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  • Riyadh
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Hometown (where you come from):
Cairo,Egypt
Do you have diabetes?
I have a relative/friend with diabetes
Type of diabetes
Other
What do you expect from TuDiabetes?
Experience and support
How did you find out about us? What were you searching for?
INTERNATIONAL DIABETES FEDERATION
What do you do for a living?
Pediatric endocrinologist

سلام عليكم : للمتحدثين باللغة العربية ولهم علاقة بمرض السكري بكل أنواعه أتمنى أن يشتركوا في هذا الموقع الرائع وسأقوم انا بمساعدتهم بالترجمة والمساعدة

As a pediatric endocrinologist I was very happy to join this wonderful group,I learn many things about diabetes care,health care system in different countries,awareness campaigns,political issues that concern diabetes allover the world and most imoprtant to get to know people from everywhere.
Diabetes is uniting us and bringing down any false barriers that can come between us.
The wonderful thing also on this site is Art! Recently all of a sudden I became a poet,publishing my first book last year,and two are under publication,beautiful photos and attitude can send me writing,and forgive my english,I write in Arabic,but also in english.
Many thanks to Manny who started this family,and thanks to all of you.

Sohair
30th July 2008

14 th October 2008:
3 months with you,making friends,learning about diabetes from you,learning about health care systems worldwide and enjoying your beautiful photos,fun discussions especially by Dino .It is beautiful to share our artistic side: word in your hand,diabetes supply art contest,and poetry club.
Learning about our different cultures and relegions is so beautiful .A great community,Allah bless.(Allah is God's name in Arabic,we beleive in one God there who created the universe. )


18 October 2008:
I changed my profile,I have my patients who are mainly type1 but more come with type2,I have relatives with diabetes,and modern way of living proved thar I came from a population genetically predisposed to develop type2 diabetes. So I do belong here,I should not feel uneasy any more......

WE ARE FAMILY !!
16 November 2008:
Spending world diabetes day in Egypt with my dear family.I raised awarness for the epidemic of diabetes,obesity & environmental issues among my family.
We are 4 sisters+ 3 young sisters( when my mother died my father remarried a great lady).2 of my young sisters joined,one of my same generation sisters,Nagwa with her 3 grown up children joined our community to raise awarness among our family and friends.So now we are family within a bigger family......

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At 10:32am on November 15, 2009, Robyn said…
Hello,
I will get a card and gift card for Lois and add your name to it. Dont worry about the money. I will take care of it. Hope all is well, and thank you for all the nice comments on my pictures.
Love, Robyn
At 5:23am on November 14, 2009, Marie B said…
Happy World Diabetes Day Sohair! I see the numbers are already coming in from the world. We are not alone with our diabetes today!
At 6:57pm on November 13, 2009, Lois La Rose said…
Sohair:

Oh, it's soooooo good to hear from you again. It's been too long, for sure!

My birthday is coming up on the 24th, and I'm busy daydreaming of what the perfect gift would be. I KNOW! I want out of here!!!!

I sure hope you're right about my spirit holding me up. I feel like I'm going to crumble down in a pile of dirty clothes and wilt away. I just question my ability to put up with much more. I'm teetering on the edge and need all the prayers I can get to keep me all glued together!

Well, I've ignored the internet for over a week and now must pay the price of answering a lot of messages. Please come back soon.

Love you!

Lois
At 7:00am on November 11, 2009, Marie B said…
thanks for thinking of me
At 7:02am on November 8, 2009, Doris Ann Dickerson said…
Sohair,

You know your pomes are GREAT!!! OK yep I'm back see the spelling??? HA!! Could fix it but that's what I'm known for! HA!!!!!!! I forgot it's night across the lake isn't it? I was going t tell you good morning but oh well..........................HA!!
At 8:38pm on November 7, 2009, Varena Ngai said…
Hi Sohair, how's your week? Mine is good. Knowing the root cause of my problem helps. I've started on vitamin B complex. It is helping. Take care now. Please keep in touch.
At 11:47am on November 7, 2009, Doris Ann Dickerson said…
Sohair,

Yep I'm back! Poor Pl here!!! They probably thought they were rid of me but no way! Gotta drive the folks here crazy!!! HA!!! How's life been treating you??? Around here not so good but just from family! Do you want them??? Right now will give you the 2 grown daughters but the grandbabies their MINE!!!!!!!!
At 7:42am on November 7, 2009, Marie B said…
hi Sohair, just stopping by to say hi. I understand about not having a gathering for WDD. I hope you're going to be participating in "The Big Blue Test" on November 14 at 2PM your local time.
At 5:21pm on November 5, 2009, Lois La Rose said…
Sohair:

I'm finally back on-line. Don't know why I haven't been able to get into things for three weeks, but they just as suddenly started up again this evening! YEAH!!!!

It's been really tough for me realizing that I won't be home in time for my birthday to say nothing about Christmas! (boo hoo!) I had a grand old crying jag of a pity party for myself this afternoon while we were talking in Occupational Therapy. Boy what a bummer I am .... brought the whole room down on that one. Then my next-door neighbor [in this nuthouse] started teasing me to get me laughing and the pity party ended just as fast as it started.

I am getting what is called derma grafts. That is, they take a sheet of frozen cells from the leftover skin of a baby boy's circumcision and reconstitute them and apply the sheet to my feet. Cover it up where the nurses can't screw it up. It is repeated once per week for eight weeks. There has been some signs of new cell growth around the edges.

This place sucks big time!! Yucky (mild expletive!), lazy CNA's, stupid nurses (only some) and even weirder residents. I can spend an hour just sitting and waiting for someone to answer my call button. Sometimes I'm on the commode for that time. Talk about getting numb buns!!!!! Arrrrrrgh!

Well, better move on to bigger and better things!! Many more messages to answer and/or delete! Talk to you soon ..... I hope!

Lois
At 5:47pm on November 4, 2009, Varena Ngai said…
Hi Sohair, no, I'm not going to use HRT. Like you say, go the natural way. You may want to read for yourself why coffee raises blood glucose. Just google MyDiabetesCentral.com - Glycemic coffee. Caffeine increases insulin resistance temporarily in diabetics. In normal people, they can produce extra insulin to overcome this.
At 8:39am on November 4, 2009, debb said…
the flowers as usual are wonderful sohair. i'm still around, just not on TuD as much as i was. i can be found on facebook when i'm not on here. i found a lot of my long lost family on there. it's been fun catching up with them. plus there are some games that i seem to have become addicted to. lol. it helped when i was recovering from the wrist surgery. the wrist is doing really good now that it has gotten over the trauma of my granddaughter popping it open later in the day that i had the stitches out. she came down on it with her little hard forehead, twice. blood all over the place, but it is healed now. still sore though.
how are you doing? have you been able to shake the depression that has been your constant companion? while i may not have been on here as much, everyone has been in my thoughts all the time. i was thrilled to see that doris is back among us. i don't know how much she knows about sandy being gone from us but i will be talking to her soon. she sent me her phone number and we will talk as soon as her vacation is over with. i know sandy would be proud of how well i have been doing lately. i have lost around 60 pounds. i have about that much more to go. it might take longer now that winter is setting in but i will do my best. take care sweet lady, and thanks again for the lovely flowers and birthday wishes.
At 7:01pm on November 3, 2009, Varena Ngai said…
Hi Sohair, thanks for the coffee. I love coffee but read that it isn't good for bg. Ah, what is life without small pleasures. It's great talking to everyone. I was thinking about all the comments when I suddenly realised that I am going thru menopause. I have never been this depressed for the past 15 years with diabetes. This is the weepy kind that I had never experienced. Now that I know the root cause, I know how to deal with it. Thank you for being there
At 6:22pm on November 3, 2009, Doris Ann Dickerson said…
Sohair, I'M BACK!!!!!!!! Thanks for all the postive thoughts I've really needed them in the last year! Kinda been upset here! No computer ya know!!! HA! Family's had it's deal going on too but anyway how have you been?
At 11:08am on November 3, 2009, Marie B said…
Sohair, I'd love to know more about the picture you just sent me. The girl is very beautiful! I can't tell if it is a photo or a painting.

I just got back from the dermatologist about my hand. It is a type of eczema now. They did a biopsy last week (ouch!) and it showed I have plasma cells. I had to get a blood test too, and I am confused. I looked up the test I had done, called a RPR, and it has something to do with syphyllis! what??? the doctor said don't worry about it, that he is required to order the test.

I see you are doing your good works here, helping us in your own special way. here is no one quite like you Sohair. Keep us informed on what you are doing, and what are your plans for World Diabetes Day?
At 10:51pm on November 2, 2009, Debi McCallum said…
Hi Sohair, your poem is beautiful! Thank you, thank you, thank you. I am in tears. I am also ALIVE. I am eternally grateful to you.
At 1:19am on November 2, 2009, Debi McCallum said…
Hi Sohair, thanks for the friend invite, I gladly accept
At 10:11am on November 1, 2009, Mike Greenblatt said…
Hi Sohair,
Halloween has come and gone. I got to dress up for work (any excuse not to wear my uniform), but stayed away from candy. We joke out here that the day after is Jewish halloween since all the candy goes half price. How do they celebrate Halloween there? This was really a Druid holiday so the church's call it a Harvest Festival so they can participate and keep their hands clean. Gay people love Halloween (any reason to dress up) since we love any reason to have a party. I spent a quiet evening at home after work on the computer. I'm not much of a party person.
My friends took me out for my birthday and we had a great time in downtown Las Vegas. They had live bands on the street for Halloween. We had a good dinner (tapas-appetizers) then walked all over checking out the tourists. I had fun and got to be with people I care about and who return the favor. They are having me over for dinner the day after Thanksgiving when everyone will be able to get together.
Well, I ramble on. Have a good day. I am always thinking of you.
Mike
At 12:43am on November 1, 2009, Sohair Abdel-Rahman said…


There, there, there
Somewhere there
Where there is nothing
And from nothing
Erupt
All

There you can plant meanings
New words
New feelings
And
You never can hide it
From
All

The tears will run hot
And
Cold
But they are real
Not false
The songs will be whispered
Or shouted loud
No difference
Because there,
In the land of nowhere
From nothing
I will erupt
For once
And
All

1-November 2009
Sohair
At 8:06am on October 26, 2009, Crystal Cook said…
Thank you . . . I'm so happy I found my way here. I'm looking forward to exploring the site and of course the poetry group. Writing is the best medicine I know of.
At 6:32am on October 25, 2009, Linda Gauvin-Miller said…
Awwww....thank you for the adorable wee kitty!
Working as if possessed...wait, that's ME!!!
Take care dear friend....and I do mean that literally take care of YOURSELF!
Love....linda.

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