Filtered By Diabetes, Patient Stories Tags
By CentraState Health|2020-02-27T11:04:21-05:00October 10th, 2019|Categories: Health A-Z|Tags: Diabetes, Patient Stories|
When 2019 began, Freehold resident Ernesto Hulipas was taking medication to manage his cholesterol and blood pressure. He drank soda every day and often felt tired. When he learned that CentraState, his employer, offered a Diabetes Prevention Program, he dove right in and took advantage of the opportunity to [...]
By CentraState Health|2021-02-02T16:34:04-05:00July 15th, 2019|Categories: Women’s Health|Tags: Diabetes, Patient Stories, Wound Treatment|
As someone with diabetes, Theresa Falcicchio knew to track her blood sugar, take her medication, and check her feet for sores. However, it didn’t take long for a seemingly minor blister to snowball into a serious condition that threatened to take her leg. On a warm fall day at [...]
By CentraState Health|2018-09-05T16:13:33-04:00April 12th, 2018|Categories: Health A-Z|Tags: Bariatrics, Diabetes, Patient Stories, Surgery|
Old Bridge residents Betty and Bob Peterson, both 53, had spent their 35-year marriage doing virtually everything together. For many years, that included eating poorly, becoming obese, and developing significant health problems that often accompany excessive weight, including Type 2 diabetes and heart disease. “After years of putting our [...]
By CentraState Health|2020-04-07T11:12:55-04:00April 12th, 2018|Categories: Health A-Z|Tags: Diabetes, Patient Stories, Surgery, Wound Treatment|
Though Jersey City native Thomas Ryan, 58, had been living with diabetes for 30 years, he was faced with yet another health-related obstacle when he had to undergo amputation of four of the toes on his left foot at a hospital in Hoboken. A common side effect of diabetes, poor [...]
By CentraState Health|2020-04-07T10:57:11-04:00April 12th, 2018|Categories: Health A-Z|Tags: Diabetes, Eat Well, Health and Wellness, Patient Stories, Women’s Health|
Fung-Ping Siniakin was struggling with severe allergies and fibromyalgia, a debilitating syndrome that impairs the muscles and joints, when she was also diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. “I felt completely overwhelmed,” the 57-year-old Manalapan resident says. “Not only was I fighting constant fatigue, pain, and immobility from the [...]