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<blockquote data-quote="Auto E" data-source="post: 2184919" data-attributes="member: 513396"><p>I actually couldn't read any more of this thread. I found myself really triggered!! I have found testing my glucose to be:</p><p>**empowering</p><p>**enlightening</p><p>**surprising</p><p>**helpful</p><p>**motivating</p><p>**educational</p><p>**proactive</p><p>******LIFE-CHANGING*******</p><p></p><p>I know my answer here is not articulate like some of the above ones, but I just wanted to share my interesting reaction to this page. I got this knot in my chest and felt anxious and upset. Very weird. But I think I felt..... fear that someone might try to take my glucose monitors (or now, my continuous glucose monitor) away. I prefer having my health in MY hands, not my doctor's.</p><p></p><p>That doctor that laughed at the patient for testing and making graphs - omg I felt so much rage reading that. How dare that doctor ridicule a patient's work to be proactive about one's own health? And to say to let the doctor worry about the diabetes, not the patient? How very paternalistic and condesending. I'm glad that for that patient it has all worked it fine (lower A1C, etc.), but for many of us here, it takes lots of time and experimentation to find a dietary approach that works really well for us. When to eat meals, what composition, when to exercise, etc. Glucose monitoring gives me real-time feedback on these trends.</p><p></p><p>Sigh. I think I need to do some deep breathing for a few minutes right now! LOL!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Auto E, post: 2184919, member: 513396"] I actually couldn't read any more of this thread. I found myself really triggered!! I have found testing my glucose to be: **empowering **enlightening **surprising **helpful **motivating **educational **proactive ******LIFE-CHANGING******* I know my answer here is not articulate like some of the above ones, but I just wanted to share my interesting reaction to this page. I got this knot in my chest and felt anxious and upset. Very weird. But I think I felt..... fear that someone might try to take my glucose monitors (or now, my continuous glucose monitor) away. I prefer having my health in MY hands, not my doctor's. That doctor that laughed at the patient for testing and making graphs - omg I felt so much rage reading that. How dare that doctor ridicule a patient's work to be proactive about one's own health? And to say to let the doctor worry about the diabetes, not the patient? How very paternalistic and condesending. I'm glad that for that patient it has all worked it fine (lower A1C, etc.), but for many of us here, it takes lots of time and experimentation to find a dietary approach that works really well for us. When to eat meals, what composition, when to exercise, etc. Glucose monitoring gives me real-time feedback on these trends. Sigh. I think I need to do some deep breathing for a few minutes right now! LOL! [/QUOTE]
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