>> My health is mine, thank you.
>
> You are not wrong there! No one cares as much about my health and limbs etc
> except me. People should not just accept hwat a doctor says, they need to
> educated themselves about their condition. Knowledge is power especially
> with diabetes.

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kate
type 1 since 1987
www.diabetic-talk.org
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>>> My health is mine, thank you.
>>
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>
> sigh
The breakdown of MY diabetic team is - 45% me, 45% the Internet (including
MHD and ASD), and the remaining 10% - my doctor.
Having said that, I would not recommend that to any newbie, especially a
newbie unfamilliar with the ways of the Internet and the need to modify
their lifestyle. In those cases the doctor should be the first step.
Henry Mydlarz
Trinkwasser - 12 May 2008 18:20 GMT
>The breakdown of MY diabetic team is - 45% me, 45% the Internet (including
>MHD and ASD), and the remaining 10% - my doctor.
Sadly I have to agree. I strongly suspect my doctor could be a lot
better if her hands weren't so tied by accountants though. I pass on
some of what I've learnt here to her. If she was to use it though she
might lose her job.
>Having said that, I would not recommend that to any newbie, especially a
>newbie unfamilliar with the ways of the Internet and the need to modify
>their lifestyle. In those cases the doctor should be the first step.
It's always good to run your doctor's advice against other folks'
opinions though, sometimes they are clueless or wildly out of date,
sometimes they are limited in what they are permitted to do, sometimes
they are excellent.