To further this goal, I've put together a flyer which adapts the information found on the Alt.Support.Diabetes "Newly Diagnosed" web page so that it will fit onto one page.
It's a PDF file. If you like it, print out some copies and leave them by the pile of magazines at your doctor's office. Post some on community bulletin boards. Give it to friends with diabetes. Put it anywhere you see other posters.
The technique described on the flyer is very simple but extremely effective. It's time more people knew about it.
You can download the flyer by clicking on this link:
flyer.pdf
For the version that uses mmol/L measurements download
flyer-mmol.pdf
Be sure to click on "save a copy" to store a copy of the flyer on your own computer.
If you have comments or ideas for improving the flyer, please post them in the comments or email me at jruhl9999-d1@yahoo.com. Let's make this flyer great and get it to the people in our communities who need this information!
Perfect timing. I have an appt in two days with a new Primary Care Physician; I'll leave some copies in the waiting room. I also have an appt with my endocrinologist in just under two months. I'll leave some in the waiting room, as well as in the lab waiting room when I go for a blood draw a few days before the appt.
ReplyDeleteI need to remember to ask my endo if he took a look at your book (I gave him a copy in June, but in the rushed 10 minute appt this month, I forgot to follow up on it).
I'll keep a stack by the door, too. I've taken to saying "yes, I'll listen to the political/religious spiel if you'll give me equal time on why cholesterol doesn't cause heart disease or why most dietary guidelines are not helpful." Seems fair to take turns proselytizing, right? ;-)
Heh, heh, I love this sort of "sneaky" activism. The flyer is a great idea. I can't even count how many times I've had a conversation with someone about good BG control (for themselves or someone they know) and not had something to hand out. Sure, I scribble your Diabetes 101 URL on a scrap of paper, but the flyer is more likely to get some attention long after the memory of the conversation fades.
The flyer is great, but I imagine that the doctor offices will quickly remove them. I will leave some at my next appointment and hope it will help at least one more person.
ReplyDeleteI don't suppose you'd put the mmol values back in, would you, O wonderful person who can edit PDFs? :P
ReplyDeleteThanks,
Nicky.
Nicky,
ReplyDeleteI'll put a non-U.S. version of the flyer out too.
You can create your own PDFs with some shareware named cutepdf. Very easy.
Excellent notion! I tend to push the original website version on newbies (and doctors!) having a brief paper version is going to be useful.
ReplyDeleteI just suggested Dave Nickerson at ADA review it with a view to running an RCT on the protocol and have done the same on this website
http://www.endocrinetoday.com/view.aspx?rid=31169
but my comment obviously hasn't been published
until there's "data" not just anecdotal evidence of the superiority of this approach we will need to continue to get it out there By Any Means Necessary
(maybe we could even sell this for £24, see the above website)
Stop press! My comments on test test test HAVE now been published
ReplyDeletehttp://www.endocrinetoday.com/view.aspx?rid=31169
also Frank Roy has come on board
Trink,
ReplyDeleteGood work!
One concern I have with the web page is that it has not been updated in many years and displays an out of date "normal fasting bg" number.
That upper level defining normal fasting blood sugar has been set at 100 mg/dl (5.5 mmol/L) by the ultra-conservative ADA. So listing 110 as "normal" is a mistake.
I have changed that on my flyer.
That's a point, I don't read the thing any more. I wonder if the other versions have been updated also (it gets posted in numerous places).
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