Dr. Joe Morgan, Metformin, and Xango

Hi everyone,
Lots of things have been happening...

First, I saw Dr. Joe Morgan at The Center for Natural Medicine. He is a D.O. and, in a nutshell, suggested I go on Metformin since my blood glucose has been higher lately. Well, you all know how I feel about that but I decided to try it anyway. It is supposed to take up to 3 months to see any effects. He is also trying to find an Endocrinologist that will work with Natural Medicine. I suspect this may take a while.

In the meantime I have started to go to Jazzercise again and, surprise, surprise, my blood glucose started to drop a little. Exercise seems to be my best "medicine" at this point. The only problem is that my lower back/hips keep going out giving me excruciating pain. I'm going to ask Dr. Karen today if she has any exercises I can do that will help strengthen that area.

Back to the Metformin...I quit taking it two days ago. For some reason it doesn't feel right in my spirit to take it, especially when I'm not seeing any results. I'm really spooked about what it will do to my liver long term. I have one more thing I'm going to try before I give in to traditional meds.

A coworker of my husband's was diabetic and started taking Xango. I had never heard of this before but she claims she was able to go off all of her diabetic medicine as well as meds for her thyroid and depression after 3 months of drinking Xango. I jumped on the internet and read the good, the bad and the ugly about Xango. Whatever the different websites say, all I know is that it worked for her. She isn't someone who is advertising on the internet. This is someone we know personally. It worked for her; maybe it will work for me. Yesterday my blood glucose was down 40 "points" on my glucometer. I've also noticed that my skin is looking great. Hmmmm...I'll keep drinking it. I'm going to take some into Dr. Karen Naymik at the Center for Natural Medicine today and have her test me on it. Her conclusion will be interesting.

Last I need to say some things about The Center for Natural Medicine. The front office reception has been a mess the month of May. They lost their two receptionists w/in about 3 weeks of each other. It took me 45 minutes to check out two out of the three times I was there. The gal took about 20 phone calls while I was trying to check out not to mention the fact that she was stressed and borderline rude to me. Personally, I'm getting sick of her attitude and she needs to go back to the dept she normally works in.

I suggested to a couple of different people that they need someone to sit in a room and just take phone calls, answer questions, set appointments, etc. so the front office can take care of their patients appropriately. I was told that a new leadership team has been hired and to give it 3 months and things should be running more smoothly. Let's hope so.

Last week, check out did go a lot quicker. I'll report back and let you all know how it goes today. I feel the care I am getting there is exceptional and it would be a real shame if they don't get their act together in the front office. I think they are probably losing a lot of patients due to this. So, keeping my fingers crossed all goes smoothly in there today. I'll report back here, hopefully today, on how it goes.

Until then, have a great week and remember to smile today. God has given you another day. :)

Debbie