Originally Posted by
pdlamb
Perhaps some day I'll understand why people go to a medical professional, someone with 5-12 years of specialized training, for medical care. Then when they get home, they get online and splash, "Why don't I want to do what the doctor ordered?" all over the internet, rather than ask the doctor, "What are the potential side effects?" or "What alternative treatment(s) is (are) available?" There are plenty of authoritative lists of side effects for every drug available on line, or some very informative (if densely written, in small print) Patient Package Inserts that my pharmacist gives me with every prescription.
Perhaps some day. Or maybe not
Originally Posted by
Jughed
Been to a few docs about my T2 - all of them basically said the same thing. The disease is progressive, you will be on meds for the rest of your life, and you will need more meds. Eat the ADA recommended 60 grams of carbs per meal (which would send my BG's into the 500+ range), buy these test strips and meter, test 12x per day, take this metformin, stick yourself with insulin, both long and short acting, as needed to counteract the carbs - but carry these sugar tablets incase you go low - going low can kill you... or, buy this $$$$ insulin pump and it will do the work for you. And you will need more insulin over time as the disease progresses.
The internet - yep, the internet - helped with not only the side effects of meds - it helped explain the mechanisms behind the disease and how it isn't necessarily progressive and that you may not need meds at all.
5+ years free of any meds and T2 (remission) - from BG's in the 400+/A1C of 12 range to normal numbers - because of what I read on the internet.
r.e. bolding Maybe
pdlamb might not have had an illness where the
information from individuals suffering a like illness has not only been helpful in the
medical perspective but also the
very personal aspect showing the person enquiring that
they are not alone in illness or side effects or psychological dealings.
This month marks
9 years since being told
you have PCa (Prostate Cancer) and it IS NOT the type that most men live with and then die of something else
but instead is GLEASON 10 the one where if you are lucky you might just die of something else so we start treating this way.
r.e. jughed's -- *The INTERNET,* certainly has a wealth of knowledgeable individuals WHO ARE NOT DOCTORS but spend massive amounts of time researching and compiling and reporting on many findings that PCP's and even Specialists have not been updated on. I am very glad to have the NET to access