[9mm_fan]

BUT he is the ONE who has put me on this regime of medicines!!!

Dear Sis,

Your family doctor should be the right person to receive the post # 5 !!!

[Raj_Copi_Jin]

ref#7.

Dear prof N_M,

Thank you for your elaborate reply.

I used to be very fond of sweets long back.

Now I don't use either sugar or any of its substitutes.

I eat lot of vegetables and less of rice (only in the form of idli / dosa)

I am ready to change over to whole wheat products if it will help me.

I do yoga and non weight bearing exercises for one hour the first thing in the

morning. I will learn the self management of diabetes as suggested by you.

Thank you very much for sparing so much of of your precious time to answer my

queries.

My guess was that I may get a reply in 3 days' time.

You visit the threads only twice a week!!! Right???

[Paul Bunyan]

Most doctors are so busy minting money that they have hardly any time for keeping themselves abreast with the latest developments in the medical field.

Absolutely true for 99% of the time. However, this forum is one of the best and reliable for crowd-sourcing for the right kind of information on most things that matter to people.

I will post at a later time ( not sure when) how bad the family doctors can be, and how sharing information in a right peer group (social networking) could help one to get out of a vicious cycle arising out of poor diagnosis by family doctors.

Some of the doctors in India do not update their knowledge, are too proud to accept that they may be ignorant, and there is no periodical assessment and re-certification of a doctor’s expertise with compulsory participation in a continuing education process to update their expertise. Imagine some of them learning from the medical representative from a pharma company!

[Paul Bunyan]

Dear Renu,
Thanks for the concern.
I have resumed my yoga and will restart strolling once I become more free.
I am completing my blogs and will maintain a very low profile in the Forum
so that I will have more time for my other hobbies and for caring for my health.

Dear VR ji,

Increase your protein intake.

Take Tofu(if you do not like the taste GET USED TO IT!)

Next make your own Hummus(mashed garbenzo beans mixed with yogurt and salt and pepper and sesame seeds).

Eat less carbohydrates.

Get exercise done!

I would recommend water activity in pools for senior citizens where water aerobics can be done.
No impact to joints and gets good exercise.

Do not worry about getting into a swimsuit..you can wear a Burkini(fully covered from head to toe)

Please do not take this lightly..get yourself some activity.

[doctorzlo]

Dear Mr. Raghy,
You wife is a petite and not a XXL like me!
I will add bitter gourd and methi as part of my daily food and try to go easy on tablets.
White is in rice/sugar/ salt/wheat flour etc. brown is beautiful in rice.
I am trying to eat as sensible a diet as possible.
Cheers without Beers!!!

Sowbagyavathy VR, Greetings.



You may not get out of the regime of tablets altogether. But you can very well cut down the dosage or do away with one of the tablets ( Atrovastatin is only 5 mg. not a very big dose anyway).

You may like to follow Sowbagyavathy Renuka's suggestions. For hummus you may use our humble chicpeas too. But use it with the skin ( chicpeas is much better than split peas). If you have to eat white rice, get the basmati rice with low GI ( certified). It comes with a capital "G" displayed, (printed on the bag) in a circle in Australia; i don't know about India though.

When you wish to reduce your tablets intake after altering your life styles, altering right kind of diet, then let you doctor know of your intentions. Regulary record your BSL values before and after food atleast two weeks after reducing your tablets. if everything works out well, then your doctor may change your regime and closely monitor.

My wife slashed 50 % of her tablet's intake by diet control and regular exercises. Good luck to you.

Cheers!

[HedgeYourBets]

Dear Renu,
Thanks for the concern.
I have resumed my yoga and will restart strolling once I become more free.
I am completing my blogs and will maintain a very low profile in the Forum
so that I will have more time for my other hobbies and for caring for my health.

If it happens, I should thank Renu for this!
Thank you Renu, in advance!!

[Drugmachine]

BUT he is the ONE who has put me on this regime of medicines!!!

So, this should be the minimum drugs for the present life style!

[Raj_Copi_Jin]

Dear Mr. Raghy,
You wife is a petite and not a XXL like me!
I will add bitter gourd and methi as part of my daily food and try to go easy on tablets.
White is in rice/sugar/ salt/wheat flour etc. brown is beautiful in rice.
I am trying to eat as sensible a diet as possible.
Cheers without Beers!!!

Sowbagyavathy VR, Greetings.

When did you see my wife to say she is petite? She gained 6 Kgs in weight and constantly blaming me for that. I am sure you are sensible in your diet. Bitter gourd is very good. I was told it actually helps the pancreas to repair itself when it is in that repairable condition.

Your note about beer reminded me of this...... ( off topic)...

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Cheers!

[tgs]

........ When did you see my wife to say she is petite? She gained 6 Kgs in weight and constantly blaming me for that.........

Proves that you are an excellent cook!!
Waiting for a chance to visit you, Raghy Sir!!

[Ifroham4]

If it happens, I should thank Renu for this!
Thank you Renu, in advance!!

Dear RR ji,

I am laughing reading this.

My mum has very bad osteoarthritis of her knee joints.
She also never used to go for walks etc always saying she has no time etc.

Before her joints became bad I even bought for her a low impact exercise bike but she never even touched it.My mum can be very very stubborn.

One fine day (I don't know if you believe me)..Sathya Sai Baba came in my dream and told me to make sure my mother does her exercises or she won't be able to even walk in the future.

Then after saying this Baba looked at me and kept silent for a moment and said this "But your mother won't listen to anyone even if God comes and tells her she will not listen!"

Believe me RR ji..my mum never listened to me at all to do exercise and Baba was right about her being stubborn.

[softy54534]

Proves that you are an excellent cook!!
Waiting for a chance to visit you, Raghy Sir!!

Sowbagyavathy Raji Ram, Greetings.

It only proves I am in trouble. I bought some hot mixture, well a large pocket of 1 kg. This DIL of ours made Bangalore style mixture with onion etc ( I only ate very little of that). It became popular and these girls ate them and put on weight. As usual, blame me for that. I am given 91 days for her to loose weight! 10 days are already gone!

You are welcome to visit anytime. Alternatively, when I come to Velacheri next time, may drop in!

Cheers!

[TorryJens]

Good one Dear Mr. Raghy!

It is customary to leave notes on the fridge so that people won't miss the notes.

obviously their relationship was not working and the girl friend went back to her mom!

I won't blame her for leaving this budhdhu who can't even figure out what she is talking about!

Sowbagyavathy VR, Greetings.

When did you see my wife to say she is petite? She gained 6 Kgs in weight and constantly blaming me for that. I am sure you are sensible in your diet. Bitter gourd is very good. I was told it actually helps the pancreas to repair itself when it is in that repairable condition.

Your note about beer reminded me of this...... ( off topic)...

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Cheers!

[LottiFurmann]

I think Shri Anna Hazare and Shri Ramdev are real followers of this thread. More often they go on fast (fully deriving the benefits of fasting).

Venkat K

[radikal]

How can she give you 90 days to make her lose weight ???

Sowbagyavathy Raji Ram, Greetings.

It only proves I am in trouble. I bought some hot mixture, well a large pocket of 1 kg. This DIL of ours made Bangalore style mixture with onion etc ( I only ate very little of that). It became popular and these girls ate them and put on weight. As usual, blame me for that. I am given 91 days for her to loose weight! 10 days are already gone!

You are welcome to visit anytime. Alternatively, when I come to Velacheri next time, may drop in!

Cheers!

[Raj_Copi_Jin]

How can she give you 90 days to make her lose weight ???

That is the girl power! I have to do something for her to loose weight! You are a girl; I am sure you would have given some dead lines to Mr. Ramani, haven't you? LOL!

Cheers!

[Beerinkol]

That is the girl power! I have to do something for her to loose weight! You are a girl; I am sure you would have given some dead lines to Mr. Ramani, haven't you? LOL!

Cheers!

WOW! Then I do not have girl-power or whatever!

I am the one given the dead lines by everyone and never the other way round!

[S.T.D.]

WOW! Then I do not have girl-power or whatever!

I am the one given the dead lines by everyone and never the other way round!

Looks like you are not so keen to use your powers!

Cheers!

[Big A]

Power will work only on the impressionable people.

Mine is a case of irresistible force and immovable object!

[NeroASERCH]

I agree with what Shri N_M mentioned in his post 8. It is a pity that some family doctors are not accepting that he has not updated his knowledge. Some times they diagnose a simple fever with the dengue or malaria (if it prevails in that area). One thing I do not understand is that we observe fasting to satisfy the god or to satisfy our mind. Is any god compel us to observe fasting? In mumbai I have observed that people who say they do fasting are consuming puva (aval) upma or javvarisi upma during lunch time and they say it is exempted. Whether taking juice is prhibited during fasting? I do agree that observing fasting is good for health.

[softy54534]

My diabetic mom is still observes fast on Kirthigai days.

She as well my elder sister take only paasip paruppuk kanji

a mere two or three glasses during the whole day.

My mom is nearing 90 and my sister is nearing 70.