The Legal Drug Dealer Podcast
Getting Pharmacy as a Profession Closer to The Patient
February 4, 2020
Pre-Diabetes
With Theresa Morrow PharmD and Marilena Grittani, RPh
We all have heard of Diabetes, but do you know what Pre Diabetes is?
Well, we have Dr. Theresa Morrow, PharmD, who is an expert in this area and is going to educate us, with her sweet personality and her very relatable story.
She is also developing a workshop where she will guide, support, and instruct you on what to do after you get diagnosed as Pre-Diabetic.
Some of the most relevant points she made are:
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I’m just a Coal Miner’s Daughter. I grew up in South West Virginia, that is rural, Appalachian Virginia. It’s at the corner in about 30 minutes from the state of West Virginia. But when I graduated, there was great shortage of pharmacists
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We mix that IV medicine so we have a sterile room just like it’s an operating room. We mix the medicine in that sterile room. And then we package it and deliver it to the patient’s home where they can actually have the medicine at home so they can get better over time
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And I’m trying to do some stuff on the side with what I really care about what matters to me, which is the pre diabetes
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I am working on creating a workshop called Pre-Diabetes Plan. And in that plan, I want to help people with pre diabetes. And I have a passion for that, because I have pre diabetes. I’ve had it for 10 years, and I have such a struggle.
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When you’re of a certain age like I am, and you have insulin resistance, and so many things that contribute to the weight gain, it’s just very difficult. And it’s discouraging, and you feel like you feel hopeless.
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If you’re overweight, you probably should be checking it much younger and there are screening recommendations on when all that should be done. So if you don’t know what your A1C is, I would say talk to your doctor and see if you qualify for that.
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She had three toes amputated before she was ever diagnosed as a diabetic. Which, you know, we kept saying she’s got to be a diabetic and they can’t say No, she’s not. No, she’s not. And you know, so now I hope today that would never happen. But still, that is an example that shows you can’t just look at one point in time about what your blood sugars are doing because it does fluctuate and when it fluctuate, it can damage the nerves in your body and and affect your kidneys and so many things that are affected…
“I want to help people with pre diabetes. And I have a passion for that, because I have pre diabetes. I’ve had it for 10 years, and I have such a struggle. And I just know, so many of my friends have been diagnosed and everybody has questions about it..”
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