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1. Jewish Diabetes - What Is Diabetes
www.jewishdiabetes.org/print_a - [Cached]Published on: 7/19/2008 Last Visited: 7/19/2008
Profile on Nechama Cohen, CEO of The Jewish Diabetes Association
Nechama Cohen: Dynamic.Determined.Diligent.Certainly not "Diabetic."Yet her dramatic encounter with the sudden onset of diabetes changed her life, setting her on a path to help herself and thousands with the founding of the JDA- Jewish Diabetes Association
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Finally I reached Dr. Miller who immediately said to me, "You know Mrs. Cohen, this sounds like diabetes."
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Shoshie, the nurse, looked at me and said, "Nechama, how are you feeling?"
"I think I'm dying!"
She looked at me more closely and said, "Don't move!"
She ran in to Dr. Miller screaming, "Come quick, Nechama's dying!"
He ran out and said, "Nechama, what's the matter?"
He ushered me into his office, sat me down and said, "Tell me what you're feeling.Are you taking your medication?"
"I'm dried out completely no matter how much I drink, my eyes are blurry, I'm confused, I'm not walking, driving or doing anything and I have terrible itches."
He sprang up and quickly grabbed an oversized medical reference text from his wooden bookshelf.After two minutes of intensive scrutiny, my doctor looked up and said, "Nechama, I'm sending you to the laboratory for a blood test.
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After some time my doctor said, "Nechama, I don't understand how this happened but you have juvenile diabetes."
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The first piece of medical advice was, "Nechama, you must eat potatoes.
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"Why do you want to be transferred, Nechama, we are doing so well."
"No, "we" are not doing well at all.I'm eating potatoes and you don't have a handle on what's going on with my blood levels and I am getting out of here!"
We got everything mobilized, including the paths of protexia from within the orthodox community.Before I left, one of the doctors on the team came to me privately and said, "Nechama, when you get back, please tell me everything they teach you there."
I was transferred by ambulance to the plane and then by ambulance in the Boston airport to the hospital.I landed in Deaconess on the eve of the 25th of December, a very famous holiday.There wasn't a doctor or nurse to be found.Finally this night nurse walks in and hands me a thick book saying, "Hi, Nechama, you need to read this book tonight because tomorrow morning you will have to tell me how much insulin you need."
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"You know, Nechama, you really have to come back to Joslin."
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"Okay, Mrs. Cohen, well, we have to test your blood sugars, take your temperature, do a lung ex-ray, and take your blood pressure."
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As soon as the team walked in I announced, "Okay, Nechama Cohen is going on multiple injections." -
2. Jewish Diabetes - What Is Diabetes
www.jewishdiabetes.org/print_a - [Cached]Published on: 5/31/2007 Last Visited: 7/19/2008
Nechama Cohen will be lecturing in Hebrew
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Nechama will be speaking on:
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Noah Margalit will welcome Nechama Cohen, CEO of JDA -
3. Enlitened Kosher Cooking by Nechama Cohen | feldheim.com
www.jewishdiabetes.org/mini_si - [Cached]Published on: 7/19/2008 Last Visited: 7/19/2008
That is what Enlitened Kosher Cooking author Nechama Cohen did in 1985, when she learned she had diabetes.The challenge of controlling her condition and maintaining a traditional Jewish lifestyle proved to be harder than Cohen first thought, especially when the Jewish holidays arrived.But, rather than give up, she worked even harder.
Committed to gaining a full understanding of her condition, Cohen continued her studies in nutrition and social work at Brooklyn College, and then transferred to Kingsboro College, where she studied nursing.As if this was not enough activity, she also started a support group for Jewish women living with (Type I) diabetes.
Over the next few years, Cohen focused her community activism toward helping the millions of Jewish and non-Jewish people suffering from diabetes.She wrote articles on diabetes for various Jewish newspapers in the New York area and worked to build her diabetes support group - which had long since outgrown her living room, where initial meetings were held.
In 2000, Cohen's support group became the Jewish Diabetes Association (JDA), a non-profit, non-sectarian organization providing information and support for thousands of people with diabetes.Today, Cohen remains CEO of the association - now recognized as the largest Jewish diabetes organization in the world - and continues to stress diabetes prevention, education, and control.
Responding to the growing need for healthy-living information and solutions, Nechama wrote Enlitened Kosher Cooking.Published in October 2006, this insightful cookbook offers more than 250 good-carb, healthy-fat, sugar-free recipes that are perfect for weekday use and special occasions alike.
"Even if you're not on a diet or struggling with a particular health issue, you will still enjoy these elegant, healthy traditional and non-traditional dishes," said Cohen.
Nechama Cohen believes a positive attitude and education are the keys to good health a theory she not only promotes, but lives each and every day.A wife, mother of six, and grandmother Nechama and her husband split their time between homes in Jerusalem, Israel and Brooklyn, to learn more go to www.jewishdiabetes.org and www.enlitenedkoshercooking.com
