____________________________________________________________________ FOR GOOD PRICES ON INSULIN SYRINGES AND OTHER DIABETIC NEEDS VISIT THE MEDICAL SUPPLY SHOPPE ON AMAZON.COM! _____________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ NEW THREAD ..... WE HANG OUT HERE #3 ok I saw your plight --- here's your new thread. .... I'm just hanging in here trying to make this business work so I don't become a ward of the state...... so far not dime #1..... plus my dear, beautiful, daughter-in-law just yesterday had an iliostomy ... that's where they take out your ENTIRE colon because it's so diseased from ulcerative colitis .... she's only 31 with 3 small girls.... if you are a praying person please say a few for her ... and my son ... you can imagine the state he's in with 3 small kids and this happens to his wife. The Princess and I are backing them up, caring for the kids (like that's a hardship, yeah, right, they are so fun those grandkids) but the stress level here is off the charts..... but the Byetta is still workin' for me .... losing about 1 pound a month ... dropped almost all my BP meds to the smallest practical dose and DC'd several of them. My morning sugar has been under 100 for months till the stress level went through the roof but still it's only a little over 100, this morning was 107... not too bad ....in fact the few BP meds I'm still taking, I have been prescribed the smallest dose they make and then my doc said to cut the pills in half - so this is a very good thing ... yay Lizard Spit JerseyGirl, I don't have time to read all the posts anymore but do glance at a few now & then and I glean you are not happy with the state of your health so I want you to know you are in my prayers especially every Sunday at mass .. if that means anything to you ... I miss your sassy back talk but like I always say sometimes you're the pigeon and sometimes you're the statue .... I'll be back someday to put up with your abuse (by the way, you never beat me any more, don't you love me? ..... I miss the whip and the spike heels) OK, I have to put my headset back on and go back to dialing up nurses trying to find one who is pissed off at her boss so I can find her a new job .... sorry guys I cannot answer any replies ... I really love you all and miss you but I gotta pay for my Norvasc and the Princess's too. Yeah, she's on it now, too. And my wine bill is through the roof, I probably could buy half of Italy with what I spend for Montepulciano d'Abruzzo! Back to Dialing For Dollars....... Ciao bambinos!! The Grand Lizard (that's pronounced liz-ARD, thank you very much)

_______________________________________________________________ FOR GOOD PRICES ON INSULIN SYRINGES AND OTHER DIABETIC NEEDS VISIT THE MEDICAL SUPPLY SHOPPE AT AMAZON.COM! ________________________________________________________ This is where we now have our new message board, the other one was full. Newcomers, be sure to read through all the boards on this blog if you are looking for good information about Byetta. Ciao! The Grand Lizard

FOR GREAT PRICES ON INSULIN SYRINGES AND OTHER DIABETIC NEEDS VISIT THE MEDICAL SUPPLY SHOPPE AT AMAZON.COM If your insurance doesn't want to cover Byetta (like Kaiser or some other HMO's) call this number: 1-888-4PPA-NOW 1-888-477-2669 It's something called the Partnership for Prescription Assistance. They might be able to help you. Ciao! The Grand Lizard

Red Wine May Cut Risk of Colorectal Cancer No protective effect found for white wine, study concludes By Ed Edelson HealthDay Reporter (HealthDay News) -- Drinking more than three glasses of red wine a week reduced the incidence of abnormal growths and cancers of the intestinal tract by two-thirds, a new study found. White wine did not have the same protective effect, said study author Dr. Joseph C. Anderson, an assistant professor of medicine at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. "I generally advise against drinking, but if you're going to drink, drink red wine," Anderson said. The findings were expected to be presented Monday at the American College of Gastroenterology's annual meeting, in Las Vegas. Anderson's study included 1,741 people seen in his office -- 245 red wine drinkers, 115 white wine drinkers, and 1,381 wine abstainers. Of the red wine drinkers, 176 had three or more glasses a week, as did 68 of the white wine drinkers. The incidence of colorectal neoplasia -- cancers and polyps that can become cancerous -- was 9.9 percent in the abstainers, 8.8 percent in the three-glass-or-more white wine drinkers, and 3.4 percent in the three-glass-or more red wine drinkers, a 68 percent reduction for that group, Anderson reported. His is the latest in a series of studies that have found red wine consumption associated with a reduced risk of various forms of cancer -- leukemia, breast and prostate among them -- in animal studies or real life. Like many of the other researchers, Anderson attributes the beneficial effect to the compound resveratrol, which is found under the skin of grapes. Resveratrol content is higher in red than white wine because the grape skins are removed early in the fermentation process for white wines, Anderson said. The skins stay on longer when red wine is made, allowing resveratrol to enter the wine. But that might not be the whole story, said Gopi Paliyath, a plant agriculture professor at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, who has done studies that found a protective effect from red wine against breast cancer. Resveratrol is a member of the chemical family called polyphenols, many of which are found in red wine, Paliyath said. "It may be a combined action, not only one particular component doing something," he said. And a study done by one of his students added a potentially different element to the mix -- chemicals found in the oak barrels in which wine is made. They may leak out of the oak into the wine and act in conjunction with the polyphenols, he said. Whatever the cause of the protective effect, Anderson said he advises people against taking up the wine habit for health reasons. "People are better off going out exercising than hoping that a glass of wine will help them," he said. "My bias is more toward other things, like running or biking." But, Anderson noted, his observation is that "wine drinkers are more likely to do those things." More information For more on red wine and cancer prevention, visit the U.S. National Cancer Institute. SOURCES: Joseph C. Anderson, M.D., assistant professor, medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook; Gopi Paliyath, Ph.D., plant agriculture professor, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada; Oct. 23, 2006, FOR GREAT PRICES ON SYRINGES AND OTHER DIABETIC NEEDS SEE THE MEDICAL SUPPLY SHOPPE ON AMAZON.COM!

This is our new chat room, "Back From Vacation" got too full. Newcomers: please read through all the different threads on the blog if you're looking for info about Byetta, otherwise, come chat with us here. We have a lot of fun and help each other out with problems related to Byetta. WE BE SPITTIN'! Ciao! The Grand Lizard FOR GREAT PRICES ON SYRINGES AND OTHER DIABETIC NEEDS SEE THE MEDICAL SUPPLY SHOPPE ON AMAZON.COM!