Fw: E-News 2/16/00

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E-News 2/16/00

> The " dotty women " with diabetes story has created a firestorm! I love

> it when real life sets the record straight. Catch this.....

>

> Dr. Joe, the Diabetes Doctor

>

>

> I started back to college at the age of 37 with Type II. By the time I was

> 50 I had AA,BA,BS,MA,Ph.D. I am still an active professional at 65.

> Not bad when you consider aging and worn out B cells in ADDITION to Type

II,

> and of course I am female and did it working full time, a house and three

> kids, a husband and very little money. Yes indeed, we woman are not quite

up to

> the challenge?

>

> Addled Diabetic Woman,

> Nora

>

> Oh, yes, I forgot to mention that I lived in the sub arctic region of

> Alaska for 21 years. Part of my job was to fly to remote villages and do

on

> site evaluations. I packed my needles and test kit and went. Food was

> OFTEN a problem. There are no stores, no nice veggies. The predominating

> fare was meat and canned stuff. I was expected to bring my OWN food as

part

> of my survival gear. Hike from the plane to the village, hop in and out of

> river boats, ride on sleds with dog teams (became skidoos) Walk out on the

> arctic ice of the Chuchee Sea and general do things that would make most

> people flinch. My biggest challenge came when some fruitcake of a Teacher

> at the village of Nuaqsak decided to send for a live turkey to sensitize

the

> village people to " living animals " the bird and I were on the same small

> Cessna 187 two seats and the mail in the back. I was checking my blood

> levels at the time (you have to watch that in small planes.when the

biggest

> turkey I ever saw got loose. Dangerous, very dangerous. The pilot

> instructed me to grab the $%^ & *( bird!! The beast crapped all over me,

> pecked me clawed me until I finally grabbed it by the neck. Stretched over

> mail bags holding a crapping turkey by the neck makes it difficult to use

a

> Glucometer. I was worried because I had not eaten regularly that day.

> Nevertheless we flew on and in to the village of Nuaqksak. The pilot

looked

> at his plane with disgust, turkey dropping everywhere, me covered by

> scratches and manure. Then he said, " Did you manage to check your blood? "

>

> I have to confess Joe, I had not.

>

> I have a young male friend who has been climbing Mount Rainier last

summer.

> He is a pumper. Testing Glucometers. I wonder if the researchers ever

> looked at what we with the Big D have achieved while carrying our kits?

>

> Dotty Diabetic Woman.

>

> Nora

>

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