Re: Beginner's test plan?

mrslang wrote:

> what I also did for her was to refer her to my endo. she's
in good
> hands because he's "as good as it gets."

A doctor is called good by his patients by that patient's
own perceptions of "good". Good might mean a million
different things to a million different people. Good to some
might mean the doctor advocates a high carb diet which is
what the patient really wants to keep on with (i.e. hates to
make significant lifestyle and diet changes and there are
plenty of them around). So that fits in perfectly for those
types of people.

Good might mean the doc helps you to eat in a way that
allows you to lose weight, control bg's within non diabetic
numbers whilst still providing you with all the nutrients
you need for good health. (ADA still can't say WHY they
insist eating plenty of carbs (even grains) is necessary -
they still fall back on the mantra: diabetics have the same
nutritional needs as everyone else blah blah. Celiacs and
other people with food intolerances and allergies all have
the same needs as well - but they have to adapt to a
different way of eating, just like diabetics - not rocket
science to know we have to look elsewhere for any specific
nutrients we may (or not) lose by cutting down on certain
carbs).

Good might mean a good bedside manner, a willingness to
prescribe any and every drug in an effort to try and control
bg's without too much diet modification. Good might be being
told the doc is "happy" with your bg's when in fact they
actually stink. No doctor or dietician has to wear your
complications, how any doc has the right to say they are
happy with sub optimal numbers is beyond me. But it makes
the patients happy with little effort on the doctor's part
so who gives a rats?

Further down the track when complications are setting in the
patients thinks oh, the doc knows best, I must be
progressing, never thinking there are other ways! So... I
guess it was pretty nice of you Sally to think a friend of
yours couldn't "handle" hearing a wide variety of
experiences about diabetic control, well done for doing your
friend's thinking for them. Don't underestimate your
friend's ability to think for themself when it comes to
weeding the chaff from the wheat. Remember, what works for
you may not even go close for your friend. But I guess you
can justify it all in some way if the friend's condition
deteriorates.

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