The Trail and Just Getting It All Out!
I always talk about running on our trail in our neighborhood, so I thought I'd post a few pictures so anyone who cares can see what I see when I run! : )This is the steep hill I talk about training on for elevation. It doesn't look that steep in this picture for some reason, but trust me, it is! Bailey "hamming it up" in his Dad's "toy".So this is the trail, and sometimes I walk Bailey on it. Obviously, this was taken this summer. : )On my street, with Mark and his toy in the far distance. I thought if I posted a picture far away enough no one could recognize him!Again, the trail. It's 7 miles...
Source: bipolar.and.me - November 11, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Source Type: blogs
Weight-Loss Meds
By Amy Campbell
If only the magic bullet for weight control really existed. We could pop a pill every day that would allow us to eat what we wanted, when we wanted. This pill would banish diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol. We'd be a lot happier, too. Unfortunately, all of this is wishful thinking. A magic bullet, whether it be pill, potion, or powder, has yet to surface.
A lot of options exist for helping with weight loss, but there are pros and cons to all of them. Diets are hard to follow, exercise takes time, behavior modification is hard, and surgery seems drastic. Medications are a possibility, but ...
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - November 4, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: Amy Campbell Source Type: blogs
Pharmalot... Pharmalittle... Good Morning
Welcome to the middle of the week, everyone. If you survive today, the odds may be greater of making it to the weekend, which would be a wonderful thing. But much can happen between now and then, yes? So, to fortify yourself, please join us as we indulge in a needed cup of stimulation. After all, there is always much to do. Speaking of which, here are a few items to get you started. Have a smashing day and stay in touch...
Sanofi Earnings Hurt By Vaccine Glitch And China Scandal (Reuters)
Merck Looks To Bring Back Zilmax Animal Feed Additive (Reuters)
Glaxo To Close New Jersey Toothpaste Plant (The Star-Ledger of NJ)
Quest...
Source: Pharmalot - October 30, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: esilverman Source Type: blogs
6th Anniversary Today!
Today is our anniversary! 6 years, but we've been together over 16. In 16 years, SO MUCH has happened! Even in the last 6 years! It's amazing to me how people can stay together this long. We've weathered many storms and had some very awesome times together. I wouldn't want to be with anyone else. Yet...even after all this time, I still worry that we will break up one day. Everyone in my life has always gone away eventually, except for this relationship. I've never had any relationship - spouse, friends, family, last this long. And actually, were it not f...
Source: bipolar.and.me - October 26, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Source Type: blogs
Consumer Awareness Of New Obesity Drugs Remains Low
There may be a pair of recently approved prescription diet pills available, but is the public paying any attention? Investors are alert if only because they are betting on profits from the two manufacturers – Vivus and Arena Pharmaceuticals. Meanwhile, doctors are reportedly skittish about prescribing and insurers are balking at providing coverage. But what about interest among consumers?
One analyst suggests that awareness of the new obesity drugs is low, assuming that a look at trend lines on Google is a useful proxy. According to Needham analyst Alan Carr, he poked around and found that there were 33 times more search...
Source: Pharmalot - July 30, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: esilverman Source Type: blogs
Weight Loss And Weight Ramblings
I've felt better, much better the last few days. The irritation has subsided, mostly. I'm still taking two Lamitcal daily instead of one which I will continue to do for awhile, although I have no idea if it has had time to have had any effect on me whatsover. I don't really care either way, I just want to feel and be better and that is one thing that has worked in the past so I will continue to do it.Friday was my weigh day, and I was shocked to see I had lost another 3.1 pounds! I am so surprised that the weight loss is really not slowing down at all. So in about seven weeks I've lost a...
Source: bipolar.and.me - April 7, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Source Type: blogs
Just Trying To Get Through It All!
Now I see my fear about telling my new family doctor that I had only seen once that I am bipolar on medication was unfounded. He is *so* nice and understanding. I'm sure he would have appreciated knowing the first time I went, but he didn't say that, just that he knew it was uncomfortable to talk about. He also helped me understand so many things that so called specialists never explained to me. I told him how I had been diagnosed with asthma (cough variant) and why I didn't think I had it, and he explained from my symptoms how that was indicative of it and why. Since I'm extremely allergic to...
Source: bipolar.and.me - April 2, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Source Type: blogs
79-Year-Old Cardiologist Sentenced To 6 Years In Prison For Fen-Phen Fraud
A 79-year-old Florida cardiologist has been sentenced to 7 years in prison for his participation in the Fen-Phen fraud, according to a report by John Martin on Philly.Com. The article notes that other cardiologists have been convicted for similar reasons in the Fen-Phen case, but Tai’s case is unusual because of the length of the sentence. The cardiologist, Dr. Abdur Razzak Tai, was convicted last September. Here is how the US Department of Justice summarized the case at the time: Between 1997 and 2009, Tai… reviewed the echocardiograms of more than 1,100 patients who filed claims More… (Source: CardioBrief)
Source: CardioBrief - March 27, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Larry Husten Tags: People, Places & Events Policy & Ethics Fen-Phen Fenfluramine/phentermine fraud Source Type: blogs
Decision Made, Let's Go Already!
After doing a lot of research on the internet and considering all of the problems I've had and all of the surgeries I've already had and each time everything grows back by my next yearly appointment, I decided to go ahead and get a hysterectomy. Maybe I could shop around and find a doctor who would prescribe birth control pills, but I think I've come to a point where I just want all of this to go away and not deal with it ever again as long as I can keep my ovaries so I don't get a hormonal imbalance. I called the scheduling nurse when I made the decision, and when I made such a monumental decision li...
Source: bipolar.and.me - March 23, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Source Type: blogs
The Diet Is Working!
I weighed myself for the first time, after the first week I started my diet and was floored. I lost six pounds! I have never, ever lost that much weight in a week! I realize a lot of that is probably water weight and do not expect to lose that much again and know it would not be healthy to lose that much again, but wow, six pounds? Wish I FELT the loss of six pounds! So, I'm 143.5 now, 18 pounds to go! I must admit, this last week has not been the easiest. Getting back into a regular running schedule has absolutely sucked. I've hated the time I've been spending running e...
Source: bipolar.and.me - February 23, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Source Type: blogs
Not As Happy
On the way home from school, I started feeling depressed. I couldn't pinpoint exactly why except that I felt lonely and was tired of reaching out to people with nothing to show for it. I was tired of being extroverted 24/7. In retrospect, I was extremely hungry. I had run first thing that morning and didn't have enough to eat by that time. But the issue remains.I think it's time for me to let go of people in Texas. There's no reason to hold on to them. I wasn't friends (meaning, go out and do things with someone) with anyone when I was there any more, why try to maintain old friendships long distance...
Source: bipolar.and.me - February 20, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Source Type: blogs
Pushing is Hard!
I've been here for a month and I finally made an appointment with a new psychiatrist today. They can't get me in until late April, which I was totally expecting. I don't know why psychiatrists push off new patients like that, but it just seems like they always do.I'm really pushing myself, training for the 8k race in April. I can run 5k now, so that's 2 more miles I've got to be able to run in less than two months. It's totally do-able, it's just that I forgot how hard pushing yourself to your limit can be. Yesterday I went to the gym (oh my gosh, I HATE running on the treadmill, but it was too cold to ru...
Source: bipolar.and.me - February 18, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Source Type: blogs
Overall? Positive!
I went to a weight loss center, and in my jeans, sweater and boots I weighed 154. Yikes! But I've never weighed myself fully clothed in bulky clothes AND heavy boots. Anyways, something interesting happened.On the questionnaire, I decided not to disclose I am bipolar, and put that I am not taking any medication. I struggled with that decision for days, and even on the car ride there about what to do, but that's what I eventually decided, and it's a darned good thing!Instead of it being a "private" consultation, four of us were counseled together. Our weight wasn't disclosed or how much we wante...
Source: bipolar.and.me - February 17, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Source Type: blogs
Pulmonary Hypertension
Pathophysiology
1) increased arterial pressure in lungs 2) primary or idiopathic form occurs in absence of known precipitating causes 3) secondary form caused by – mitral stenosis, pulmonary venous occlusive disease, extreme obesity (Pickwickian syndrome), chronic hypoxemia, recurrent pulmonary embolism, kyphosis, infiltrative lung disease, chronic bronchitis, long periods at high altitude
Signs and Symptoms
1) insidious onset of dyspnea idiopathic form 2) right heart failure with venous distention of neck 3) peripheral cyanosis late in disease 4) palpable right ventricular heave (owing to cor pulmonale) 5) fatigue ...
Source: Inside Surgery - January 23, 2013 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: Pulmonology arterial pressure cyanosis dyspnea high altitude lungs obesity right heart failure Source Type: blogs
