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<blockquote data-quote="sparkles" data-source="post: 197178" data-attributes="member: 34577"><p>Jenandkaleb good for you! Sounds like your intervention was gentle and effective. </p><p></p><p>I’ve had some awareness of diabetes most of my life. But I still have lots of what I call fuzzies… stuff I don’t really understand. I have always thought of type I as more severe in both complications and control. And because there may be no insulin produced thought that there is a life threatening dependency there. </p><p> I’ve always thought of type II as milder, something more of an inconvenience than the serious illness it is. Somewhere along the way the message finally got through that it is not something to ignore or disrespect and it is something which needs researching and learning about. When I got to the point of that realisation I felt bad that it had taken a few years to get there. I now feel I owe it to myself to look into it properly and to act carefully and mindfully. I see it as a journey. Its not a bad thing, in fact I know I’ll learn a lot and be a better person for it. Its making me look at what’s out there, how and why and what I put in here, how and why. So much to learn. There is a lot of ignorance it seems -even in the medical profession. But anyone can help to make a shift. I didn’t know how my GP felt about low carb diets and diabetes but I took some information printed off this site for my GP at my last appointment. I don’t know whether it would get read but it was received in good faith. I figured that if I were likely to have trouble getting test strips etc I may as well try to educate my Dr as to how and why I would prefer to treat my diabetes …and some of the info on this site puts it succinctly. There are still lots of things I dont understand about type 2.</p><p>Sparkles.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sparkles, post: 197178, member: 34577"] Jenandkaleb good for you! Sounds like your intervention was gentle and effective. I’ve had some awareness of diabetes most of my life. But I still have lots of what I call fuzzies… stuff I don’t really understand. I have always thought of type I as more severe in both complications and control. And because there may be no insulin produced thought that there is a life threatening dependency there. I’ve always thought of type II as milder, something more of an inconvenience than the serious illness it is. Somewhere along the way the message finally got through that it is not something to ignore or disrespect and it is something which needs researching and learning about. When I got to the point of that realisation I felt bad that it had taken a few years to get there. I now feel I owe it to myself to look into it properly and to act carefully and mindfully. I see it as a journey. Its not a bad thing, in fact I know I’ll learn a lot and be a better person for it. Its making me look at what’s out there, how and why and what I put in here, how and why. So much to learn. There is a lot of ignorance it seems -even in the medical profession. But anyone can help to make a shift. I didn’t know how my GP felt about low carb diets and diabetes but I took some information printed off this site for my GP at my last appointment. I don’t know whether it would get read but it was received in good faith. I figured that if I were likely to have trouble getting test strips etc I may as well try to educate my Dr as to how and why I would prefer to treat my diabetes …and some of the info on this site puts it succinctly. There are still lots of things I dont understand about type 2. Sparkles. [/QUOTE]
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