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Diabetes Health Care Short Fall

Interesting Article, but Why do some of these journalists portray type 2 diabetics in such a negative manner :-

'' type 2 diabetes, the form of the condition associated with obesity''.
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Not all type 2's are such because of obesity.

I have found some predjudice since declaring I was type 2 to some folk who seem to look down their nose at me as if they have no sympathy for this condition i have brought on myself. Statements like the one quoted do nothing to raise our profile do they.

In terms of the so called medical proffesionals, they palmed me off for over a year telling me I had depression and was 'comfort eating' when I told them I felt ill but food lifted the way i felt for a short time. It was only my wife who told me to ask them for a BG test, otherwise i'd have still been on the prozac and have a BG of 23.

Sorry, just letting off steam but my opinion of healthcare has depreciated rapidly since this diagnosis. Most of the doctors i have talked to seem to lack a basic skill of listening to what the patient is saying and just want to give you a prescription for something and get you out the door as soon as possible.
 
My d-i-l sent me the link on Facebook:

THe conversation progressed:

Ian: Thanks, even the photo is bad - We don't prick our pads, as we would soon get sore.
The professionals chart our downward progress, knowing that we will go from diagnosis through diet control to oral medication to insulin, with complications setting in along the way.
I know - I've been there.
That's why I have a low carb diet - & have reversed the complications.

Z: My friend is diabetic and he has to check his blood sugar levels regularly and has to test blood and uses his fingers i keep out of the way when he does or he gets fresh stabbing device out and stabs me too!! it usually really pees him off as i ate a mars bar and an hr later my sugar level hadnt changed!!!! :o)

Ian: Ah, but have other levels changed - if you use a tape measure or scales ? :-( ?
 
Gavin Terry of Diabetes UK said there was "little good news from this latest audit".

"Well over two-thirds of people with type 1 diabetes and half of people with type 2 diabetes in England and Wales are missing out on checks that in real terms translate into saving a person's sight, preventing limb amputation and extending life expectancy through the prevention of kidney failure, stroke and heart disease."
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We need more than checks - we need the experience based advice that this forum provides.

Another thread found it counterproductive to use "intensive therapy" to reduce the HbA1c below 7.5. THat is a level well above the DUK recommendations.

Some of us here consider the DUK/NHS diabetes starchy carb diet contributes to the problems. Reduced carb or other carb control is the way forward, in my experience. That approach is rejected by DUK.
 
IanD said:
Some of us here consider the DUK/NHS diabetes starchy carb diet contributes to the problems.
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I think it is only the bright and the fortunate few who manage to survive the DUK/NHS. :evil:
 
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