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Summary

The web content serves as a comprehensive table of contents (TOC) for articles written by William "Bill" Myers, focusing on Diabetes, General Health, and Insurance, with an emphasis on practical advice and personal experiences.

Abstract

The website presents a curated collection of stories by author William "Bill" Myers, organized into a table of contents format. This TOC is a guide to Myers' extensive writings on Diabetes, offering insights such as how non-diabetics can support diabetics and the benefits of using the Libra 2 sensor for glucose monitoring. Additionally, it includes articles on General Health topics, including weight management, hearing loss solutions, prostate health, and dental care. The Insurance section addresses issues like the importance of advanced directives and the pitfalls of medical insurance policies. The content is enriched with personal anecdotes and practical advice, aiming to educate and empower readers with real-life experiences and knowledge.

Opinions

  • The author believes that understanding diabetes is crucial for everyone, not just diabetics, as it can significantly impact daily life and interactions.
  • Myers emphasizes the life-saving potential of the Libra 2 continuous glucose monitoring sensor, highlighting its alert system for critical glucose levels.
  • The articles advocate for permanent lifestyle changes rather than temporary diets for sustained weight loss and health management.
  • The author shares a positive personal experience with hearing aids, noting their impact on reducing Alzheimer's risk and improving family dynamics.
  • Myers is critical of insurance company practices, pointing out how changes in medication supply computations can financially burden patients.
  • He suggests that knowledge about medical procedures, such as cataract surgery, can alleviate fear and uncertainty, improving the patient experience.
  • The author promotes the use of a Waterpik for dental hygiene, despite initial difficulties, and credits it with maintaining clean teeth.
  • Myers stresses the importance of having an Advanced Directive to prevent unwanted medical interventions in old age.

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Diabetes & Medical/Health — Table of Contents (TOC)

Links to my stories in the categories: Diabetes, General Health, & Insurance

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Synopsis

  • Most important story: What YOU need to know when Employing, Living with, or Working with a Diabetic
  • Most popular: How I dropped my weight 40 pounds and kept it off for 31 years without special diets or exercising

TOC Methodology

  • Medium has made it extremely difficult for a new reader to see your entire portfolio. Even a TOC with all of my articles is long. This post is a sub-category with descriptions and links to my articles.
  • Sections: Diabetes, General Health, and Insurance
  • Example:

Diabetes

  • Important for everyone to know, almost as much as CPR. It’s changed the life for two early reviewers.
  • Sometime in your life, you will need to know about diabetes. My wife and I, coworkers, neighbors and strangers have had to contend with everything here.
  • Most articles offer advice to the diabetic. This one is for everyone else…
  • It sounds the alert before the number becomes critically high or low!
  • More about the Libre 2
  • Do you name your devices?
  • If the Thanksgiving meal is three hours late, everyone else can munch chips and popcorn while watching the football game on TV. The diabetic cannot eat those high-carb snacks, especially between meals.
  • Timing is also important. The diabetic will have to eat his meal earlier, and entirely skip Thanksgiving dinner. We had to go to a restaurant.
  • You always want to go into surgery with an empty stomach, if possible. My wife, a Type 1 diabetic, had cataract surgery last week at an outpatient center in Florida.
  • The anesthesiologist sabotaged our insulin and meal plan, thus creating dangerous medical problems later. I wonder if he knew anything about diabetes.

General Health

  • Diets don’t work because one day they will end. This article explains how to identify and change things permanently.
  • Once you’ve decided what weight you want, it provides tips to handle your everyday meals, substitution techniques, methods to stay on track, and how I dealt with two remissions. I show many detailed, usable examples.
  • Hearing Part 1 — The Test
  • Noticing the problem, the exam, and the results
  • Wildly different between me and my wife
  • Hearing Part 2 — Benefits of the Hearing Aids
  • Improvements: communication, TV, karaoke, unheard sounds
  • Aids fitting, problems, improvements & maintenance
  • As many as 90% of men in their 70s and 80s have enlarged prostates. At age 75, I am in that group.
  • I couldn’t take Flomax — dizziness and lack of energy.
  • I decided to test the 72% chocolate on myself and my urologist saw no harm in trying.
  • Now, I make 2 or 3 trips at night instead of 5, 0 or 1 when out for dinner & dancing instead of 4, and never have flow problems.
  • My lifetime goal was never to have a tooth pulled
  • After 40 years of problems with tooth #30, I chose the extraction and implant
  • Experience with previous dentists & why I changed
  • I don’t like unexpected changes, especially weight gain or more important, a loss which can be a symptom of too many diseases. I had to find out why. It started with the shutdown.
  • I finally bought one after much badgering by my dentist and dental hygienist.
  • My teeth feel like they were cleaned by the hygienist yesterday, even a month later. I don’t know how I ever got along without it; after I learned how to operate it!
  • Cataracts are an older person’s disease. You are 90% likely to have them if you reach age 65, even sooner, depending on where you live in the world.
  • Knowing the history of cataracts, the 5-minute surgery, and what to expect makes the whole process easier, as shown here.

Insurance & Directives

  • A way to protect yourself
  • Insurance companies encourage patients to buy a 90-day supply of medications by having the patient make two monthly co-pays at once instead of three. That works ok until they change the rules. Then, they endanger patients.
  • The insurance company compels the patient to use the mail-order drug company for maintenance drugs. The company ships a three-month supply. The patient pays a two-month co-pay, thus saving a one-month cost.
  • Simple and efficient when it works.
  • It’s terrible for the patient when it doesn’t. There’s a lot of confusion, finger-pointing, and refusal to fix problems.

Author’s Story

TOC with all of my stories

  • Medium has made it extremely difficult for a new reader to see your entire portfolio. I’ve listed all 100+ of my stories here by category, title and subtitle with links.
Table Of Contents
Diabetes
Health
Insurance
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