Beta cell damage, until reading this thread I had never heard of it.
Research, are we saying that everyone with diabetes should do their own research.
My brother is 75, he is type 2. He doesn't have a computer, his children has shown him how to use a "fancy phone. "
Do I tell him stop believing what the NHS has told him and go do some research.
He would say, well they got me through that heart opp, 2 new valves triple by pass. And with their rehabilitation. I can now dig my own garden.
I bet there are very few people on this site that are type 2 and don't have other problems. Thats why we started to look on the www in the first place.
If people follow the lchf and see changes within a couple of weeks, well good luck to them.
I came to this site because, of support, this I have had from Rowan and some others.
Telling people your can't be doing right, or your should be reading labels, I find this very demeaning.
I hope you don't go Rowan you have helped. Best regards Rowan.
This is a fine line millysue. Are you saying participants should observe new members appearing to make bloopers and just ignore it without feedback? I don't think that achieves anything, and indeed, I'd say that's criminal. Everyone on here makes a judgement each time they post. A judgement on what they are responding to- based on the initiators post, their knowledge and 99.9999999% of the time, this will have the recipients best interests at heart. Very few, and I mean very few posters on here will post anything they believe will be hurtful or unhelpful. We have had the odd troll, or frankly nutter, but they are incredibly few and far between.
The reactions to those replies sometimes indicate the respondent got something wrong in their interpretation of the original post and sometimes the response reinforces the respondents belief.
Gross generalisation alert here: some members arrive here expecting some form of panacea whereby their condition will vapouris, or dramatically improve, at worst, without any effort, or change on their part. Sadly, the same 99.9 recurring % realise this is unlikely to happen, without divine intervention, but new member resistance can be quite long standing.
This is a bewildering condition, at the outset, and along the way the diabetes fairy lobs in the occasional curved ball, just to keep us on our toes. But, it is absolutely up to us to keep on our toes and do our own research. To go blindly on our GPs' advice, on any condition, makes no sense in my view. To me, that's handing over accountability for that condition to someone else. If I have a potentially life damaging condition, I want to understand it, to give myself th best chances of the best outcomes.
Your brother was probably brought up in a time when our doctors were Demi-gods and questions were not asked. My GP isn't a Demi-God, he's the bloke who likes to drink with his pals in the village pub, after shooting at the weekends. And another is the proud father of a pro rugby player, but they're not demi-gods. Hell. My GP has only just given up smoking. How long have those messages been out there loud and clear?
I respect my GP. He's a great bloke and gave me the most incredible support when I was extremely ill almost 30 years agon (where does time go). On one occasion we both cried through an appointment, so I can't ever say he doesn't care about his patients.
I'm sorry this is a rant, but sometimes I find the expression of spoonfed entitlement by some posters to be just overwhelming. (And that comment isn't about Rown or anyone else in particular. It's another general comment, based on 15 months of forum usage.). Perhaps it's time I had a break from the forum. Who knows.
