September 9, 2019 [Email sent to Dr. Prabaharan on 9/3/19] I got a message from your office letting me know that I need to come to the lab for my 6-month A1C test. Which I will do. I would like to know if you could order a TSH (or T3,T4) as I am having symptoms…
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Appointment with New PCP
August 23, 2018, 2:45 p.m. I liked it that my appointment with my new PCP was only 2 miles away from home (instead of 10+ miles to Alameda). I did not like it that there is no wi-fi or cell phone coverage inside the Kaiser building. I checked in a half hour early, anticipating that…
A Look Back at the Year
Tonight is New Year’s Eve, and we’ve just come back from an early party at the senior citizens’ group. I was lucky that there were big bowls of green salad on the buffet table, so I filled my plate. Then I topped the salad with 1/4 c. of potato salad, just to see what would…
A Look Back at the Year
Tonight is New Year’s Eve, and we’ve just come back from an early party at the senior citizens’ group. I was lucky that there were big bowls of green salad on the buffet table, so I filled my plate. Then I topped the salad with 1/4 c. of potato salad, just to see what would…
Two Months to Go
I still have my ups and downs. Some days I’m ecstatic to have blood glucose readings–even fasting–under 100 and to see the scales show less than 150 lbs.! Other days I’m distressed and discouraged to see blood glucose spikes too far above 140 and the scales again over 150. At the moment, I do not…
Time Marches On
Another month has passed. I have met my goals for February in keeping daily carbs under 75 grams and calories under 1800. My average blood glucose readings have not dropped much (from 146 to 140), but my fasting blood glucose average has dropped from 160 to 138. I have recorded my water intake and averaged…