Re: Diet, testing, and DA

Jenny wrote:
> Doctors do not know or believe that patients using meters intelligently
> and limiting their carb intake can achieve the kinds of dramatic
> improvements in control that we have seen hundreds of people report to
> this newsgroup. Until they do, they won't be motivated to diagnose.

you make the above statement without any kind of qualifier. "doctors
do not know..." yeah, in jenny's mind all doctors are bad. yet in the
real world jenny, many many many many many many many doctors do not fit
that indictment that you have posted above. shame on you for lumping
all healthcare professionals together based on a handful YOU have any
real knowledge of. how many doctors have you been PERSONALLY treated
by regarding your diabetes? 3? 4? even 10? yet you want people to
think that they are all mistreating their patients. come on....

Sally

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