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I'm only posting this to give an idea of how a GP's brain might (might not) work. This particular GP just happens to be someone my wife knew from her days at Leeds University, even I've known her for 35 years. She came to visit over the weekend and although she was interested in my Freestyle Libre and my low carb diet one of her parting statements was surprising and probably explains an awful lot about what some GPs think. She actually said that I took my condition far too seriously, something that allowed me to monitor 24/7 was excessive and in fact unnecessary and that I shouldn't be quite so draconian with my low carb diet and "lighten up" and enjoy my food more. She suggested that frequent monitoring causes stress and is counter productive.
Luckily I didn't feel the need to justify my approach because there would have been a major argument. I was somewhat intrigued that someone who is quite clearly intelligent (apart from the fact she does a lot of swimming in rivers and the open sea) should adopt an opinion based on NICE guidelines, almost as if she has stopped thinking.
Even more luckily, she is not my GP, mine is much more open minded especially as my approach quite clearly works.
So, I was thinking, when your GP takes a similar approach, you will know that they are probably towing the party line, almost like parliament where MPs have to tow the party line.
Luckily I didn't feel the need to justify my approach because there would have been a major argument. I was somewhat intrigued that someone who is quite clearly intelligent (apart from the fact she does a lot of swimming in rivers and the open sea) should adopt an opinion based on NICE guidelines, almost as if she has stopped thinking.
Even more luckily, she is not my GP, mine is much more open minded especially as my approach quite clearly works.
So, I was thinking, when your GP takes a similar approach, you will know that they are probably towing the party line, almost like parliament where MPs have to tow the party line.