tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post7996483365155334037..comments2023-10-23T11:24:13.532-04:00Comments on Diabetes Update: You have a touch of cancer. . .Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-85491867865842912882008-02-24T22:31:00.000-05:002008-02-24T22:31:00.000-05:00Reading this is reminding me of the years my docto...Reading this is reminding me of the years my doctor ignored my "subclinical" thyroid scores, and let me live half a life, so exhausted and hopeless, relying on antidepressants and stimulants to get me through daily life, without letting me know I could benefit from a very simple (and much cheaper) hormone treatment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-31930370322811312562008-01-18T00:02:00.000-05:002008-01-18T00:02:00.000-05:00If doctors demanded normal blood sugar control fro...If doctors demanded normal blood sugar control from diabetics, they would only depress the hell out of their patients when their recomendations fell flat of their goal (low fat, complex carbs, ADA horse doodoo).<BR/><BR/>Instead, the protocol is to expect that diabetics are going to get sick and die, recommend a diet that may or may not improve blood sugar (really all depends on whether or not ItsTheWooohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09914774791335408323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-30746217996797123752008-01-17T00:51:00.000-05:002008-01-17T00:51:00.000-05:00Jenny,Patients get discouraged and give up on atte...Jenny,<BR/><BR/>Patients get discouraged and give up on attempting to control their diabetes. Why? Because they're given outmoded, ineffective interventions. They try them and don't improve; gradually get worse.<BR/><BR/>Seems to me physicians get the same way. All the training the doctor has been given is to push the food pyramid and low-fat diet (for weight loss AND bg control.) He Red Sphynxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11100740275894284607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-53473025515634604432008-01-16T22:24:00.000-05:002008-01-16T22:24:00.000-05:00I am one of those who have been told to ignore my ...I am one of those who have been told to ignore my slightly abnormal GTT's for years. At 2 hours my BG was only about 190. It had to hit 200 before the doctor would be concerned. <BR/><BR/>I can't believe that I listened to the doctors. I have told people many times to get copies of all tests because when the doctor says "Good", (s)he really means "your test results were not abnormal enough for meAnnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16655747133135789559noreply@blogger.com