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| Dr. Lee and Annie |
Team 6-4 was excited to have a visit from Annie's Mom to talk about her work as a endocrinologist. Dr. Lee shared her early work volunteering in hospitals and science labs and her years of study that led to her work in this challenging field. Then, she explained that Annie had not eaten and showed the class how to test her blood sugar.
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| Testing Blood Sugar |
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| The Blood Sugar Meter |
As she explained what her day to day work was like, Annie ate a breakfast loaded with sugar. Then, she tested Annie's blood sugar again, and we saw how it went up to an unhealthy level. Dr. Lee explained how these swings in blood sugar puts a strain on the body systems that could lead to diabetes and other health problems. Hopefully, we all learned a great lesson about eating in a healthy way!
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| An Unhealthy Breakfast |
It was so interesting to learn what happens to sugar when we digest it....which makes it so important to think about what we eat before it goes into our mouths! Clearly, we are never to old to continue our education as we learned from Dr. Lee as she shared with us the journey she took to train to be an endocrinologist. Learning is a lifelong process!
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Ms. Sullivan
Thanks so much for coming my, your presentation was FANTASTIC. I learned so much about endocrinology that I can't even seem to put a handle on it. First, I acquired a clear understanding of the concept of endocrinology. Prior to this presentation, my views of endocrinology and dental surgery were un-contrastable. I other words, I learned that endocrinology even existed in the first place. It seems like an awesome career to work with due to the large number of possibilities this job presents. I never knew that the thyroid gland could have cancer. Neither did I know that much about blood sugar levels and what happens to peoples blood sugars after they eat. I had always thought that a normal blood sugar reading would be 555 or over. Now, however, I realize that that blood sugar is way to high for a human, especially a normal one. The average blood sugar after fasting, you said, was around 70-90, after eating however, you said it was around 100-130. Since Annie had eaten a rather sugar- packed meal, however, her blood sugar spiked from 90 to 150 in only 20 minutes. I learned that the needle on the blood-sugar meter is extremely thin, even at close range, I had a very difficult time spotting it. Does it usually give an accurate reading, or do you have to test multiple times to get a pretty good average? I also learned a lot about the glands around the body, especially the thyroid gland. I learned that the pituitary glands are often called the "master glands" and also learned quite a few facts about the thyroid gland, like how inflammation of it can lead to grave's disease and that a "crazy" thyroid gland will pump a giant amount of blood all over the place. I had once heard of gigantism, but I never imagined that it was caused by an excess of growth hormones. I always thought it was because their spines and muscles suddenly decompressed and made them grow taller and taller. And in addition, I learned that the carotid artery is in your neck, that tumors in the thyroid are called "nodules" and that the thyroid glands are h-shaped, located on your neck, and produce "thyroid hormone" I heard that yo help treat adult patients with diabetes, well guess what, my dad is an epidemiologist also working to fight diabetes, albeit in a different way. Okay, so let me try and think about what I was going to say. Oh yeah, I had a few questions I was going to ask in class. Why do people need thyroid glands anyways if they can live perfectly fine without them And also, if the pituitary glands are so important, why don't people call "endocrinology", "pituitariology" (it seems that it isn't a real word yet). Also, did I hear you say that you were a "bandy riper" in your pre-residential years? Or was it "candy piper", I have really bad hearing. Why, in addition, did you choose to be an endocrinologist? I enjoyed listening to your presentation. Thanks again!!! P.S., What's a fellow again?
ReplyDeleteThanks again!!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for coming into our class and teaching us about your amazing job! I really learned a lot about endocrinology like how you can treat patients with diabetes. I also really liked the experiment with blood sugar you did on Annie and how it showed us how your blood sugar can start at a low blood sugar and go up to a really high one. I learned a lot about the thyroid gland and how it works. I think it is really amazing that you can specialize even after you have become a doctor. Also I am surprised that you had to go through so many years of learning to become a doctor. When you get thyroid cancer and get your thyroid taken out, does it effect you in any way? do you really need youir thyroid gland? Thanks again for coming!
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Thank You so Much for coming to teach 6-4 about your amazing job. I very much enjoyed your presentation and I feel I took a lot away from it. Your experiment with Annie really made me think differently before I eat a cupcake or a sugary cereal. I will definitely think of Endocrinology as a future career.
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Jack
Thank you so much for coming in! Your presentation was super interesting. I never knew what an endocrinologist was. It was really cool when you tested Annie's blood sugar. How did you decide to become an endocrinologist? My cousin has type one diabetes and he checks his blood sugar a lot. Can your blood sugar decrease if you have something healthy like an apple? Thanks again for coming in!
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Thank you so much for coming in Mrs. LeeHasset! I really enjoyed your presentation! I felt like it was thorough and informative. I especially liked when you pricked Annie and then tested her blood sugar after she didn't eat for 14 hours then after a sugary breakfast. I was wondering: why do you have to be fast if you want to get a good blood sugar reading?
ReplyDeletesuki
Hi mom, thank you so much for coming in to see us all! It was so cool to learn all about your work! And since I didn't know about half of what you told me (and the class! :) ), I also learned quite a bit! (Although, I did learn a lot from home......:) Any way, the thyroid model was very informative, I never knew about all the different types of diseases that you could have in your thyroid, and how they affect your whole body! Also, how do you treat type two diabetes? Is it just impossible to treat? Because if it is, them I don't think that you could live, as your organs just don't take sugar anymore. So what happens? Do you use something else? Is there a special type of medication? Or is there something else that can substitute as sugar.? If so, what is this thing, and how would you get it? Is it normal food that you eat every day, like bananas (I'm just using that as a random example that I thought of...:)? Or is it something totally different, something that you would have to prescribe? Would you prescribe it? Or would you just tell the person to go to CVS and get it from the medical isle (I would think the least likely; I have never seen this happen), and follow the directions? I had some other questions, but I forgot them in writing this. If I remember, I'll ask you at home. So, thanks you again for coming!
ReplyDeleteDear Dr. Lee,
ReplyDeleteThank you for coming to our class to teach us about endocrinology. It was really interesting to learn about all the different levels of education you had to go through to become an endocrinologist. It was also fun seeing how high Annie's blood sugar got when she ate all the sugary junk food for breakfast.
Thanks again,
Margalit
Dear Ms. Lee-Hasset
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for coming to our class to talk about your stem career. It was realy cool!It was also resly cool how you made Annie fast than eat an unhealthy breakfast. I think it realy showed a lot of people what happens when you eat something that is unhealthy.Somehting I also learned is that your job took a long time in college and that your didnt stop you kept doing what you wanted to do.Something that was realy interesting is that when you went to college you said that in the summer it was snowing which was kind of weird because we never see snow in the summer. Once again thank you so much for telling and showing our team what you everyday in your job.
-Lexi
Dear Dr. Lee,
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for coming in and teaching us about what an endocrinologist does! Before now, I never even knew what an endocrinologist was or what they do! I really liked learning about the thyroid gland and what happens to sugar when we digest it, and learning about diarrhea and how there are two types of diarrhea. On top of comments I have some questions to ask you. What inspired you to be an endocrinologist? Was it weird to be explaining what your job is while your daughter was eating an unhealthy breakfast? What does thyroid storm do to you? Is it possible to get thyroid storm, thyroid cancer, and graves disease all together at once, if not two at a time? If one of those happen, would it be possible to die? Do you work with other kinds of doctors? If so which ones? In total, how many years of school did you have to go through? What if somebody's blood sugar was 500? What if somebody's was too low like 10? Can thyroid disease come out of nowhere to an extremely healthy person? Would it be possible for a new thyroid disease to be made by combining graves disease with thyroid cancer or thyroid storm?Lastly, have any of your patients been severely sick to the point that they died? (I'm really hoping not. That would be sad.)
Again, thank you for coming in and teaching us about endocrinology!
-Javid K.
Dr. Lee,
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for coming into our classroom! Your presentation was VERY interesting and I learned a lot! Is it possible to grow out of diabetes after acquiring it? What about Graves Disease? I thought it was very cool how you showed us how Annie's blood sugar went up after a very unhealthy meal. I also wanted to know what your favorite thing about your job is. Why do you like what you do? I loved your slideshow and your demonstration. I learned so much about eating healthfully and exercise. Thanks again for coming in!
-Darby
Thanks again,
Darby
Thank you for coming to our class. I loved your. Presentation! Sorry I was late. I would like to know more about your STEM career thanks again - Kenzie
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ReplyDeleteThank you so very much for coming into our class, and teaching us about endocronology! It's amazing how you had to go through so much training! I never knew what graves disease was. It was very cool how you showed how you check the blood sugar on Annie.
From Ben
Thanks so much for teaching 6-4 about endocrinology! I learned a lot and it was awesome to see how Annie's blood sugar went up 62 from 95 to 157! You taught me so much I have no questions I wanted answered.
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Ronit
Thank you so much for coming in and teaching us about your job. I think what you do is very interesting and I might look into that for a future carerr. Thanks again for coming in
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Dr.Lee
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for coming in to our class and teaching us about endocrinology. I learned so much about it. I learned about all the different diseases high blood sugar can cause.I learned about the insulin your body makes too. I learned a lot more about diabetes type one and two and I found it very interesting. I also learned how you take the sugar of a person. I learned how important it is to eat a healthy meal everyday. Thanks again for coming! -Willen
Thank you so much for coming! I enjoyed your visit SO much! You made me think that I might do endocrinology as a subject when i go to college! I also REALLY wanna be a doctor! Again, thank you SO much for coming!
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Thank you for coming in to our classroom to teach us about endocrinology. You should come into more classes. Then people are scared, (and more aware) about what they're eating. -Max
ReplyDeleteDear Dr. Lee,
ReplyDeleteThank you for teaching the whole class about your job as an endocrinologist. I learned how a high sugar meal can make your blood sugar high even when it was low before. I also learned about the thyroid gland. Thyroid nodules can cause cancer, which is good to know in case. I can't believe that you can take out half of the gland and still use it! I wonder how you turn the proteins the thyroid gland makes into medication.
- Colin
Dr. Lee,
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for coming into our classroom! Your presentation was so cool and I learned so much about your job, endocrinology. I think it was pretty awesome how much the blood sugar difference was between a body when it has been fasting, and a body that has had a large amount of food in it. You definitely encouraged me to eat healthily after I saw what Annie's blood sugar was! I also learned more abut diabetes. Thanks again!
~Bella
Thank you so much for coming to our classroom. Your job sounds very interesting, and your presentation was amazing! Sounds like a great career. Terrence
ReplyDeleteDear Dr. Lee,
ReplyDeleteI loved your presentation on endocrinology! I learned things I never knew before! Such as, what a fellow was, how many terms you have behind your name (such as CCD and PhD), and how much eating just a little bit of some sugary foods can almost DOUBLE your blood sugar level. Your slideshow was well done and the experiment you did on Annie was incredible! Thank you so much for coming and showing our class the world of endocrinology!!
-Bobby
Thank you so much for coming in I learned so much about endocrinology. I really liked your presentation and how you told us about the steps it takes to become an endocrinologist. I also liked how you did an experiment on Annie it gave me a good idea on how high your blood sugar can get, and how important it is to eat healthy. Thank you so much for coming in your presentation was very informative.
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Isabelle
Dear Dr.Lee
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for coming to our classroom and teaching us what an endocrinologist does.I think your job will help save many lives of people who have diabetes.Thank you so much for explaining to us the difference between type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes.I think it was cool to fast Annie to see her blood sugar go up above regular.I think when you fast Annie you were doing that so everyone can see the difference between a healthy and different breakfast.And also so you could prevent her having her blood sugar too high.I really enjoyed your stay and I really am going to think endocrinology as a future career.Thanks again --Mahajah
thank you so much
ReplyDeleteThank you for coming and talking about you STEM career. It was very interesting!
ReplyDelete~Donya
Dear Dr. Lee
ReplyDeleteI was very happy to hear about your scientific job in STEM.I hoped you enjoyed teaching us about endocrinology I learned a lot about diabetes 1 and 2. I learned that type 1 is that your thyroid gland is not producing enough insulin, all you have to do is to have shots or you can have pills.For diabetes type 2, your body does not accept the insulin and sugar at all so the sugar all turns to fat and other unhealthy things.I learned a lot about the thyroid gland. For instance, I learned about the parts of the thyroid gland, tumors in the thyroid are called "nodules" and that the thyroid glands are u-shaped, located on your neck, and produces "thyroid hormones", I also learned that the pituitary glands are often called the "master glands" I had never known that your thyroid gland can get cancer.I also learned about the amazing facts of gigantism and why it is so rare now, plus i also learned about grave's disease and why their eyes are so open, it is because their thyroid gland is overreactive and is producing too much thyroid hormone and the thyroid gland is larger than a normal gland.I could not believe that when Annie had about 90 in blood sugar, it turned to 150 something after she ate the cereal,juice,banana,and ..... i forgot. It is a very quick change since that was less than a day so if you ate a breakfast like that everyday, then you would have a lot of sugar in within a week. I have a few questions for you, does graves disease lessen your life? Why does gigantism shorten your life? Is there a way to stop diabetes type 1 and 2?Does diabetes stop in someones life or are they stuck with it for ever?And my last question is: Why did you pick endocrinology instead of other STEM careers. I really hope you get to answer my questions!
Thank you so much for coming in and teaching us about what you do for work. I didn't know how bad diabetes can be for you.I didn't know what the difference between diabetes 1 and diabetes 2.How many times do you have to put a needle in your finger to test your blood sugar?
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Thank you for coming! It was an interesting presentation.
ReplyDeleteThank you for showing us about what you did. I enjoyed seeing all those things you have to to in your job. I also learned a lot of stuff, like there is two kinds of diabetes. I also learned that when you eat food, your body turns it to sugar, so you get unhealthy by a little bit. I was amazed that when Annie finished her breakfast, you said that she had a pretty high blood sugar, even for a adult! I guess going to all those universities really helped you with what you are doing. Thank you for everything you told us and thank you for coming.
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Dear Dr. Lee,
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for coming to our classroom and talking to us about endocrinology! It was fun to learn about a different kind of doctor because my mom is an OBGYN and I know a lot about that. I thought it was very interesting to see how Annie's blood sugar changed after eating all that sugar. It was also cool to see the pictures of the celeberties. I also have some questions; how many years exactly did you go to school for your job? My mom went to school for 12 years to become a doctor. Also, how did you choose which kind of doctor to become? My last question is would someone with diabetes die if their blood sugar was really low or really high?
Once again, thank you so much for coming in and teaching us ab out your job,
Ella P.
Dear Dr. Lee,
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for coming into our class and presenting your STEM job. I really liked learning about diabetese, it also made me surprised to see how the picture of the tallest person in the whole intire world and it also made me kind of sad because they die faster than other people. What was really surprising and scary was when you were checking Annie's blood before she ate anything, like sugar, and then you checked Annie's blood after half an hour and made her eat a lot of sugary food,and then checked her blood again. I liked that Annie's blood and got one hundred and fifty or something close to that.
~Keren
Thank you for coming in to our class and teaching us about your job as an endocrinologist. I thought is was cool to see the difference in the amount of sugar from when Annie was fasting compared to after she ate sugary food. Your job was really interesting to me because you really have to know you want to have that career because there is so much learning and many years of school that you need to attend in order to work as an endocrinologist. Thanks again! -Nola
ReplyDeleteMs.Lee I loved how you checked Annie's blood and I like how you did Brigam & Womans hospital becuase I was born there.
ReplyDelete~Leah
I thought your presentation was really cool! It's funny that i see an endocrinologist for hight and you are and endocrinologist even though you are a different type. I didn't know that there were so many different types of endocrinologists until you came in and did your presentation. There were so many things that i learned about from the presentation. It was really cool that you made Annie fast and took her blood sugar and then had her eat a very unhealthy breakfast. I was sitting right next to her and you have no idea how much i wanted that cupcake! The guy that you showed us who had that giant thing I forget what it was called though. He was like 10 feet tall! I hope that you come in again because I really want to see your presentation again! Well it's not like i'll never see you again so maybe next time i hang out with Annie you could tell me a little more about your job.
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-May
Thank you so much for coming. I had a great time learning about your job. When i grow up i will look into your job
ReplyDeleteThank you very much for coming into class. I found out that what you do is really interesting and I am wanting to look further into your job. I thought it was really interesting when you used Annie as a test subject. I was so amazing how small the needle you used was! I also thought it was cool when you made Annie wait for a long time until you let her eat. It was also amazing how big the difference was of before she ate and then after she ate. Thank you so much again for coming in to our class! ~Henry
ReplyDeleteThank you for coming into our classroom to tell us about your job and how you got there. I thought it was weird that you let Annie fast for, i think it was about 14 hours. Your job sounds really interesting. -Dan B
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ReplyDeleteThank you so much for coming into our classroom, to talk about your interesting job. i think my favorite part of the whole presentation, was when you took Annie's blood sugar after she hasn't ate for 15 hours, the you took her blood pressure after you gave her a very sugary breakfast. A question I have for you, what if someone had thyroid cancer, but they didn't wan't to get any type of surgery, would you be able to get rid of the thyroid cancer without doing any procedures. Another question i have for you is, if someone had diabetes, and they were allergic to something in the insulin, would there be anything or thing you could give them to help them with their blood sugar. From your presentation, I learned that it is SUPER important to stay healthy, and eat healthy foods, because a lot of people in America are beginning to eat unhealthy, and that is really bad. Thanks again!
-Maddy
Thank you for coming to our class and teaching us about endocrinologist. It was interesting learning about the symptoms of Diabetes. Also it was interesting to see you stick the needle into Annie's arm. It was cool learning about your job. Thank you for coming.
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thanks for coming and teaching us about endocrinology. watching you take annie blood sugar was my favorite part. Before then i have had never heard about a endocrinologist before.
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Doctor Lee, thank you for coming to our class to show us what you do as an endocrinologist! it was very interesting and was cool that you used Annie as a example of how to take your blood sugar and also to show how blood sugar changes when you eat. Before you came I didn't know where the thyroid was located and what it does for your body. Also i had no idea that a banana had a lot of sugar! but even though what you told us was very informative I still have some questions. what is the lowest blood sugar can someone have? Can you die from too low or too high blood sugar? what are the causes of thyroid storm and thyroid cancer and Graves disease? also when are humans most commonly getting diabetes? I thought that the presentation was very good and interesting. it was very fun learning what an endocrinologist is and what an endocrinologist does. thank you again!!!!!
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Thanks for coming, Dr. Lee!
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