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Welcome to itchy and bici, a podcast that provides answers to your many unanswered health questions.

I am Karen Nichol family nurse practitioner and before we get started on today's itchy and bici episode,

I want to thank the listeners who have met with me via zoom to help me develop an online course to help women in their

parimenopausal years, basically age 35 to 50-ish, who have developed symptoms that include fatigue, insomnia,

foggy thinking, low sex drive, body changes, breast tenderness, and mood changes.

These women have often been evaluated by a health care practitioner and told that all testing completed is normal and are given

no answers to address their symptoms.

It has been a blast to meet and talk with listeners and hear what they have to say about how parimenopause is affecting their lives.

I have a couple of time slots remaining, so if you are experiencing or know someone who is experiencing this change in life,

I would love to connect via zoom to ask a few questions, so I can make sure to develop a course that addresses the most common and the most

challenging symptoms of parimenopause.

The link to the schedule for an appointment is on our Facebook page, Imb podcast and on our website itchy and bici.com.

And make sure to put in the correct spelling for your email address or you won't receive the email with the zoom meeting link.

Again, thank you to the listeners who are willing to chat with me about this project.

A friend of mine called me a couple days ago to tell me that at her annual appointment with her PCP,

she requested that her blood sugar be checked because she had recently had a UTI and the urinalysis showed glucose or sugar in her urine.

Her PCP was hesitant to do the lab, but my friend insisted on having it checked.

She received a call from the physician's office to tell her that the lab checking the blood sugar average in the last three months,

which is an A1C, showed that she had pre-diabetes and that she should change her diet and exercise.

That was all she was told. She wasn't even given her A1C number.

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