Excerpt from that episode beginning 5 minutes
26 seconds into the episode:
Nurse: "Rashida Flowers, 34, chronic kidney
disease secondary to diabetes, admitted for
dialysis access insertion after a thrombosed
AV fistula."
Rashida (talking to her phone): "After 2 failed
grafts, I'm back in the hospital, y'all. Have to
have another procedure. But guess what? My
new doctor is a brother. Mm! And he fly. [she
laughs] Say hi, Dr. Ndugu!"
Dr. Ndugu: "Hey. Do you mind not recording
so I can examine you?"
Rashida: "Oh right, of course. Gotta go, y'all.
Kisses [smooches]. Sorry. Gotta keep my
followers happy. I used to be a travel influ-
encer, ventured around the world, but now
I'm DiabeticBae, which is way less exciting,
so I gotta get content where I can."
Dr. Ndugu: "Well, today won't be too exciting,
I'm afraid. I'll be inserting a catheter into your
chest to help you start dialysis. How long have
you been diabetic?"
Rashida: "Years now. But I was able to manage
it until I was visiting Thailand, living my best
life, and I get real sick. Hit my kidneys hard.
And every time my doctors tried to get access
for dialysis, my body wouldn't cooperate be-
cause -- plot twist -- I have a clotting disorder."
But none of this is a shock. Both my mother
and brother were diabetic, and they both died
from kidney failure."
Dr. Ndugu: "Sorry to hear that."
Nurse: "Were they able to get kidney transplants?"
Rashida: "They weren't even able to get on the
list. And neither am I."
Dr. Ndugu: "You're not on the transplant list?"
Rashida: "Nope."
Dr. Ndugu: "Ortiz [the nurse's name], set me up
a consult with Rashida's nephrologist, Dr. Krause."
Rashida: "Look, I know it's bad. But it's okay. That's
really why I record everything. I want the world to
know who I am before this disease ends me."
- - - end scene - - -
Rashida has an unrevealed Disparate High Glucose
Condition (DHGC), unknown what medication (if any)
she uses to deal with. When asked how long she has
had it, she replied "Years now", so since she's 34, one
can only guess how long she's had it.
Her, her mother, and her brother got unspecified DHGCs,
her mother & brother dying from kidney failure. Rashida
also has kidney failure.
Whatever DHGCs all 3 of her family members has/had,
impossible to tell 'cause there was no mention of any
medication, & the words used to describe their condi-
tions were
-diabetes
-diabeticBae (some custom word Rashida used)
-diabetic
-diabetic
-this disease (may have been referring to kidney failure
or to the DHGC which was not clarified in that scene
which lasted almost a minute and a half)
As I continue watching this episode, I'll clarify the spe-
cific type of Disparate High Glucose Conditions that
Rashida, her mother, & her brother have/had -if- any
clarifying comments are made as the episode contin-
ues.
Sidenote: I suspect that the overwhelming majority of
individuals with any of the 7 DHGCs knows how old
they were when each of them got it, but hey, since
Cellosis (new superior clarifying word for type 2 dia-
betes) is typically slow onset over many years, that ...
... may be why Rashida didn't say when she got her
DHGC which the writers of this particular episode
decided to keep secret, ignoring all of the unique
characteristics of each of each of the 7 Disparate
High Glucose Conditions. See links in sig for com-
plete details on those.
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Diabetes Bubble / Diabetes Bubble Burst https://prohuman.net/diabetesbubblediabetesbubbleburst.htm
C.ure I.nsulinitis A.ssociation https://prohuman.net/cureinsulinitisassociation.htm
Glucose Anomalies Research regarding
Potential Cures / Improvements in Treatments https://prohuman.net/glucoseanomaliesresearch.htm
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Follow-up 2:
At 18:30 into the episode:
Yet another use of the diabetes word without
clarifier. We still have no idea which of the 7
Disparate High Glucose Conditions Rashida,
her mom, & her brother had/has.
In any case, Dr. Ndugu says Rashida's eGFR is
actually lower & she should qualify for a kid-
ney transplant because her being black made
her eGFR appear higher than it actually is.
Her & head of the hospital discuss various med-
ical tests that make it harder for black individu-
als to get needed treatment.
Due to incorrect racial bias against blacks in the
tests, white folks have lower eGFR scores & are
more likely to get kidney transplants.
The following addresses those issues pertaining
to eGFR:
Understanding African American and
non-African American eGFR laboratory results https://www.kidney.org/atoz/content/race-and-egfr-what-controversy
Previous posts in this thread: https://groups.google.com/g/misc.health.diabetes/c/v7iRW4hQP60/m/FkN9bH-VAAAJ
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/ Diabetes Bubble / Diabetes Bubble Burst
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/ C.ure I.nsulinitis A.ssociation
/ https://prohuman.net/cureinsulinitisassociation.htm
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/ Glucose Anomalies Research regarding
/ Potential Cures / Improvements in Treatments
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