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<blockquote data-quote="Bebo321" data-source="post: 917807" data-attributes="member: 68730"><p>Hi [USER=194901]@Munkki[/USER]</p><p>Meds obviously have their place and can be used as a useful tool in the management of blood glucose levels. </p><p>I sometimes wonder however if doctors were a bit more open with their patients about diabetes and the reality of how some drugs worked - for example "<em>sulphonylureas work by making your already overworked pancreas to secrete even more insulin in order to bring your BGs down</em>" and instead chose to address the fundamental issue that their body can no longer manage the carbohydrate that they eat - here's a diet plan/a support group/gym pass etc to help support and encourage you to make the significant lifestyle changes that will enable you to live a complication free life, would people take a different view and be more prepared to make the changes they need - or at least give it a really good go?</p><p></p><p>It seems to me that some meds are used rather like a sticking plaster on an ulcer - it gives the appearance of being an improvement but the fundamental issue hasn't been addressed and before long it will need the next phase of treatment. What concerns me most is the idea that perhaps some patients walk blindly down 'complication alley' without ever really having understood how they got there in the first place and have accepted the widely but (in my view) wrongly held belief that 'diabetes is a chronic condition'.</p><p></p><p>It should be an interesting tweet chat!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> Hope you can join in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bebo321, post: 917807, member: 68730"] Hi [USER=194901]@Munkki[/USER] Meds obviously have their place and can be used as a useful tool in the management of blood glucose levels. I sometimes wonder however if doctors were a bit more open with their patients about diabetes and the reality of how some drugs worked - for example "[I]sulphonylureas work by making your already overworked pancreas to secrete even more insulin in order to bring your BGs down[/I]" and instead chose to address the fundamental issue that their body can no longer manage the carbohydrate that they eat - here's a diet plan/a support group/gym pass etc to help support and encourage you to make the significant lifestyle changes that will enable you to live a complication free life, would people take a different view and be more prepared to make the changes they need - or at least give it a really good go? It seems to me that some meds are used rather like a sticking plaster on an ulcer - it gives the appearance of being an improvement but the fundamental issue hasn't been addressed and before long it will need the next phase of treatment. What concerns me most is the idea that perhaps some patients walk blindly down 'complication alley' without ever really having understood how they got there in the first place and have accepted the widely but (in my view) wrongly held belief that 'diabetes is a chronic condition'. It should be an interesting tweet chat!;) Hope you can join in. [/QUOTE]
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