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Mumia Abu-Jamal Hospitalized In “Diabetic Shock”
News One ^ | 3/31/15

Posted on 03/31/2015 10:12:08 PM PDT by Impala64ssa

Imprisoned journalist and former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal is in intensive care for treatment of diabetes and is “not doing well,” his family said Tuesday, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Abu-Jamal, 60, was taken from the Pennsylvania state Correctional Institution in Mahanoy to Schuylkill Medical Center in Pottsville Monday after passing out, his wife Wadiya Jamal said outside the hospital. She says prison officials told her he is in diabetic shock.

According to the Philadelphia Inquirer:

His blood sugar level was very high – 779 – when he arrived at the hospital and remains at more than 300, she said. (Anything above 186 is considered dangerously high.)

A hospital spokesman said he could not confirm that Abu-Jamal is a patient at the hospital or release information about his condition. Family members said they have not met with a doctor, but have pieced together information from conversations with nurses and Abu-Jamal.

The former death-row inmate is shackled to a chair and receiving an insulin drip treatment in intensive care, his family said.

Abu-Jamal’s family tells Philadelphia’s ABC 6 that prison officials have failed to provide proper medical treatment.

Abu-Jamal is a former Black Panther serving life in prison for the 1981 murder of white Philadelphia Officer Daniel Faulkner. His conviction was upheld through years of appeals, but he has gained international support for his claim that he’s the victim of a racist justice system.

We’ll keep you updated with the latest.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: blackpanthers; copkllers; danielfaulkner; deathpenalty; diabetes; frymumia; justicedenied; mumiaabujamal; wesleycook
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To: Viking2002

You are right, I went on the pump last year, and gained about 20 pounds. The idea was to get off the 7 injections a day (lantus, victoza, and novolog, plus metformin pills). But since the weight gain, he put me back on victoza once a day (in addition to the pump) to help control weight gain. That was last month, I am not sure if it’s really working that well, I lost 3 pounds in a month, but that could be from anything.

The continual basal flow of Novolog just puts on the pounds, but I am happy to say my A1C is now around 7.5 on average, where before I was 10-11 with the 7 injections. Type 2 btw.

As a side note, I would recommend the Medtronic Insulin pump to anyone who has more than a few daily injections. Painless insertions, I can look to see what my BG level is at any time, and it has warnings of high and low BG levels. You just put in the carbs you eat and it automatically sends the right amount of insulin. It’s been a life saver for me.


41 posted on 04/01/2015 3:21:05 AM PDT by esoxmagnum (Turtles don't win fights. Victory belongs to the aggressor, not the guy hiding in a bunker.)
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To: Impala64ssa

He’s already lived 34 years longer than he ever deserved, and live far better than he deserved.


42 posted on 04/01/2015 3:36:15 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (This is known as "bad luck". - Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: chris37

I am glad you made it through. That sounds terrible. God Bless you.


43 posted on 04/01/2015 4:32:33 AM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: Impala64ssa

good,
Die and go to hell where you belong and take the poser with ya.


44 posted on 04/01/2015 4:53:49 AM PDT by Joe Boucher ( Obammy is a lie, a mooselimb and pond scum.)
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To: HANG THE EXPENSE

Me too!!!!!


45 posted on 04/01/2015 4:55:26 AM PDT by 1217Chic
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To: Impala64ssa
"Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal is in intensive care for treatment of diabetes and is “not doing well,” his family said Tuesday"

Neither is the policeman he shot. Bye bye Mumia.

46 posted on 04/01/2015 5:55:47 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (The Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stones)
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To: Viking2002
"Insulin actually will make you gain weight. "

I didn't know that. My uncle died because of diabetes. He was thin as a rail all of his life. He was very-very careful about his insulin shots and eating. He died at age 97 from loosing his balance and falling while he was filling his syringe. He broke some ribs, and got pneumonia.

47 posted on 04/01/2015 6:03:18 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (The Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stones)
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To: HANG THE EXPENSE

Thank you kindly.

All I can say is that night the Lord said it was not my time to go. Out of control diabetes is a truly fearsome thing.

Fortunately I have that condition under control, and I have not experienced that again.


48 posted on 04/01/2015 8:08:08 AM PDT by chris37 (Heartless)
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To: HANG THE EXPENSE
well his decline could be slow and painful..the eyesight going...the kidneys...maybe losing his legs...maybe not being able to digest things normally...

he might have a whole range of painful exp. to live thru before death.....so there's that...

49 posted on 04/01/2015 10:12:22 AM PDT by cherry
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To: boop
DKA is a repeater though...its taking a big toll on his body and his mind...it'll catch up with him....

blacks and diabetes are not a good fit.....

50 posted on 04/01/2015 10:16:06 AM PDT by cherry
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To: norwaypinesavage

he died from diabetes at age 97???....


51 posted on 04/01/2015 10:19:54 AM PDT by cherry
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To: cherry
"he died from diabetes at age 97???...."

If he hadn't had diabetes, he wouldn't have broken his ribs filling his insulin syringe, so Yes.

52 posted on 04/01/2015 11:03:08 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (The Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stones)
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To: boop

To pick a nit, Obama cannot pardon Mumia, who is serving a Pennsylvania state sentence, not a federal one.


53 posted on 04/01/2015 11:18:05 AM PDT by pogo101
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To: pogo101
I've heard that from other sources.

I was under the impression that the POTUS could pardon anyone.

54 posted on 04/01/2015 5:36:39 PM PDT by boop (Hey, stoop, that's got gears. It ain't no Ford.)
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To: esoxmagnum
Ask your doctor about a new FDA approved med called Belviq. It's specifically recommended for patients diagnosed with obesity, high BP, and/or Type II diabetes. I've been on it for about three weeks now, and have dropped about ten pounds. And my activity level is still low due to a slow recovery from a staph infection in my leg last year. They even have one month free trial prescriptions, to let you get a feel for the effectiveness. So far, I haven't noticed any side effects. Other than my pants fitting looser.


55 posted on 04/01/2015 6:55:11 PM PDT by Viking2002 (The Avatar is back by popular request.)
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To: pogo101

He’ll just do another Executive Order.


56 posted on 04/01/2015 7:11:19 PM PDT by CARDINALRULES (Tough times never last -Tough people do. DK57 --RIP 6-22-02)
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To: norwaypinesavage
Oh, man, sorry to hear that. But at 97, he lived a full life. Makes you wonder how long he'd have kept on had it not been for an accident like that. Wow. Dying while trying to take a med to help you live longer. Something about that just isn't cosmically right. But yes, insulin generally makes you gain weight. Every doctor I was seeing at the time it was added to my pharmaceutical regimen (don't get me started on THAT) would kind of hang their heads like they didn't want to address it and say, yes, it'll make you gain weight. But, if you looked at my BMI and weight history over the past 15 or so years, it would look like a fibrillating EKG, so I couldn't 100% vouch for that. My weight is currently on the downswing due to a new med added to my regimen, so I'm hopeful.


57 posted on 04/01/2015 7:13:14 PM PDT by Viking2002 (The Avatar is back by popular request.)
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To: Impala64ssa

Yay! Hope he suffers!


58 posted on 04/01/2015 7:17:28 PM PDT by stuck_in_new_orleans
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To: norwaypinesavage

I’m curious about that weight gain due to insulin comment also. My spouse is diabetic, currently well under control and not taking any meds, but for years took lantus. Thin as a rail before, and thin as a rail after years of lantus. Probably it’s genetically based rather than lifestyle diabetes.


59 posted on 04/01/2015 8:05:31 PM PDT by EDINVA (S)
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To: Impala64ssa

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60 posted on 04/01/2015 8:06:50 PM PDT by OKSooner (Chamberlain at least loved his country, please don't insult his memory by comparing him to 0.)
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