Chattin' Diabetes on the SFP: Recent Episodes
Tim Moeslein, RN
Tim, Rochelle, Lisa (also known as TRL) and guests talk about managing diabetes, new technology to help with managing blood sugars, interviews with the diabetes care team and lots more! Listen in to hear what's going on in the Special Diabetes Program on the San Felipe Pueblo and Indian Country.
Changes. There are over 35 modern/contemporary songs written about changes. This isn't a song, but instead another DiabetesDude Wordpress Blog entry about, guess what, Changes.
Change is good even if at the time we don't think it is. But in the end, it usually turns out for the better. Please give a listen and hear how changes in my life made an impact on my diabetes management and overall life.
This week TR&L take a deep dive into what it means to be accountable to your health as a person with a chronic condition. Especially for People With Diabetes (PWD), accountability is the foundation for staying healthy or for becoming healthier. It is your responsibility to look after your body. Have a listen to learn exactly what that means for every step along the road map of good/better health. Having a chronic condition, like diabetes is a 24/7/365 chore that regardless how much you want to ignore it will only get worse if you turn your back on it!
Being healthy (or getting and staying healthy) is a life long challenge. If you want your life to be LONG you have to CHOOSE to be on a healthy path.Make small changes every day, then every week and before you know it you will have taken the healthy road towards living a healthier life.
Please join us on this episode to learn about accountability.
Diabetes distress is real and it impacts your ability to manage your diabetes, whether Type 1 or Type 2, every day. This episode we have an expert in identifying and treating diabetes distress, Dr. Leah Bogush.
Listen in and learn the difference between Major Depressive Disorder and Diabetes Distress and how it interferes with your ability to take the best care of yourself that you can. More importantly, learn how it is identified and how it is treated so you can get back on the right track and make mindful choices and achieve accountability in your own medical care.
Once again this week we are joined by Rudy Tafoya, LCSW along with Sean Coyle, Lead Clinical Supervisor. Listen in as we discuss diabetes and the effect that all this stress over the pandemic has had on management of blood sugar and over all health. Then learn about mindful actions and how they can help you to get your self-care back on the right track and make better decisions and choices for your care.
It's special guest time again. We diverge from nutrition and healthy eating and shift our focus on National Mental Health Awareness month with Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) Rudy Tafoya, Lead School Clinical Coordinator of the Behavioral Health Program on the Pueblo of San Felipe.
Covid has put everyone under a great deal of stress and has created anxiety in people who either weren't experiencing anxiety in the past or who were already dealing with it. Seeking someone to help you sort of the important things from those that aren't as important and how to prioritize the list to help you tackle that list is a step in the right direction. Asking for help is a sign of strength not weakness.
Please give a listen to learn more how you can help yourself or perhaps a friend or family member feeling overwhelmed, by anything!
Some additional resources:
San Felipe BHP Village Clinic:
(505)771-1463
On-call (505)639-9949
New Mexico Crisis line:
nmcrisis.com
24/7/365: 1-855-662-7474/1-855-(nmcrisis)
Peer to peer warmline
1-855-466-7900
Call: 3:30pm-11:30pm/text 6pm-11pm
Agora Crisis line:
agoracares.org (can chat directly from website)
(505)277-3013
1-855-505-4505
National Crisis line:
1-800-273-8255
Pretty simple today - TR&L talk about the benefits of meal planning and discuss how they go about it in their houses. Can't get much more simple than that. If you don't make a plan and head off to the grocery store and the only plan you have is to wing it - you need to listen.
It's that time of the year again. Feast day is rapidly approaching on the Pueblo, as well as the rest of Indian Country. May 1st is the Feast of Saint Philip. Saint Philip is the patron saint of the Pueblo of San Felipe. In addition to dancing and prayer and revelry there are great feasts in every house. Food is the focus-food is the expression of love to the community. In other words it's the Native American equivalent to the Italian, "Mangia, mangia!" This episode TR&L will be discussing how to survive Feast days without overindulging. Remember too much of a good thing can be a bad thing!
If you are interested in joining our 30 day 'No Sugary Drink' challenge, you can register here: https://forms.gle/T4TSKziiTnoCkwoGA
Contact us:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sfp.diabetes.nm
Email: sfp.diabetes.nm@gmail.com
"Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink." Samuel Taylor Coleridge - The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
This week TR&L talk about an upcoming Lifestyle Challenge "H2OW30", a 30-Day Rethink your drink challenge whose goal is to swap out daily sugary drink consumption for water or other non-sugar sweetened drinks. Eliminating just (1)20 ounce sugary drink (Cola or sports drink, sweet tea) a day will save you $768/year AND you may lose up to 20 pounds in that year.
All participants on the San Felipe Pueblo will receive an incentive. The more you participate and the more successful you are the better the incentive. Give a listen to learn more.
If you would like more information you may call us: 771-9921 or email us: sfp.diabetes.nm@gmail.com
Something new is working it's way onto the reservation. The Young Farmer's Initiative Cohort 01 will be participating in a Pueblo Community Supported Agriculture program to provide fresh produce to the community though a subscription program. TR&L discuss this new program and how it will operate as well as what other resources are available on the Pueblo for community members to access fresh produce to maintain their health and wellness.
This week we treat you to a little bit of a diversion. Ever wonder what attending a summer camp for children with diabetes is like. Give a listen to this reading from DiabetesDude's Blog.
If you want to read more from this blog you can visit: http://diabetesdude.wordpress.com for many other essays about life with diabetes.
Dieticians don't always forbid you from eating things that taste good. Today's episode Lisa, our resident Dietician and Nutritionist, will talk about desserts and how you can manage to keep them in your diet. Sometimes we eat our dinner just so we can have dessert. As Pink Floyd says on "The Wall" album "How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?" We agree!
Listen in as TR&L discuss modifying dessert recipes to reduce sugar in the recipe and keep it tasting sweet and delectable. Cooking and baking with sugar substitutes, cutting the fat content in baked goods and still get a moist baked good. Lastly, learn about N'ice Cream and Yogurt Bark.
Find some sweet but sugar-free recipes:
https://www.equal.com/recipes/
https://www.splenda.com/recipes/
http://www.sweetnlow.com/recipes
https://www.truvia.com/recipes/all-recipes
http://sweetone.com/recipes/index.html
Lisa's recommendation for diabetes friendly recipes: http://www.diabetesfoodhub.org
We're on the interweb:
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/sfpueblo-diabetes-program/home
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sfp.diabetes.nm
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMaJYu2hP_Fwjcs9SnB9fg
Happy Easter & Chag Pesach kasher V’Sameach
We are still in March and it is still National Nutrition Month. Lisa decides to pull out the Nutrition Trivial Pursuit game and see what Tim and Rochelle know. Listen in and play along. You may learn something. You'll never know if you don't tune in. As the shooting star says "The More You Know..." Do you know what a quantum potato is? How about a black tomato is a real thing and not just a tomato that has gone bad, really bad. Do you know how to make chili peppers hotter? (Tim's not sure why you would want to, but to each his/her own.)
Join us on YouTube to view the Personalize your Plate New Mexico Style presentation and Q&A.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMaJYu2hP_Fwjcs9SnB9fg
Being that it is National Nutrition Month, 'L' of TRL will be discussing Veggies - the How, Why, What of the foundation of every meal. Join us for a lively discussion of vegetables.
The new intro/outro music is from Mixkit.co, a site with Royalty Free Video, Images and Music for all your digital projects. The tune we are using is called "Raising Me higher" by Ahjay Steino.
Thanks for listening!
March is National Nutrition Month (#NationalNutritionMonth). So, out of the blue we will be talking about nutrition, imagine that? Seriously, nutrition is a keystone of good health, especially diabetes and its associated health conditions. Everyone who is not happy with their weight is always looking for the next sure fire way to lose weight. We thought it would be a good idea to discuss some commercially available programs as well as what lens you should use to examine what they what they have to offer to determine if it could be a good plan for you.
Rochelle will talk about Noom™ and Weight Watchers™. She will give them her honest critique and opinion after having used both programs. Lisa will discuss what criteria you should use to evaluate the safety and longevity of a weight loss program.
We are on the social media 'verse. You can find us here:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sfp.diabetes.nm
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/sfpueblo-diabetes-program/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMaJYu2hP_Fwjcs9SnB9fg (We need 100 subscribers to make a custom channel name!)
On this this episode, TRL are talking about a vaccination of a different sort. Appropriate, given the anxiety, angst and hype everyone in the world is experiencing as they scramble to get their appointment to receive their first Covid-19 vaccination. But that's not what they will be discussing on this segment. You'll have to give a listen to find out exactly what this vaccination is and what it will prevent AND how you can get in on the action!
The offer is still up for what the title of the last episode is referencing in pop culture. Thanks to James, Mary and Joseph - it's almost biblical, for knowing the right answer. Your gifts are on their way. All you need to do to be a winner is have the correct answer and send us an email to: sfp.diabetes.nm@gmail.com. This promotion is open to all listeners, even you international folks! We love you just as much.
If you want to get in touch with us you can always email us at the above address or call us: 771-9921 M-F 9-5 MST. We can also be found at our website:
https://sites.google.com/view/sfpueblo-diabetes-program/home
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sfp.diabetes.nm
February is National Children's Dental Health Month. Aren't we all just children at heart? TRL have a special guest with them, Dr. Charles Tilson, D.M.D. - Chief Dentist at the San Felipe Pueblo Dental Clinic. Listen in to learn how oral hygiene can impact your overall health and more specifically, your diabetes management and blood sugar control.
If you know what the 'Leader of the Plaque' is from get in touch with us and we will send you something cool. You can contact us at sfp.diabetes.nm@gmail.com : Subject - 'Leader of the Plaque', and tell us the answer. While supplies last. Quantities are limited. (We won't spam you either.)
You can also find us on the web below:
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/sfpueblo-diabetes-program/home
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sfp.diabetes.nm
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMaJYu2hP_Fwjcs9SnB9fg (We need 100 subscribers to make a custom channel name!)
We all know that to make your muscles stronger you need to move them. Your heart is no different. It is a muscle. The most important muscle in our body. Today's episode TRL will have a conversation with Cheryl Tenorio, Zumba instructor extraordinaire. Have a listen and learn about what Zumba is and how it can help you live a healthier life AND, here's the kicker, have fun at the same time!
If you want to learn more about Cheryl's classes go to Zumba.com and search for her name to connect with her.
If you want to connect with the Diabetes Team at the San Felipe Pueblo you can fin us here:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sfp.diabetes.nm
Podcast: Chattin' Diabetes on the SFP - check your favorite Podcast Library or download from the Podcast page.
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMaJYu2hP_Fwjcs9SnB9fg (We need 100 subscribers to make a custom channel name!)
or https://sites.google.com/view/sfpueblo-diabetes-program/home/contact-us
TRL spend some time this episode discussing the relationship between Diabetes and CoVid-19, the good, the bad, and the ugly and there is a whole lot of bad and ugly in that relationship. However, every storm is followed by sunshine and in some cases, even a rainbow.
Your diabetes care team is there to help you navigate and weather this storm by giving you ALL the tools you need to captain the ship that is your health. That's right, YOU are the Captain of your ship! The diabetes care team is the navigation control center, guiding you away or through the rocky crags. But you are at the helm and the CoVid storm is brewing on the horizon!
"Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!"
"Navigation Control to 'SFP Blood Sugar': We have you on our radar. Stay calm. Together we will get through this."
Have a listen to learn how you can weather this storm.
Articles used for research for this podcast:
Cooney, E. (2020, October 1). Why people with diabetes are being hit so hard by Covid-19. STAT News.
Retrieved February 8, 2020, from https://www.statnews.com/2020/10/01/
why-people-with-diabetes-are-being-hit-so-hard-by-covid-19/
Mastroianni, B. (2020, April 23). *Risk of death from Covid-19 four times greater for those with
diabetes*. Healthline. Retrieved February 8, 2020, from https://www,healthline.com/
health-news/covid-19-impact-on diabetes-hospitalizations
Bode, B., Garrett, V., Crowe, J., Booth, R., & Klonoff, D. C. (2020). Glycemic characteristics and
clinical outcomes of Covid-19 patients hospitalized in the United States. *Journal of Diabetes
Science and Technology, 14*(4), 813-821. https://doi.org/10.1177/
193229680924469journals.sagepub.com/home/dst
Barron, E., Bakhal, C., Kar, P., Weaver, A., Bradley, D., Ismail, H., Knighton, P., Holman, N.,
Khunti, K., Sattar, N., Wareham, N. J., Young, B., & Valabhji, J. (2020). Associations of type
1 and type 2 diabetes with COVID-19-related mortality in England: a whole-population study.
The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, 8(10), 813-822. https://doi.org/10.1016/
S2213-8587(20)30272-2
Find us online and reach out to us:
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/sfpueblo-diabetes-program
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sfp.diabetes.nm
Podcast: https://sites.google.com/view/sfpueblo-diabetes-program/home/podcast?authuser=0
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMaJYu2hP_Fwjcs9SnB9fg
This week we take a side road from our usual therapeutic conversation road trip to discuss how the program we run is funded. Please take a listen to learn how we pay the bills...all the bills!
TRL will talk about the Special Diabetes Program and its sister program, the Special Diabetes Program for Indians, operated by the Indian Health Service and funded through mandatory Congressional budget approvals.
The SDP/I has been around since President Bill Clinton signed it into existence in 1997 during the 105th Congress. The biggest change occurred in 2004. Since then it has been pretty static despite the increases in costs to operate an effective program and best serve our populations. The 116th Congress, in 2020 did vote to increase the re-funding process to three years from 2, although the sponsoring legislators requested 5 years and they voted against an increase in funding to $200M from the 2004 amount of $150M.
Please take a few minutes to contact your elected Senators and House of Representatives to ask them to support the SDP/I funding, increase in period and an increase in the amount they will fund each year. You can find your elected officials contact information here: Find Your Representative or your Senator: Find Your Senator
If you are in New Mexico the following folks are your elected officials: Senators: Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujuan; Representatives: Deb Haaland (District 1), Yvette Herrell (District 2), Teresa Leger Fernandez (District 3).
For more information reach out to us at the below social media accounts:
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/sfpueblo-diabetes-program
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sfp.diabetes.nm
Podcast: Chattin' Diabetes on the SFP - check your favorite Podcast Library or download from the Podcast page.
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMaJYu2hP_Fwjcs9SnB9fg (We need 100 subscribers to make a custom channel name!)
Action plans are useful to help us to prioritize the things we need to accomplish, as well as the things we want to accomplish. TRL discuss how to make an action plan and how to use it everyday to chip away at the tasks at hand. Click HERE to downloadan Action Plan you can use.
You can reach out to Tim, Rochelle and Lisa through one of our online locations:
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/sfpueblo-diabetes-program
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sfp.diabetes.nm
Podcast: https://sites.google.com/view/sfpueblo-diabetes-program/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMaJYu2hP_Fwjcs9SnB9fg
Focusing on the Serenity Prayer:
God grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change.
Courage to change the things I can and
Wisdom to know the difference.
TRL will be discussing the benefits of engaging Mindfulness as a technique to help deal with everyday stress and anxiety.
If you would like a copy of the Mindfulness script please click HERE.
Tim and Rochelle are Certified Workshop Leaders for the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program
The tranquil Traditional Native American flute music is Zuni Sunrise played by Bob Mora on his "Songs from Qwina Baaht (Eagles' Place)
If you would like a copy of the song or the album, please contact us at: sfp.diabetes.nm@gmail.com
You can find us online at the following site:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sfp.diabetes.nm
Podcast: Chattin' Diabetes on the SFP - check your favorite Podcast Library or download from the Podcast page.
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMaJYu2hP_Fwjcs9SnB9fg (We need 100 subscribers to make a custom channel name!)
Happy New Year! ('A Guid New Year' to our one listener in Scotland.) The CoVid virus is still upon us. TRL discuss the Serenity Prayer and how to use it to help you get a handle on getting through the day. One day at a time.
*God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
courage to change the things I can,
and wisdom to know the difference.*
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serenity_Prayer
Follow our Facebook page for a daily affirmation to put your mind in the right place:
https://www.facebook.com/sfp.diabetes.nm
Positive Affirmation Article
https://integrisok.com/resources/on-your-health/2020/april/how-positive-affirmations-and-meditation-can-help-during-the-coronavirus
Find out more on our website:
https://sites.google.com/view/sfpueblo-diabetes-program/home
The last episode of 2020 and TRL talk about the differences between food label terms. What does it mean when a label says it's sugar-free? Is that better than No Sugar Added? And what exactly does it mean when it says 'dietetic'? Give a listen and find out.
Whatever winter holiday you celebrate we here at the SFP Diabetes Program wish you and yours a Happy celebration. We look forward to having you listen in with us in 2021.
You can find us on the web below:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sfp.diabetes.nm
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/sfpueblo-diabetes-program
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMaJYu2hP_Fwjcs9SnB9fg
Tim, Rochelle (our NEW Assistant Program Coordinator) and Lisa have a discussion about signs and symptoms of CoVid-19 and discuss how to get through the quarantine when the most unique symptom, loss of taste and/or smell, is one you have to suffer through. Lastly, the discussion turns to the importance of managing your blood sugar to help prevent getting the virus and why, if you have it you really need to get your blood sugar under control.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sfp.diabetes.nm
Podcast: Chattin' Diabetes on the SFP - check your favorite Podcast Library or download from the Podcast page.
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMaJYu2hP_Fwjcs9SnB9fg
Tim and Lisa welcome the newest member of the team. Have a listen and meet them for yourself.
The world is seriously on tilt and now the holiday season has rolled around to up the stress ante. The three of us chat about mental health and the impact on one's overall health and where to turn to get help. As the Fab 4 sang:
Help me if you can, I'm feeling down
And I do appreciate you being 'round
Help me get my feet back on the ground
Won't you please, please help me?
If you are in New Mexico and need someone to talk to, please reach out to:
New Mexico Crisis and Access Line 1-855-662-7474
Tim, Rochelle and Lisa (TRL) talk about the upcoming Thanksgiving/Gratitude holiday as well as the second webinar with Dr. Lois Ellen Frank, Chef and owner of Red Mesa Cuisine, LLC in Santa Fe, NM. Dr. Frank discussed the connection between planting, growing and harvesting as a way to reconnect with one's ancestors and heritage. TRL discuss the benefits of intentional movement on the mind and body, which is especially important in these days of CoVid-19 and the increased stress everyone is experiencing. You can view the webinars on our YouTube Channel.
Take a listen and learn a little about your hosts and what makes them tick as well as what things they are grateful for this year.
As always you can find us on the following Social Media Platforms:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sfp.diabetes.nm
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMMaJYu2hP_Fwjcs9SnB9fg (We need 100 subscribers to make a custom channel name!)
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/sfpueblo-diabetes-program
Welcome back to episode 2. The first presentation by Dr. Frank for Diabetes Awareness Month - Ancestral Harvest was a great success. We are going to talk a little about it as well as a few other things. Tune in next week to hear who one the first door prize.
This episode we are bringing our nutritionist and Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist. Lisa Akerson, RD, LD, CDCES on board the good ship sugar-free lollipop to help in the wheelhouse going forward.
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San Felipe Pueblo's Diabetes Program, also known as the Special Diabetes Program for Indians, or SDPI is finally making a podcast! So, welcome us by sharing us with your friends and family.
On this episode we will be updating the community on CoVid-19 testing clinic dates and times as well as our community Flu Vaccination clinics.
Lastly, we will be talking about the first of four web series by Native American Chef, Lois Ellen Frank, PhD. Dr. Frank is a James Beard award-winning cookbook author and accomplished photographer. Dr. Frank will be talking about the history of the indigenous Native American diet and how it has changed over time from a healthy, mostly plant-based diet to what it is today and why the pre-colonization diet is both healthier and metabolically better for the Native American body to prevent the symphony of chronic conditions that Native American communities experience.
San Felipe Pueblo is located in New Mexico, half-way between Albuquerque and Santa Fe.
Dr. Frank owns and operates Red Mesa Cuisine, LLC (www.RedMesaCusine.com), "Native American with a Modern Twist", located in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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