Re: The fight against Diabetes

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glass318 wrote:

Yep, I am a Physician. Yep, I see a lot of Diabetics. I have heard
some of these things from frustrated Diabetic patients over the years.
Its our fault (medical community) because we seem to be recycling and
reinventing the same therapies for Diabetics over and over again but
like I said, you have the power to change that. Just FYI, I seldom
prescribe Insulin for my Type 2 Diabetics. Don't panic. Our average
A1C is below 8, with some patients proudly surfing under 7. I do very
little but talk a lot to patients.

That's pathetic, with medical intervention yet. Most of the type 2s here, even those of us with other diseases, are under 6%. At least one is under 5%.

Not a promising self endorsement for your practices.


Fact is, DM is a disease that kills and unfortunately (or
fortunately), the power to wrap our hands around it lies in the
patient! Yes, the usual don't eat this or that, exercise like this or
like that, etc. Then we top it with some oversized pills and as if not
enough, a shot in the belly ot thigh up to 4 times per day. Did I
mention all that (maybe unnecessary) finger sticking? I would be
frustrated too. I admire your skepticism but I'm sorry to inform you
that I do not need to gain your trust before I can POST here! No, I do
NOT! I can only gain your trust by posting. You read, you judge, you
choose to trust (or not). Its like the guy who was left holding his
falling jaw while his friends went to get help. He started yelling,
threatening to drop the jaw if help didn't arrive early. Its totally
your decision.

You can't gain anyone's trust by posting here about A1cs of 7 and 8%.
Scorn is more like it, if you consider those boastworthy.


Obviously, I am not a web designer and cannot control what happens to
the website (which is actually down as I type...cannot control
that ...or maybe I should get another webmaster?). The site was not
intended to be password-protected so that problem will be fixed.

Obviously, you're not much of a clinician, either. With good self management and mutual self help and support on this group, we're doing better than your patients.

Susan
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