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Talk-Line: Teresa Stout, Morrison Community Hospital · WIXN AM 1460 - Shaw Local Radio

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  Speaker 1: We are a quarter past the hour. This is Monday,
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  Speaker 1: It's October twenty seven, the year is twenty twenty five,
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  Speaker 1: and it's time for another informational edition of Talkline here
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  Speaker 1: at WIXN Radio. Good morning, I'm Steve Marco. It is
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  Speaker 1: time to take a look at news and information from
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  Speaker 1: Morrison Community Hospital. We started our reports with Morrison Community
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  Speaker 1: Hospital a couple of months ago, and we are going
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  Speaker 1: to continue talking about health issues and Morrison Community Hospital
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  Speaker 1: as we move through twenty twenty five. Our special guest
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  Speaker 1: today is a nurse practitioner in the Endo Chronology department
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  Speaker 1: at Morrison Community Hospital. But she is also the Diabetes
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  Speaker 1: EDUCATORROR at Morrison Community Hospital and she is live with
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  Speaker 1: us by telephone this morning to give us details of
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  Speaker 1: her area. Her name is Teresa Stout and she joins
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  Speaker 1: us this morning on WIXN. Teresa, Good morning.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning Steve. Thanks for having me mill ma'am.
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  Speaker 1: I thank you so very much for taking I'm sure
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  Speaker 1: taking time out of your busy day to join us
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  Speaker 1: for a few minutes of talk line here at WI.
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  Speaker 1: We thank Teresa for doing that for us. Teresa, before
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  Speaker 1: we get to our subject, which obviously you being the
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  Speaker 1: diabetes educator at Morrison Community Hospital. We are going to
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  Speaker 1: talk about diabetes today in Earnest. We are going to
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  Speaker 1: get the word out from Teresa's area there. But Teresa,
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  Speaker 1: I wanted to learn a little bit more about Teresa
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  Speaker 1: Stout before we go any further. Teresa, are you originally
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  Speaker 1: from our area?
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  Speaker 2: I am. I was raised in Morson. My entire elementary school,
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  Speaker 2: high school career, I spent here. From Morson, I enlisted
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  Speaker 2: in the United States Navy, so I serve some time
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  Speaker 2: in the military.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you for doing that, Teresa, thank you.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you. From my completion at the military, I was
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  Speaker 2: a hospital corman, so I've always had an interest in
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  Speaker 2: the medical field. When I completed my time in the military,
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  Speaker 2: we moved back here. I picked up a husband and
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  Speaker 2: a couple of kids on the way through the military,
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  Speaker 2: so we moved back here to Morrison. From there, I
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  Speaker 2: pursued my nursing career. I completed that at Stock Valley
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  Speaker 2: Community College. From there, I went to work on a
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  Speaker 2: medical med search floor, which sparked my interest in diabetes.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it seemed like for every patient I was
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  Speaker 2: caring for, seventy five percent of them had the diagnoses
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  Speaker 2: of diabetes. So that certainly sparked my interest and pursued
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  Speaker 2: the education part. You know, when someone's in the hospital
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  Speaker 2: and they're not feeling well, it's not the best time
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  Speaker 2: to educate, you know, about their diabetes. And so I
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  Speaker 2: felt like I could do more and I wanted to
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  Speaker 2: do more, so I pursued the certified diabetes education. I
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  Speaker 2: spent ten years as a diabetes educator, decided I could
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  Speaker 2: even do more from that aspect and went on to
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  Speaker 2: become a nurse practitioner. I joined Morson Community Hospital in
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty with doctor Prianca Gararvi, who is our endocrinologist here.
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  Speaker 2: She was here for seven years live she now does
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  Speaker 2: telemedicine and so we have a unique component where we
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  Speaker 2: are able to provide our services through face to face
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  Speaker 2: or telemedicine. And so with diabetes, I got more into
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  Speaker 2: depth with the endochronology side, so thyroid and adrenal glands
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  Speaker 2: and you know, just all kinds of good stuff in
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  Speaker 2: the endochronology area.
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  Speaker 1: Welly, and you answered a whole heck of a lot
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  Speaker 1: of questions for me. Thank you, Teresa, because I was
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  Speaker 1: going to get into you know, endochronology and exactly what
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  Speaker 1: that area covered. You know, on top of you don't
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  Speaker 1: tell no talking about and educating about diabetes. Good heavens,
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  Speaker 1: it's like you've covered a wide gamut really of medicine
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  Speaker 1: at in your career.
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  Speaker 2: I have. I I guess I've had the privilege of
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  Speaker 2: you know, working on the med searge side and uh,
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  Speaker 2: the inpatient side, and now you know with the outpatient
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  Speaker 2: side of you know, with the indo chronology and and
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  Speaker 2: like I said, uh, indo chronology is more than diabetes
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  Speaker 2: and you know, hypothyroid hyperthyroids, so you know, we kind
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  Speaker 2: of go into detail with with the whole component. So
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  Speaker 2: that's just kind of my background as far as how
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  Speaker 2: I got my start and and where I'm at. And
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  Speaker 2: diabetes is a uh is a chronic condition. It's you know,
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  Speaker 2: diagnosed and is a progressive disorder. So our goal, of
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  Speaker 2: course is to diagnose folks with diabetes and manage their
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  Speaker 2: conditions uh throughout the course of their disease. So I
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  Speaker 2: guess what that means. And said Steve, we're seeing some
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  Speaker 2: unique trends and diabetes and unfortunately an increase in numbers.
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  Speaker 2: I just kind of checked these statistics, one point two
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  Speaker 2: million Americans are diagnosed with diabetes every year and that
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  Speaker 2: continues to grow. One and nine people. Just to kind
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  Speaker 2: of put it into perspective, one and nine people are
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  Speaker 2: diagnosed with diabetes. But the other side of that is
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  Speaker 2: forty percent don't even know they're diagnosed with diabetes. They
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  Speaker 2: know they don't feel well, but they don't have that
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  Speaker 2: diagnosis yet. And so that's what we try to do,
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  Speaker 2: is that we try to get that word out. As
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  Speaker 2: far as knowing your numbers, there was a campaign a
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  Speaker 2: few years ago that talked specifically about diabetes and knowing
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  Speaker 2: your numbers, and so that kind of brings me in, Okay, well,
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  Speaker 2: how do they know their numbers? What kind of test
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  Speaker 2: do we do to to diagnose diabetes? Well, so fasting
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  Speaker 2: blood glucose, which is first thing in the morning, before
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  Speaker 2: you've had anything to eat or drink. The American Diabetes
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  Speaker 2: Association says your target goal is to be under one
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  Speaker 2: hundred and twenty six. So if you're not diagnosed with
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  Speaker 2: diabetes and you have a fasting blood glucose over one
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  Speaker 2: hundred and twenty six, that that could be a concerning number.
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  Speaker 2: The chemoglobin a one C that's kind of the standard,
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  Speaker 2: which which seems to be how we really diagnose. Six
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  Speaker 2: point five percent or above indicates that you do have
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  Speaker 2: the diagnoses of diabetes. Or if you just present maybe
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  Speaker 2: to your primary care provider's office and they decide just
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  Speaker 2: to do what they call a random blood sugar check,
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  Speaker 2: anything above two hundred UH is considered enough to diagnose
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  Speaker 2: an individual with diabetes. And so that's where that's where
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  Speaker 2: we come into play. We need to provide diabetes education.
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  Speaker 2: Our goal is to prevent the long term complications that
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  Speaker 2: are associated with diabetes. You know, just because someone has
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  Speaker 2: diabetes does not mean that those complications are going to develop.
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  Speaker 2: And and I'll retrace my my words and say, that's
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  Speaker 2: where you have to know your numbers. We we focus
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  Speaker 2: on keeping our blood sugars within a certain range to
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  Speaker 2: prevent those complications.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, let's let's and let's let's kind of backtrack your
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  Speaker 1: digit go all the way back to the crux of diabetes, Teresa,
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  Speaker 1: and talk about that a little bit. You mentioned all
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  Speaker 1: the numbers, and you mentioned all of the you know,
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  Speaker 1: uh uh, you know levels that we need to be
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  Speaker 1: aware of as far as our blood is concerned, and
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  Speaker 1: all but getting batter, you know, to the to diabetes.
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  Speaker 1: You mentioned the the number of those diagnosed are going up.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, what is causing this to happen? Teresa? I
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  Speaker 1: mean why are we seeing this?
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  Speaker 2: I don't have a direct answer for you, Steve as
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  Speaker 2: far as why are we seeing this diagnose? But let
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  Speaker 2: me just talk about basically the the two different types
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  Speaker 2: of diabetes that that we focus on. You will hear
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  Speaker 2: the terms type one diabetes and type two diabetes. Type
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  Speaker 2: one diabetes used to be called juvenile on set diabetes
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  Speaker 2: because the younger kids are diagnosed with this. You know
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  Speaker 2: we're seeing you would see you know, four year olds diagnosed,
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  Speaker 2: five year olds diagnosed. And type one diabetes is an
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  Speaker 2: autoimmune disorder. The pancreas is organ that meant that produces
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  Speaker 2: the insulin. And what happens in type one is possibly
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  Speaker 2: someone has had a virus, you know, something and there,
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  Speaker 2: and it has basically attacked the cells within the pancreas,
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  Speaker 2: and so the body no longer manufactures insulin. Uh, and
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  Speaker 2: so uh you know, type one as a rule, goes
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  Speaker 2: on insulin right away. Insulin is a hormone. Excuse me.
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  Speaker 2: Insulin is a hormone and of course, if the body
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  Speaker 2: isn't manufacturing that it is more than then we have
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  Speaker 2: to get that into them. So that's that's really type
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  Speaker 2: one and that's very basic information. Type two diabetes used
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  Speaker 2: to be called adults ont diabetes, but we are seeing
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  Speaker 2: younger and younger people diagnosed with this condition and that
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  Speaker 2: is where the body is making insulin but it can't
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  Speaker 2: use it, and so how do we utilize that better. Well.
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  Speaker 2: Some risk factors for developing type two are the you know,
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  Speaker 2: family history for family history has uh, you know, has
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  Speaker 2: a has a family history of diabetes. That just creates
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  Speaker 2: a greater risk factor for you. A sedentary lifestyle if
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  Speaker 2: we have you know, gained weight, sometimes that can be
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  Speaker 2: detrimental for you know, the body, and that can create
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  Speaker 2: some concerns for type two. So those are the two
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  Speaker 2: main types, uh and there are there are You'll hear
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  Speaker 2: some chatter about some of the other types that they're
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  Speaker 2: looking at as well, but those are those are the
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  Speaker 2: two main ones, and that's very basic information. So with
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  Speaker 2: that being said, I'd kind of like to let people
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  Speaker 2: know like some signs and symptoms that you may be
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  Speaker 2: aware of and should maybe talk to your provider about
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  Speaker 2: some further testing. Yes, when blood sugars get high before
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  Speaker 2: someone is diagnosed, they may experience just increase thirst. You're
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  Speaker 2: you know, you're drinking water, drinking water, but you can
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  Speaker 2: never seem to quench that. So extreme thirst, frequent urination,
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  Speaker 2: extremely dry skin, tired. Those are definitely some signs of
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  Speaker 2: diabetes developing. And then and it warrants some further you know,
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  Speaker 2: work up some further lap tests just to figure out
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  Speaker 2: if it's something that we need to worry about. You know,
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  Speaker 2: the earlier someone is diagnosed, the the the earlier we
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  Speaker 2: are to see them, to bring those numbers into target.
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  Speaker 2: And again I say no, your numbers and to target.
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  Speaker 2: And again I say no your numbers.
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  Speaker 1: So okay, all right. So that's and and and and
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  Speaker 1: and as you mentioned, Teresa, you know, uh, those those
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  Speaker 1: are simple signs that we can kind of take to heart,
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  Speaker 1: you know, as far as you know, us being able
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  Speaker 1: to kind of you know, move towards you know, getting
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  Speaker 1: to a family physician, getting to Morrison Community Hospital, somebody
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  Speaker 1: you know that knows, uh, these areas and learn more.
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  Speaker 1: It sounds to me like Teresa, Uh, you know, diabetes, Uh,
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  Speaker 1: it's not something you you well you mentioned you can
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  Speaker 1: inherit it, and that that seems to be you know,
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  Speaker 1: maybe you know, kind of a situation there if your
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  Speaker 1: family has a past of diabetes, you know in their family,
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  Speaker 1: that's something to maybe watch for. But there's really nothing
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  Speaker 1: that you can you know, obviously. You know, in the
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  Speaker 1: in the good old days, it was it was always
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  Speaker 1: watching your sugar levels. Uh, right, in the old days,
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  Speaker 1: right right, right, I mean in the good old days,
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  Speaker 1: you didn't want to, you know, cut down your sugar,
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  Speaker 1: cut down your sugar, you know, sugar diabetes. You know,
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  Speaker 1: that was you know in the good old days. That's
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  Speaker 1: not the case anymore, it really is, because there are
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  Speaker 1: so many other factors you mentioned all of the blood
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  Speaker 1: problems that you could encounter, and you need to you
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  Speaker 1: need to watch these. It sounds to me like Teresa,
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  Speaker 1: we testing, you know, checking blood levels. You know, we're
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  Speaker 1: getting a simple blood test maybe, yes, right? Is that
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  Speaker 1: the way you do? Yes?
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  Speaker 2: And for most of us, you know, maybe we at
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  Speaker 2: least visit our primary providers on an annual basis for
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  Speaker 2: our annual physical and that's a great time to have
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  Speaker 2: some you know, lab work completed. I also want to
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  Speaker 2: mention Steve that November is National Diabetes Month and November
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  Speaker 2: fourteenth is National Diabetes Day. So what a great time
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  Speaker 2: to bring awareness to this manageable condition and maybe do
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  Speaker 2: some further testing, have your blood sugars checked, and you know,
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  Speaker 2: maybe we can prevent some some long term complications. We
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  Speaker 2: can catch it early and get some education out there
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  Speaker 2: to folks.
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  Speaker 1: You know, obviously, Teresa, you know what what I'm aware of.
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  Speaker 1: And again I'm just you know, I'm just one that's
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  Speaker 1: learning from Teresa Stout, who is with us today by
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  Speaker 1: the way from Morrison Community Hospital. Our diabetes educated there
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  Speaker 1: joins us for our talk line today. What I am
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  Speaker 1: learning is that again early diagnosed, again, early prevention, early
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  Speaker 1: diagnosis at least not so much. I don't know if
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  Speaker 1: there's prevention, But they're control, right Teresa, more of a
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  Speaker 1: control of this situation. Yes, then then you know, and
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  Speaker 1: if you don't control it, Teresa, what can happen? I mean,
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  Speaker 1: if you don't control this, what what's what's the downside
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  Speaker 1: to this?
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  Speaker 2: Then? So when when what sugars have been what they
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  Speaker 2: consider hyperglycemia, which is high blood sugars, and that condition
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  Speaker 2: occurs over a period of time. Of course, our vision
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  Speaker 2: can be affected. Our kidneys are affected. And you know,
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  Speaker 2: one of the biggest concerns is and we all know this,
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  Speaker 2: possible amputations. Yes, you know of toes and for anyone
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  Speaker 2: that here's the term diabetes, that's probably where their thoughts go,
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  Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, I don't want to lose my toes.
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  Speaker 2: I don't want to lose my vision. And so these
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  Speaker 2: are again, these are conditions that we focus on managing
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  Speaker 2: our blood sugar numbers.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, and that is through experts like our friends at
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  Speaker 1: Morrison Community Hospital, like Teresa Stout. Again, as Teresa mentioned
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  Speaker 1: general practitioners with a yearly visit, you know, to your
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  Speaker 1: general physician might detect and might again put you on
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  Speaker 1: the path. Now you know, Teresa, I know this kind
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  Speaker 1: of opens the door. We don't like to hear this.
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  Speaker 1: We don't like you know, insulin intake, you know, things
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  Speaker 1: like that, right that might you know that that come
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  Speaker 1: about you know with with this particular procedure, is that right?
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  Speaker 2: Well, yes, and and to you know, to clarify, that's
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  Speaker 2: one of the differences. So type one of course that
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  Speaker 2: individual is going to you know, need insulin Type two.
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  Speaker 2: We start out, we we focus on physical activity. We
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  Speaker 2: focus on meal plans and so we pro we focus
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  Speaker 2: on lifestyle changes, and there are also you know, oral medications.
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  Speaker 2: There are other routes that we can take to manage
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  Speaker 2: this condition. It doesn't mean with type two that that
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  Speaker 2: someone you know will never go on insulin. It just
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  Speaker 2: means that there are there are other means that we
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  Speaker 2: use to manage this condition as well. And again, insulin
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  Speaker 2: is a hormone, and if the body says that's it,
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  Speaker 2: I'm not making that anymore, then we we need that
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  Speaker 2: hormone and so we have to get it in there somehow.
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  Speaker 2: So you know, and I always tell I always tell
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  Speaker 2: my folks, you know, physical activity. Nobody says you have
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  Speaker 2: to be a marathon runner, but some activity is good.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, nobody has to eat healthy three hundred
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  Speaker 2: and sixty five days a year, but but we do.
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  Speaker 2: We do our best, and we focus on healthy eating
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  Speaker 2: and meal planning and you know, getting our fruits and
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  Speaker 2: vegetables and protests.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely, that's all important, that's all intake into your system,
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  Speaker 1: and it's all again the healthier route, as Teresa just mentioned,
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  Speaker 1: in combating you know these particular ailments, I should say
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  Speaker 1: ailments maladies. I guess type one, type two diabetes. We're
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  Speaker 1: talking about it today with Teresa's out for Morrison Community
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  Speaker 1: Hospital again on our talk line today here at w ACCENT.
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  Speaker 1: And as Teresa just mentioned, we could go into probably
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  Speaker 1: hours of getting really deep and we're really deep into
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  Speaker 1: you know, education, we need to I think in some
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  Speaker 1: areas and that's where Teresa and her crew come in.
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  Speaker 1: You can go to Morrison Community Hospital visit or and
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  Speaker 1: I'm sure Teresa has a lot of information to Morrison
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  Speaker 1: Community Hospital that she'd be able to share with you
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  Speaker 1: again when it comes to taking care of yourself. And Teresa,
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  Speaker 1: you mentioned at the outset of our program, it's not
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  Speaker 1: just older Americans. You talked about younger Americans, and so
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  Speaker 1: the age span here is quite large, right as far
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  Speaker 1: as diabetes is concerned.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, it is, and that includes type two as well,
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  Speaker 2: you know, adolescence all the way through our mature adult years.
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  Speaker 2: This is definitely a condition that we need to be
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  Speaker 2: aware of and get the education out there and so
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  Speaker 2: we can you know, again prevent those long term complications.
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  Speaker 1: And that's the advice that Teresa gives today on WIX.
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  Speaker 1: And Teresa, right, I mean, get get your you know,
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  Speaker 1: yearly check ups, uh and find out more take if
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  Speaker 1: there's you know, if there's blood tests involved. Okay, right,
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  Speaker 1: I mean that's that's that's good, right that we get
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  Speaker 1: these tested. Right? Is that correct?
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  Speaker 2: Yes? That is correct. Yes, that's it's a it's a
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  Speaker 2: great idea. And again with November being National Diabetes Months,
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  Speaker 2: there will be various sites throughout the our county where
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  Speaker 2: blood glue coast testing can can be done.
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  Speaker 1: Okay. I know that most of the health departments offered
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  Speaker 1: this print very much on a routine basis is gluecoast
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  Speaker 1: checks and gluecoast reading and most health departments, but as
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  Speaker 1: you mentioned, Teresa, probably during the month of November, there's
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  Speaker 1: going to be a lot more areas that are going
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  Speaker 1: to be offering special areas that you can you know,
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  Speaker 1: get your blood levels check, get your blood tested and
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  Speaker 1: make sure that you're not under that guys that Teresa mentioned,
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  Speaker 1: you know those numbers. Check the numbers. As Teresa mentioned
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  Speaker 1: also of again diabetes and it's spread. It sounds link
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  Speaker 1: to me Teresa too. You know, it's a shame that
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  Speaker 1: we hear these numbers and the rising numbers, but it's
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  Speaker 1: a reality and we all have to be aware of
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  Speaker 1: it as as we talk diabetes today with Teresa here
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  Speaker 1: at WI Accent. Your facility at Morrison Community Hospital, Teresa
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  Speaker 1: is growing. I know that your area of endochronology, you
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  Speaker 1: mentioned that off Ara is one of those areas that's
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  Speaker 1: under improvement right now. Is that correct?
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  Speaker 2: This is a great time to be a part well, anytime,
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  Speaker 2: it's a great time to be a part of Morrison
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  Speaker 2: Community Hospital, but to watch these expansions and to see
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  Speaker 2: our growth and of course yes, the under chronology department.
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  Speaker 2: You know, when doctor Garravian first started this clinic there
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  Speaker 2: was doctor gar and again I joined them, you know,
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  Speaker 2: five years ago, and so we continue to grow, and
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  Speaker 2: so what what a great time to be a part
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  Speaker 2: of the hospital.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely, we're seeing that growth. If you drive by the
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  Speaker 1: physical plant at Morrison Community Hospital, you're going to see
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  Speaker 1: what Theresa's talking about there as far as the growth
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  Speaker 1: is concerned, and it is happening in her area as well.
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  Speaker 1: A nurse practitioner in the endochronology department, and it's fascinating
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  Speaker 1: to learn about the you know you mentioned it too, Teresa,
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  Speaker 1: the techno side, I mean the teleside of medicine now
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  Speaker 1: spreading as well. That's exciting, you know that that we
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  Speaker 1: get to move into those areas. That's really exciting, isn't it.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, technology is great and again we have that unique
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  Speaker 2: component where our endochronologist is telemedicine, I am face to
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  Speaker 2: face in the office, and so we are able to
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  Speaker 2: bring about uh you know, we're we're we're able to
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  Speaker 2: meet all of our patient needs and with our unique
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  Speaker 2: component and keep moving forward.
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  Speaker 1: Teresa. Uh, you know, if a person wants more information
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  Speaker 1: on this area, can can they seek it? There's Morrison
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  Speaker 1: Community Hospital or how does this work now? Through your area?
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  Speaker 2: Well, so, most often when individuals go to see their
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  Speaker 2: primary care providers, we receive a referral from that primary
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  Speaker 2: care provider's office. Uh, you know, to cease to see
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  Speaker 2: someone for management of diabetes or you know, to provide
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  Speaker 2: some intense education to these folks. So that's usually how
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  Speaker 2: it occurs. But that doesn't mean if someone would like
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  Speaker 2: to contact our office to seek an appointment with us,
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  Speaker 2: they can certainly reach out to the hospital to to
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  Speaker 2: get connected to the endochronology clinic.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, right, but again, best way to go is through
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  Speaker 1: your general practitioner. Let them do the you know yearly
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  Speaker 1: test and make sure everything's okay, and as Teresa mentioned,
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  Speaker 1: usually referrals then go to her area at Morrison Community Hospital.
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  Speaker 1: But again, contacting the hospital probably wouldn't hurt again if
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  Speaker 1: you need more information or would like more information about
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  Speaker 1: diabetes and its treatment through Morrison Community Hospital. Teresa, it's
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  Speaker 1: been a pleasure chatting with you this morning. Lots of
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  Speaker 1: areas that we covered. I hope we covered them all?
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  Speaker 1: Did we did we do the job? I hope we
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  Speaker 1: got them all covered.
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  Speaker 2: I think I think we covered most. I could go on, well, wait.
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  Speaker 1: For November to get here. We'll wait for November to
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: get here, because November is Diabetes Awareness Month, and as
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  Speaker 1: Teresa mentioned, there's going to be a lot more information
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  Speaker 1: come next month from Morrison Community Hospital, from medical institutions
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  Speaker 1: across our northern Illinois area. I'm sure that we'll be
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  Speaker 1: aware of and again learn more of this again situation
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  Speaker 1: at Teresa brings to our attention, and I'm glad she
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  Speaker 1: did this morning. Teresa, thank you very much for your
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  Speaker 1: military service. That is wonderful that you've completed your military
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  Speaker 1: service and then moved on to becoming a great practitioner
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  Speaker 1: and a great educator here in our noither And, Illinois area.
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  Speaker 1: It's been a pleasure talking with you today. We thank
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  Speaker 1: you so very much for joining us today here at
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  Speaker 1: WIXA thank you. Teresa Stout is our diabetes educator and
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  Speaker 1: she is a nurse practitioner in the endochromotology area of
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  Speaker 1: Morrison Community Hospital. Our guest today on the Monday morning
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