Information and opinions on health from Barb7 at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/3174/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/3174/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/3174/index http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/3174/10289/good-news Sun, 10 Jun 2007 13:24:00 -0400 Barb7 I thank you both for your messages, they DID definitely encourage me. Last week I got back some test results and the dr. informed me one's iron count should be between 20 and 160----mine is 7! Heck, that's in the toilet! She couldn't explain why it's so low, but is putting me in out-patient hospital June 18 (would do it sooner, but my school year ends next Friday) to do intravenous iron that will take several hours. THEN I... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/3174/10289/good-news http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/3174/9895/oncei-life Mon, 28 May 2007 23:12:00 -0400 Barb7 I was diagnosed Type 2 10 years ago.  I immediately dieted and exercised of 50 pounds. Never used meds, never wanted to.  But Kaiser HMO in CA changed all that.  I needed a simple meniscus knee surgery, but they sent me to 6 dr.'s for 5 different diagnosis. I finally called the CA Dept. of Hmo's and after sitting and rotting for 9 mos. I rec'd my surgery.  But I was so weak from dragging around a 7 lb. hinged... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/3174/9895/oncei-life