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Robbie Riller runs up to throw his bowling ball at Oak Lanes in Westland. Robbie has been able to become very active
now that he has a insulin pump that he carries in his pocket.
INSULIN
FROM PAGE CIO
Nugget Burkhart knows all
too well that uncontrolled diabetes
da:inages the kidneys
aud eyes. The nurse practitioner
works in the University ,
of Michigau pediatric
endocrinology department's
outpatient clinic which follows
about 1,000 diabetic children,
ages birth to 2L U-M started
its pump program in 1998 after
taking part in the Diabetes
Control Complications Trial,
which studied the use of the
pump in ages 13 to 39 from
1983 to 1992. U-M and
Burkhart now have more than
400 children on insulin pumps
including Schremser and
Ritter.
"The study proved that tight-
DECEMBER
Depression lecture
Darlene Doute, an adult psychiatric
mental health nursing and clinICal
nurse specialist at St. Mary Mercy
Hospital, gives tips on coping with
holiday stress 10 30-1130 a m.
Monday, Dec, 19 at the Northville
Senior Center Req'stratlOil reqUired
r "
L...J, II t,le- :'L,\ ,\.1< • I' J l u,
indICate when your body IS under too
much stress 6:15 p m. Tuesday, Dec.
20 and Jan. 3, iearn about three
kinds of stress and how to decrease
emotional, chemical and physical
stress. The workshop aiso teaches
Trigger Point Theraov whICh is a natural
way to relieve tight and sore
muscles, at 8524 Canton Center Road,
Canton. Guest lecturer IS Dr Michaei
Brackney, D.C. No charge, but seating
is limit. To reserve a space, call (734)
455-4444.
G.E.M.S.
Group ExerCISe for Multiple ScleroSIS
meets 6-7 p.m, Dec. 23 and every
Friday evening at the livonia YMCA
on Stark Road, It is a water exerCise
class for MS patients and their families.
Support group meeting from
7:15-8:15 p.m. For information, call
Karolyn Davis. (734) 459-9715, or Mike
Hickey, (734) 522-0036
Recovery Inc.
The group meets Dec. 23, and every
Friday, in the Southfield Parks &
Recreation Building on Evergreen at
Holiday card
sales to benefit
cancer patients
Stay in touch with friends
and family while supporting
a good cause at the same
time. Beaumont Hospital's
Integrative Medicine program
is selling holiday cards
to benefit programs for cancer
patients at Beaumont.
The cards, one with a
snowy, winter scene and the
other with colorful poinsettias,
are available in packs of
10 for $15.90. All proceeds
from the cards, minus printing
costs benefit cancer
patients. The greetings
inside the cards are generic.
The designs were donated by
Clarkston artist Jail Mayer,
an ll-year cancer survivor.
To order,
7837.
call (248) 551-
Beaumont's Integrative
Medicine program offers
treatments such as medical
massage, healing touch, -t
guided imagery, yoga, meditation,
and Reiki to snpplement
standard therapy. It is
part ofthe hospital's
Oncology Services department.
-
ly controlling the sugar prevents
diabetes complications;'
said Burkhart, an registered
nurse with a master's degree in
'pediatric nursing. She's worked
with diabetic children since
1983 and was hired to set up
the U-M pump program. "If
blood sugar is kept as close to
the normal range as possible,
the study showed it reduced
kidney and eye damage by
about 70 percent.
"Today we have much better
tools than ever before, very
sophisticated technology, fast
acting insulin. We know a lot
more abont the diet and connting
carbohydrates. We have a
goal of trying to control the
blood sugar as well as possible
and promote normal growth
and development."
It's Burkhart's job to educate'
the children on how to use the
MEDICAL DATEBOOK
10 1/2 Mile. For more information, cali
(734) 464-0027,
Half an hour 10 health
A fun and :nformatlve look at how
the human body works and the five
aspects of health. Lecture includes a
dIScussion on the most beneficial
foods and the most harmful for your
health I earn how low carb diets may
1 ,I , .,~ ,["r, '),1" "Jr sorre Inll"
al"j 1,01, 10 (el( dllJ dllilK to reach
your optlmalleveis of health 6:15
p.m Tuesday, Dec. 27, at 8524 Canton
Center Road, Canton. Guest lecturer
IS Dr. MIChael Brackney, D,C.No
charge, but seating IS limit. To
reserve a space, call (734) 455-4444.
Eating disorders support
Groups meet 7-8:30 p.m. Mondays at
Wiliiam Beaumont Hospital, 3601 W,13
Mile, west of Woodward, use east
entrance and take centrai elevators
to 10th floor classroom A & B; 7-8:30
p,m. Wednesdays at Garden City
Hospital, 6245 Inkster, between Ford
and Warren, use main entrance, take
elevators after the gift shop down to
WHY DRUGS STOP WORKING
pump so they can live as normal
a childhood as possible.
"About 95 percent of what
they do is self-management
and they have to do it all day
long, every daY;' said Burkhart.
"They have to learn to think
like a pancreas. We teach
them technical skills, how to
program the pump, load the
insulin and care for the tiny
Teflon catheter that goes in
subcutaneously and must be
changed every two to three
days.
"They have so much to learn.
After they begin using the
pump, so many families tell us
they got their kid back They
act like they used to act. They
don't have mood swings and
do better in school. These kids
are an inspiration to all of us."
Ichomin@hometownlife.com I (734) 953-2145
the auditorium on the right. Family
and friends support is on the second
Wednesday of each month, parents
oniy on fourth Wednesday of each
month, at the same time and place
as the Monday night closed group.
For more Information, call (734) 324-
3089.
Having d baby
St. Mary Mercy Hospital IS offering a
six-week childbirth education class 7-
9 P m Monday, Jan. 2 to Feb. 6, learn
what to expect during pregnancy,
labor and delivery, classes based on
Lamaze Method and inciude exercise,
relaxation breathmg techniques and
comfort measures to assist expectant
mom through labor, includes
iniormation on anesthesia options,
medication, nutrition, famiiy adjustment
and the importance of the support
person's role, :n Classroom 1 at
the hospital, 36475 Five Mile at
Levan, Livonia. To register, call (734)
655-1162,
You have either expenenced the follOWing or know someone to whom it has happened: You are
taking medication lor, say, rheumatoid arthrltls, and dOing well You sleep Without disruption, can
awake in the mormng With slight sllflness that resolves after 10-15 minutes of activity. You go through
your day wlthoul undue fatigue, and can enjoy an evemng out when the opportunity anses.
Then over one or several days, everything changes' pain diSrupts your sleep, JOint aching purses
you throughout the day, and by evening you are too exhausted to do anything but Sit on a couch.
You may conclude that you have become 'immune" to the mediCine that formally worked for you.
Your doctor sees a more complicated situation.
You may be right in part, your medicine may no longer be dOing its job. Most arthritis mediCines
work at the cellular level, often controlling intraceltuiar channeis that direct the entrance and exit of
molecular solutions. Over time the body develops alternative channels that bypass what the drug
counteracted. The result is return of inflammation.
Another cause of pain is that your arthritis has progressed, you may hurt because your JOints are
:yiorsenmg despite medication, Fmally, the pam you experience may be the result of another
condition other than the arthntis for which you are l:lOd~r treatment, as lor example, new
flbromyalgta.
The doctor sees hIS Job as separating put these POSSibilities since each cause or their
combination, r~quires a different medical response. At times, only changing your therapy in stages
wilt uncover the reason for the flare in pam, You may need patience, just at the time you most want
immediate retiel.
www.drjjweiss.yourmd.com OE08396442
Spine Surgeon
Nilesh Patel,
MD-
, a member of
, Oakwood Annapolis
: Hospital's medical staff - is
. currently accepting patients at
the Oakwood Healthcare
, Center - Canton, located at
, 7300 Canton Center Road.
; Dr. Patel's specialty focuses on
, aduit spinal disorders with a
: special inter~st in cervical
, spine disorders, minimally
: invasive techniques and
motion preserving technology.
Dr. Patel - who grew up in
: Canton - completed a
, combined Orthopedic and
Spine surgeon comes hom~
Neurosurgical Spine Surgery
fellowship at New England
Baptist Hospital in Boston. He
received his medical degree,
with honors, from the i
Northeastern Ohio Universities I
College of Medicine. Dr. I
Patel's affiliations include an I
active membership in the I
North American Spine Society. I
Dr. Patel also has a practice in
Dearborn located in the
Waterworks Building at 21031
Michigan Ave., and has
privileges at all Oakwood
hospitals.
TO'Illake an appointment,
please VIsitwww.oakwood.org
or call 800.543.WELL.
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