May 16, 2005
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Post Follow-up Update
Anyway…so yeah, Friday morning sucked royally… It didn’t get much better in the afternoon either. I went to the doctor for my followup visit. Although the lump in my breast turned out to be nothing (thank God)…they did have some bad news for me in another form. I’m borderline diabetic. My insulin levels are SO out of wack!!
So they’ve put me on medication to try to help that regulate…and in the meantime I have to go back in for bloodwork in six weeks and return for another followup in 6 months.
I’ve had a feeling that something wasn’t right with me for a while now…and even had stated that I bet my insulin wasn’t right…so I wasn’t totally shocked with this news. However, it didn’t make it any easier to hear. The fortunate thing is that it’s correctable…since it was caught before becoming full blown diabeties.
Well…that’s the update.
Please remember…anyone wanting to know where I will be primarily blogging from now on…email me. Thanks to all of those who have already done so…I don’t want to lose touch with any of you.
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“Autism Is A World”
May 22nd – 8pm (EST) on CNN
Autism is a World premieres on CNN Presents Sunday, May 22nd at 8pm ET
Oscar®-Nominated Film Makes TV Debut
State of the Art Inc. & CNN Productions Present “Autism Is A World” a 40 minute documentary produced and directed by Gerardine Wurzburg, Academy Award winner for Educating Peter, and narrated by actress Julianna
Margulies (E.R. and The Grid).
The documentary is about Sue who is autistic. She was diagnosed and treated as mentally retarded until the age of 13 when she began to communicate using a keyboard. When you meet her, she does not make eye contact. She obsessively attacks your buttons, endlessly stands at the
faucet and watches water pour over her hand. You would not approach this person. But the documentary takes the viewer on a journey into her mind, into her world and her obsessions. Autism Is A World explores Sue’s world, her writings, and the remarkable friendships she has
created while in college.
Lensed in and around Whittier, CA where Sue makes her home, Autism Is A World was produced by State of the Art, Inc. and Producer/Director Gerardine Wurzburg, Co-Producer Douglas Biklen, Associate Producer Elissa Ewalt, Supervising Producer Jennifer Hyde, Executive Director Jody Gottlieb, Managing Editor Kathy Slobogin and Executive Producer Sid Bedingfield.
Special Thanks to the Nancy Lurie Marks Family Foundation.
Comments (10)
wow…thank god it wasnt anything major with the lump. catching diabetis early is always best, at least you can work on it now and keep it under control.
please let me know where I can find your bloggin at….
Best wishes for your health.
Let me know where you’re blogging too.
Hope you can get ahead of that diabetes. I will be sending lots of good wishes your way….and let me know where you are going
I have been working on Tues. afternoons with little Emily who is autistic, braindamaged, and has seizures. Her mother has her on a series of therapies that I do on her. It is going well…..she’s doing well.
Hope that all is well with you!
diabetes is too much to take on , believe me it is a pain in my ass I don’t wish it on anyone else !
you’re moving blogs? Where’re you off to?
Where ya goin?
hey girl!! sorry i havent been around much. but i’m happy that lump wasnt anything harmful!! i hope all goes well for you, and please dont lose touch! but i hope you have a good one and hopefully i’ll be talking to you more than i have been in the past few months. take care!
well… you know where I’ll be.
come visit sometime… hopefully I’ll figure out it’s you.