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<blockquote data-quote="graj0" data-source="post: 571988"><p><em>In what circumstances should we ignore our Drs and other HCPs advice? If ever? Or should we always do as we are told?</em></p><p></p><p>No hard and fast rule and it depends on the doctor. My previous GP told me that under no circumstances was I to decrease the amount of carb in my diet and the hospital dietician even told me to eat more bread and potatoes. When I told my doctor that I was not losing weight despite following a calorie reduced diet and increasing my exercise level, he just said "Rome wasn't built in a day". I had a feeling that they'd built a fair bit in the 4 years I'd been trying to lose weight. He is now my previous doctor, my present doctor just warned me to watch my BG levels when I said that was cutting my carb intake and has, at least, made an effort to get to the bottom of my weight issues, unsuccessfully, but she tried. </p><p>I do feel that I've had to find out more about my problems than my GP can tell me and I keep reminding myself that the G stands for general, she's no expert on anything really.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="graj0, post: 571988"] [I]In what circumstances should we ignore our Drs and other HCPs advice? If ever? Or should we always do as we are told?[/I] No hard and fast rule and it depends on the doctor. My previous GP told me that under no circumstances was I to decrease the amount of carb in my diet and the hospital dietician even told me to eat more bread and potatoes. When I told my doctor that I was not losing weight despite following a calorie reduced diet and increasing my exercise level, he just said "Rome wasn't built in a day". I had a feeling that they'd built a fair bit in the 4 years I'd been trying to lose weight. He is now my previous doctor, my present doctor just warned me to watch my BG levels when I said that was cutting my carb intake and has, at least, made an effort to get to the bottom of my weight issues, unsuccessfully, but she tried. I do feel that I've had to find out more about my problems than my GP can tell me and I keep reminding myself that the G stands for general, she's no expert on anything really. [/QUOTE]
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