolic syndrome (which was originally called 'syndrome X' about ten years ago) is a cluster of abnormalities that are commonly found in people who are either diabetic or pre-diabetic. This includes 'being an apple' - having a large abdominal girth (more than 35 inches in women) or a high girth to hip ratio (chanphenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04948273579090324776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274352924672560912.post-73383862025687386312007-08-07T07:02:00.000+07:002007-08-07T07:10:07.050+07:00It's been a little while since I posted. Unfortunately, my job exploded and I've been doing a lot of traveling; most of the upcountry sites don't have good internet access. Considering that I wanted this blog to be a handy place to store articles and links about diabetes, I decided I've better start fueling it.My progress over the past year has been up and down. Working in Laos involves chanphenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04948273579090324776noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274352924672560912.post-68832365741674013162006-11-05T18:15:00.000+07:002006-11-05T18:40:19.919+07:00November is National Diabetes MonthI never knew that November could contain anything else other than NaNoWriMo, but it is also National Diabetes Month. The American Diabetes Association has information on their website. 14 November is World Diabetes Day.Many people think that Diabetes is a Western country problem, caused by bad lifestyle and obesity - but it's growing in incidence and prevalence in Thailand and Laos and has chanphenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04948273579090324776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274352924672560912.post-82235897529764505172006-11-05T07:19:00.000+07:002006-11-05T07:51:15.719+07:00The current situationOne of the problems that diabetics complain about is inconsistency. Why is it that exercise and sticking to the diet doesn't give the same blood sugar readings from day to day? My fasting blood sugar yesterday morning was 106; the day before I had not had a chance to exercise. In fact, I had gone to a meeting where I had a cup of coffee and a piece of cake. I went to the office later where chanphenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04948273579090324776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274352924672560912.post-20622410646334427932006-11-04T20:15:00.000+07:002006-11-04T21:15:51.876+07:00Shock and...uh, more shockI'd start at the beginning but which beginning? To write good fiction, the writer should never start with a flashback but find the part of the story that should be told first, not too early and not too far into the story.I could interview myself - take a history with chief complaint and its seven dimensions , review of symptoms with significant positives and negatives, past medical history, chanphenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04948273579090324776noreply@blogger.com0