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jcbman said:
Hey, mate, if you have blind faith in google, and reckon your doc is ignorant, you make your choice....
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I use Google regularly and for all manner of questions. Ignorance and ignorant have a different meaning in this context but, Hey, the knowledge I have garnered here far, far outweighs that which my GP or DN has the time to give me and is up to date which my HCPs arn't.

And by the way, I am a woman and would prefer that you not call me mate, if that is alright with you of course.
 

Well, if you think I need to make a distinction between sexes, I won't argue.
Can't agree, but I won't rock the boat if you need to be treated differently because you're a woman.
Each to their own I say.
 
jcbman said:
Well, if you think I need to make a distinction between sexes, I won't argue.
Can't agree, but I won't rock the boat if you need to be treated differently because you're a woman.
Each to their own I say.
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Many thanks.
 
jcbman said:
Hey, mate, if you have blind faith in google, and reckon your doc is ignorant, you make your choice....
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There are also books. If you respect doctors, how about Dr Bernstein? IMO his book "Diabetes Solution" can teach us a lot more about diabetes than any GP.
 
Guzzler said:
I am a woman and would prefer that you not call me mate
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Personally I don't mind at all being called "mate" or even "you guys", as happens regularly at my gym. However "mate" does make me think of Australia, and I do have a mild preference for NOT being called a "sheila". Jcbperson please note! (Just saying!)
 
Alexandra100 said:
There are also books. If you respect doctors, how about Dr Bernstein? IMO his book "Diabetes Solution" can teach us a lot more about diabetes than any GP.
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Well, if he writes my prescriptions, or even knew anything vaguely about the fact I was alive, I'm sure he would be able to sort me out.
If your saying because I'm a diabetic, I should follow his book without question, because anything he writes must be good for any diabetic anywhere, I'd be looking in the mirror, wondering what happened to me to be honest.
That's just me though.
 

I drive a wagon.
I'll shout "Mate watch your back"
I'll say "Thanks mate"
I'll say "Mate watch me reverse back"
I won't really look to see if it's a bloke in a hi vis with a pony tail, I won't check if its a lass with a shaved head.
(Can I say 'lass'?)
From behind, (or even from the front) we're all, the same.

But I'm not going to worry too much about whether they're male or female, they're are doing the same job to me.
 
It's not what you feel about it so much as how the person your addressing feels about it if the person you are directly addressing prefers you not to call her mate and she says so then don't.

Simple manners.
 
Let's stay on topic, please, ladies and gents.
 
Back on topic then
We shouldn't call all doctors idiots, simply because they are doing their best to keep us alive?
Even if not by googling our treatment

Or is that bad?
 
jcbman said:
Back on topic then
We shouldn't call all doctors idiots, simply because they are doing their best to keep us alive?
Even if not by googling our treatment

Or is that bad?
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for me, this distinction is the generalisation of it all. 'A doctor is being an idiot' for a specific reason is different from saying 'Doctors are idiots'
 
Here is a link to a Youtube video of Arjun Panesar's (co-founder and CEO of @Diabetes.co.uk) presentation at the Public Health Collaboration conference in 2016. He provides a nice history of the Forum. Interestingly, Arjun is yet another engineer who saw - and filled - a void in what was previously seen as the medical space:
 
lucylocket61 said:
for me, this distinction is the generalisation of it all. 'A doctor is being an idiot' for a specific reason is different from saying 'Doctors are idiots'
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Well, I reckon it's all down to perspective.
Maybe one day the doc will take my licence.
I'll be with you all then, and stand up with you saying what an idiot he is.
And how he's wrong to follow the guidelines.

But, I reckon you'll all be saying he's a good 'un, a JCB on a low loader, hitting you coming the other way wouldn't be what you want the doc to ignore.
 

I was aware that the majority of people who follow LCHF saw some weight loss but had no idea it was as high as nine out of ten. Thanks for posting.
 

I hope he gets it. The experience is different for everyone and it's scary to have to think about sometimes, but I can say it is fantastic.
 
Mike D said:
Thank you Driving by the sounds of it. Take it easy mate
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No worries. My wife and I usually drive up the day before, it's a nightmare drive between the Gold coast and Brisbane any time of day these days.
 
It used to be simple ... 15 minute flight between OOL and BNE Not anymore, and hardly anywhere

Some enterprising person out here would make a killing servicing the two ports by aircraft operations ... if it wasn't for landing fees
 
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