[fiesta]

Welcome Admit, you are in the right place for answers.

You love your mother very much to want to help her.

What is your mother's diet? That is important to getting her blood sugar down. You have to be careful with a diet that involves someone who is sick. Sometimes the diet can raise the blood sugar. Check all labels and be sure to give her the serving size that is on the label.

Have you tried Vick's vapo rub for your mother? It comes in a jar. I have some handy. When I have a cold on cough, I rub it on underneath my neck when I go to bed. Also, a humidifor (sp?) might help.

Ruth

 

[fiesta]

Pertussis is going around. We are to have vaccinations every 5 years. I have not had my shots since I was a child. My son and I are going to get our shots so we do not get it.

 

[fiesta]

Shanny, I just found out from the doctor's office that it is needed every 10 years. This is in California. It was on the news!! Whooping cough (pertussis) is going around here.

I am waiting to hear from my doctor when my husband and I can get a shot.

 

[fiesta]

I hope none of your family or my family come down with it. I thought that once we had our shots, we were good for life. I was wrong.

I appreciate your quote, that is normally the fact.

 

[fiesta]

I am glad you and your mother are still here.

 

[fiesta]

Hi Amit, when whooping cough gets that bad, go to the ER, STAT, do not delay. A person can die from it, if it is not treated.

I do not believe whooping cough has anything to do with diabetes. Anymore than the flu or any other winter illness.

I live in an area where whooping cough has become prevalent. Most everyone, including me, has had the vaccine for whooping cough. I have also had the flu shot.

I know a lot of people do not believe in getting the shots. I am not trying to tell others what to do. It is up to each individual.

Em, please do not say that women are smarter than men. I know some men who are keeping their diabetes under strict control. You are discriminating.

Ruth