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.
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Ok. You convinced me.
Another Life Saved!™
Actually, I exaggerated. My real sugars are in the zone considered dangerous, 150-250. I need to get to a doctor, I suspect.
WHEW!
I am really relieved that my leg was being pulled. I am really scared out of my mind of 400+ levels of blood sugar, and if anybody else says that they have that, I’m scared for them too. I will never forget how that felt.
But yeah, that range is dangerous. Slow, steady damage, and none of the long term effects of it are good.
I have found much success with metformin and glimepride generics. I don’t have insurance, bc screw obama, so I have to pay for that stuff out of pocket, and it’s no problem. No side effects that I know of yet...
It’s hard for me to change my diet as I should, I’m from New Orleans, I can’t help myself, I like to eat!
Ok, ok, I’m going to the doctor.
Yep.
That’s what brought me there in an ambulance at the edge of death.
It’s absolute misery.
I’m Type 2 and in my late 60s. I was diagnosed 12 years ago. I’m addicted. If you have the will power, it’s never too early or too late. I love your humor.
Be well.
I agree with you. My dad who got diagnosed with Type 2 in his late thirties has been keeping his glucose levels in check ,most times with diet and occasionally with pills since the past 4 decades.
What I noticed him do ever since his diagnosis are curb his appetite ( hear no starving yourself) step by step and making a lot of low carb yet protein rich delicious choices for his frequent and small meals/snacks .(Nope! no steamed broccoli and green beans either.) Its all about finding a lot of replacements to your diet and acknowledging that you must rely on medication occasionally if not frequently.
Oh, forgot to mention that my mom’s very boring 3 course only menu/365 days a year helped him curb his appetite too :))
thanx
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