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<blockquote data-quote="Mr_Pot" data-source="post: 1604442" data-attributes="member: 216415"><p>Much of the recent offence and misunderstanding has been due to advice not applicable to the particular diagnosis or situation of the OP. I am sure established members of the forum know to be careful about this but some recent threads have been a valuable reminder.</p><p></p><p>Newcomers may not appreciate that the advice and experiences related in the forum need to be specific to their needs before they act on them. As an extreme example, a newly diagnosed person will not want to be trying to achieve a ketogenic diet or have extended periods of fasting when just starting with Insulin.</p><p></p><p>I suggest it would be useful to add a paragraph about caution in the use of the forum to the introductory advice provided by Daisy1, perhaps something along these lines…</p><p></p><p><em>New users should note that the forum encompasses all types of diabetes, levels of experience with diabetes, and strategies for controlling diabetes, including different medications and none. Advice given and observations related in the forum may be specific to a particular case and may not be relevant to everyone. Reading and asking questions in the correct sub-forum, and including diabetes type and medication details with a question, is more likely to result in appropriate advice.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mr_Pot, post: 1604442, member: 216415"] Much of the recent offence and misunderstanding has been due to advice not applicable to the particular diagnosis or situation of the OP. I am sure established members of the forum know to be careful about this but some recent threads have been a valuable reminder. Newcomers may not appreciate that the advice and experiences related in the forum need to be specific to their needs before they act on them. As an extreme example, a newly diagnosed person will not want to be trying to achieve a ketogenic diet or have extended periods of fasting when just starting with Insulin. I suggest it would be useful to add a paragraph about caution in the use of the forum to the introductory advice provided by Daisy1, perhaps something along these lines… [I]New users should note that the forum encompasses all types of diabetes, levels of experience with diabetes, and strategies for controlling diabetes, including different medications and none. Advice given and observations related in the forum may be specific to a particular case and may not be relevant to everyone. Reading and asking questions in the correct sub-forum, and including diabetes type and medication details with a question, is more likely to result in appropriate advice.[/I] [/QUOTE]
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