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<blockquote data-quote="Grateful" data-source="post: 1598990" data-attributes="member: 438800"><p>Excellent analysis. Diabetes is a complex disease. Eight months after diagnosis, I thought I knew quite a lot about it and then I found this forum. I have beeing trying to help people, and hope I succeeded, but some far more knowledgeable people politely corrected me when I got things wrong.</p><p></p><p>This forum is a wonderful resource but it is sad that it has to exist as a source of hard facts. (The emotional support is another aspect, and would justify the existence of the forum even if there were no medical aspect to discuss.)</p><p></p><p>It is also sad because, as someone who firmly believes in the scientific method and in the inherent professionalism and expertise of the medical profession, I have been considerably disappointed with how it approaches diabetes. This is a comment, not about my own individual case or my doctor, but about the whole approach.</p><p></p><p>My particular obsession in this regard is diet. Right away, my wife thought I should be seeing a dietician, after my GP said I should "avoid sugar and go on a low-carb diet" (no meds) without providing any details, or giving me a booklet, or anything. I did the research and (this is the USA) found out that my insurance company would pay for an educational course with a dietician. But it sounded like this would be run along the lines recommended by the American Diabetes Association, therefore not-low carb. So I did not do it.</p><p></p><p>Ultimately, much of diabetes medicine is "self-treatment" thus we have a lot of power in our own hands. The downside is that this also requires a lot of education and experience. At diagnosis, nearly all of us are starting from zero!!!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I did have the second test although my doctor failed to tell me about it until I asked (he ordered a second test on the initial sample, after seeing the first result). Retinopathy: as it happens, I had a routine eye test a couple of days after the diabetes diagnosis. I told the eye doctor, fearfully, "I have just been diagnosed with diabetes but don't know anything about it yet." She examined me and it was reassuring to be told there was no sign of retinopathy. Also, I did some reading about T2 online and decided to book an appointment with a podiatrist to get my feet checked. So by the time I saw my GP, the "diabetes MOT" was already all set-up.</p><p></p><p>Sorry, too long. It seems I am still "unloading" even nine months after diagnosis. That, too, is what the forum is for.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Grateful, post: 1598990, member: 438800"] Excellent analysis. Diabetes is a complex disease. Eight months after diagnosis, I thought I knew quite a lot about it and then I found this forum. I have beeing trying to help people, and hope I succeeded, but some far more knowledgeable people politely corrected me when I got things wrong. This forum is a wonderful resource but it is sad that it has to exist as a source of hard facts. (The emotional support is another aspect, and would justify the existence of the forum even if there were no medical aspect to discuss.) It is also sad because, as someone who firmly believes in the scientific method and in the inherent professionalism and expertise of the medical profession, I have been considerably disappointed with how it approaches diabetes. This is a comment, not about my own individual case or my doctor, but about the whole approach. My particular obsession in this regard is diet. Right away, my wife thought I should be seeing a dietician, after my GP said I should "avoid sugar and go on a low-carb diet" (no meds) without providing any details, or giving me a booklet, or anything. I did the research and (this is the USA) found out that my insurance company would pay for an educational course with a dietician. But it sounded like this would be run along the lines recommended by the American Diabetes Association, therefore not-low carb. So I did not do it. Ultimately, much of diabetes medicine is "self-treatment" thus we have a lot of power in our own hands. The downside is that this also requires a lot of education and experience. At diagnosis, nearly all of us are starting from zero!!! I did have the second test although my doctor failed to tell me about it until I asked (he ordered a second test on the initial sample, after seeing the first result). Retinopathy: as it happens, I had a routine eye test a couple of days after the diabetes diagnosis. I told the eye doctor, fearfully, "I have just been diagnosed with diabetes but don't know anything about it yet." She examined me and it was reassuring to be told there was no sign of retinopathy. Also, I did some reading about T2 online and decided to book an appointment with a podiatrist to get my feet checked. So by the time I saw my GP, the "diabetes MOT" was already all set-up. Sorry, too long. It seems I am still "unloading" even nine months after diagnosis. That, too, is what the forum is for. [/QUOTE]
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