Age

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As Burns used to say, " You're only as old as the girl you feel. "

ok here is how I look at our difference in age. really it is 1825 days that

you are ahead of me. the best thing about it, is I can't ever catch you

while you live. now if I pass before you, then bets are all off. I will

never catch you then. I do enjoy the number 1825 much better then just the

single number of 5. now some one like Harry Bates will say it is truly only

60 months that you are in front of me. I will agree that even 60 sounds much

bigger then just the single number of just 5. of course my Momma would have

said to me, that age is only a number and the more you can claim is very

important, because it means you are still with the living. I suppose we all

are as old or young as we feel. but then again this can just simply depend

on what day it is. some days I feel way older and some I feel very young.

can't actually say which days I actually feel only just my age? now if you

was to add our ages together and divide by 2 for an average age, then you

may come down, but I would go up. this seems very unfair for me, but very

lucky for you. I suppose all this nonsense points out that I have nothing

more important to do then to simply ramble, but then I am retired now and I

seem to have the right if any one will listen? Now what was it exactly that

we were talking about? I seem to have lost my train of thought.

Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse

> > diabetes

> > > >

> > > > Stomach-bypass surgery can reverse diabetes, research shows In

> > > > one study, gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients

> into

> > > full

> > > > remission from diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery

> > > > led

> to

> > a

> > > 95

> > > > percent remission rate.

> > > >

> > > > By Vastag

> > > > The Washington Post

> > > > Monday, March 26, 2012

> > > >

> > > > Stomach surgery can reverse Type 2 diabetes even in people with

> > severe

> > > > disease, reducing or eliminating their reliance on insulin and

> other

> > > > medicines, two highly anticipated studies reported Monday.

> > > >

> > > > Surgery or surgery combined with medication helped patients more

> than

> > > > medicine alone, the studies also found.

> > > >

> > > > With the number of diabetes patients soaring in the United

> > > > States, physicians are searching for new ways to combat the

> > > > expensive,

> > chronic

> > > > disease that can lead to strokes, foot amputations, blindness

> > > > and

> > other

> > > > problems that can reduce life expectancy by a decade or more.

> > > >

> > > > The studies tested three types of surgery that reduce the size

> > > > of

> the

> > > > stomach and bypass part of the small intestine.

> > > >

> > > > In the first study, conducted at the Cleveland Clinic, some 40

> > percent

> > > of

> > > > patients who had surgery had much better control of their blood

> > sugar,

> > > > while

> > > > just 12 percent of patients who did not have the operation

> > > > obtained

> > > that

> > > > good outcome.

> > > >

> > > > The second study, conducted in Italy, achieved even better results.

> > > > Gastric-bypass surgery put 75 percent of patients into full

> remission

> > > > from

> > > > diabetes, while a more extreme type of surgery that bypasses

> > > > more

> of

> > > the

> > > > intestines, biliopancreatic diversion, led to a 95 percent

> remission

> > > > rate.

> > > >

> > > > " With these operations, we could take people with diabetes who

> > > > are

> > just

> > > > barely obese ... and put diabetes in full remission, " said

> > > > surgeon

> > >

> > > > Magnuson of s Hopkins University School of Medicine in

> Baltimore,

> > > who

> > > > was not involved in either study.

> > > >

> > > > Britton of Bay Village, Ohio, is one success story. The

> > > > 57-year-old computer programmer watched relatives succumb to

> > > > early deaths from

> > the

> > > > disease. And as her own diabetes progressed, her physicians

> > > > heaped

> on

> > > > medications for high cholesterol and high blood pressure on top

> > > > of

> > her

> > > > diabetes pills. And yet, her blood sugar stayed high, wrecking

> > > > the

> > > mental

> > > > focus she needed at her job.

> > > >

> > > > " It was raging out of control, " she said of her diabetes. " I

> > > > felt

> > like

> > > I

> > > > was

> > > > going down a predetermined path like mother and grandmother,

> > > > just

> > > waiting

> > > > for my stroke to happen. "

> > > >

> > > > Britton had never heard of surgery for diabetes until her

> > > > physician

> > > told

> > > > her

> > > > about the Cleveland Clinic study. Her body mass index of 35,

> > > > which

> is

> > > > considered obese, made her eligible.

> > > >

> > > > Britton had gastric bypass surgery in January 2009. By April,

> > > > her

> > > doctors

> > > > had taken her off all of her medications. She also began walking

> five

> > > > days a

> > > > week and eating less. She lost 80 pounds.

> > > >

> > > > " It was awesome. I was feeling much better, " she says.

> > > >

> > > > The downside: For Britton, certain foods, including milk, peanut

> > butter

> > > > and

> > > > yeast, trigger unpleasant symptoms, like hot flashes and

> > > > diarrhea -

> a

> > > > potential side effect of the surgery.

> > > >

> > > > Insurance coverage of surgery for diabetes is not universal.

> > > > Most

> > plans

> > > > offer it, but others don't. Medicaid will cover it if it is

> > > > deemed " medically necessary, " but definitions of that vary by state.

> Besides

> > > > reducing caloric intake and helping patients drop weight,

> > > > stomach

> > > surgery

> > > > also triggers hormonal changes that help patients better control

> > blood

> > > > sugar, Magnuson said.

> > > >

> > > > " Some people will say it's an extreme solution, " said E.

> > Nissen,

> > > a

> > > > Cleveland Clinic cardiologist involved in the study there. " But

> it's

> > an

> > > > extreme problem. "

> > > >

> > > >