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sANTA CrUZ WoMAN | sUMMer 2016 11 Kathy Runyon Broker Associate Monterey Bay Properties 831-464-5239 831-325-7300 kathy@kathyrunyon.com 40 years in the business, I take pride in making real estate transactions easy & fun! I've helped buyers, sellers & exchangers overcome challenges. We've closed many escrows! Let me be your Strategist and Ambassador. I'd love to negotiate great deals for you! every day, Quintana explains the basics. she holds up heavy plastic bags of white sugar to show new patients what it really means to order a large soda. for others struggling to improve their diets on limited incomes and stick with exercise routines after long workdays in the fields, she often hears confessions. Patients don't always have the resources to buy medication and glucose monitoring strips. "i try to help them feel at ease," Quintana says. "a lot of them feel hopeless or scared. some of them are angry. they feel that i'm going to take everything away and they're going to have to eat grass and twigs." Quintana warns them about symptoms that may sneak up on them, such as forgetfulness, fatigue, appetite loss and numbness. sometimes people feel a little worse before their body systems stabilize. "diabetes isn't just about taking your pills and going on a diet," says Quintana. "stress affects our health and weight a lot. When they're working from sunup to sundown and i tell them they have to exercise, they look at me like i'm crazy." But, Quintana, who spent a summer picking strawberries when she was younger, urges them to make small adjustments. Many days she battles a level of fatalism. People say, "i'm going to die anyway." she says she tries to empower them to make their own decisions. some patients simply don't change their ways. "there are days when i go, 'What am i doing?'" Quintana admits. "those days i feel like i'm missing something and not picking up on what i need to do to help them." she tries to make them feel better. "they may have slipped, but they leave here feeling more hopeful. i get a lot of hugs." continued from page10

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