Sid Bonkers
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Diet only
- Dislikes
- Customer helplines that use recorded menus that promise to put me through to the right person but never do - and being ill. Oh, and did I mention customer helplines :)
Pneu said:I don't think anyone on here is saying that HbA1c's are the be all and end all... but with 70% of people failing to meet the current targets then something must be wrong... the current approach and guidelines can not be working if this is the case. T
I don't believe it is the guidelines at fault here but the people who for whatever reason just dont care, you have to remember that not everyone is as proactive as you and I.
I can't really put it any better than fullfathomfive
fullfathomfive said:Even if the 'correct information, training, monitoring, etc...' were available and 100% irrefutable, people are still people. They still smoke, drink to excess, fail to attend appointments etc. We all do things that we know are not good for us.
Maybe a lot of people are simply ignoring advice (whether this advice is correct or not).