All I know is my doc when I had my yearly blood tests, last one 3 months ago results, my doc said that I was 4.1 total, and all cholesterol was good, so I assume he meant the LDL one also.
Well, you are a bundle of sunshine (Only joking) yes stress can play a big part of it all. Although I have also read that a little stress can do us good. I also read on the BBC interactive health news that even a scare can be beneficial to a heart patient, kind of gives the heart a kick start like an exercise.I must admit though that it gets to the point at times regarding food and medications "What is safe, what is healthy?" Will they tell people in 30 years time fat is bad again? We can only use our own best judgement and sometimes take a step back and look at the bigger picture.Like the LCHF diet is good for diabetes, weight, Etc but it may not be so good for other parts of our body, same with carbs. It really is at times a hard call.
I see you are a person of faith!
Also that's giving the doc the credit (too much maybe) of knowing what he/she is talking about...Totally agree. Its never wise to believe it when a doctor says all is good and assume it is. Print outs or on-line results can tell a very different story.
Or when they say it is bad (eg total cholesterol). Many, like mine, will just go by NHS guidelines that T2s should have a total cholesterol of 4 or less. She doesn't look at ratios.Totally agree. Its never wise to believe it when a doctor says all is good and assume it is. Print outs or on-line results can tell a very different story.
I've just checked online on my surgeries website and there is nothing on it to join and see my records
It is not a question of faith. I have had 4 different doctors and a 2 cardiologist telling me the same. I have been fine for nearly thirteen years so far touch wood hope that it continues. Some people here seem to have more faith in online verdicts or what professors etc are telling us which is all very well, but I think that we have to be sometimes a little skeptic. I see news online about an injection to reverse diabetes and it's a breakthrough that was 3 years ago, where is it? There are so many claims from different medical professions online quite a few with a book on sale, that I sometimes get brain fog lol.I feel sometimes that there is a little NHS and medical bashing on here.It is dangerous as if anybody came on here and was really gullible this could encourage people to stop taking their medication. We all respond differently to medication.I see you are a person of faith!
You usually have to apply in person at the surgery.. take proof of address and IDI've just checked online on my surgeries website and there is nothing on it to join and see my records
You'd need to check.I see you are a person of faith!
I would be dead now from prostate cancer after diagnosis 14years ago, if I had not rejected what an oncologist and urologist said and chose a different route to get treatment. D.
I got it from the Pharmaceutical Journal web site but I cannot access it again as it limits access to articles unless you pay.
I am so sorry that you have had such a bad experience, but there are many people who have had very good care. There will always be some people who have been unfortunate, but surely this does not mean that in the grand scheme of things the NHS should be slated entirely. I blame the government to be honest, not enough money going into the NHS for research, bad management and so fourth. I think that most of the medical staff and doctors are doing the best that they can with what they have got to work with.It is also well known that the data on low carb high fat at the moment seem's to be the way to go, but the professionals do admit that this study is early days. Yes, it may be good for people with diabetes etc, but only time will tell if this diet is good for us in the long run and for over all health. There has also been extensive research on vegan diets and people with diabetes have done very well on this diet. People have also done well on low carb such as cous cous, brown rice..very small amounts of these foods. Like I said we are all different, but we cannot be so closed minded as to think that cous cous, brown rice, sweet potato is all bad advice because there are diabetics that are doing well on these foods. The NHS saved my life, resuscitated me, if it were not for them I would not be here.My husband is American and believe me he is not too impressed with American health care. His mother had health issues and all they kept giving her was tablets, tablets for everything.Valium given out like sweeties because she had to pay for her medication and boy is it expensive. We are not doctors or professors.
I was on Amitryptiline for 8 years far to long. My cardiologist was very angry when he knew this ,as he said that it can cause heart arrhythmia, this is before the heart attack, now that doctor that I was with back then, does not mean I am going to blame the whole of the NHS. You will always get good doctors and bad ones, whether they are NHS or not. My sister is with Buba and she had an awful experience with them, so there you go.Good and bad
