"The diabetic should not take no chances along with a clean body and trained muscles he should have a mind prepared and alert, because he depends upon his brains to make up in part for loss of his pancreas. The treatment of a patient with diabetes lasts a long time." Joslin E. P. M.D.In manual use of doctors and patients Dr. Joslin ask questions diabetic probably do have , and give answers to these questions. It was back to 1941. Time passed, still the idea to teach diabetic what to do, what ask doctors what diabetic have to do and how to live, and many other educational tasks still work in present time. Actually, it is interesting, doctors teach diabetics what questions we must ask our doctors, and at the same time if I do have this book why simple do not give so simple answered to this questions? Of cause answers are here, right in the book, but still, why it is presented that diabetic must ask those questions?
If the questions published in book so important, so all diabetics and every one do have these questions, and if so then why do not simple give the answers to this questions to patient that patient has those answers before questions come to the diabetic's mind? Every time when we buy anything there is instructions how to use a staff we got. Why there is no instructions, how to live with diabetes we diagnosed? Very simple question, why do not give the basic answers to every diabetic as soon as one diagnosed with diabetes?
I can say that for many years I do not still have the answer to the very simple question, why my diagnose 'uncontrolled diabetes type 2'? why with any visit to doctor I still have no answer to very simple question, how diagnose diabetes type 2 confirmed? My diagnose, not for any one else such as 'usually it is diagnosed .....'. It is no way 'usually' it is my diagnose, it is my life. Why it is type 2 diabetes, ether type 1, nether LADA, MODY, or anything else. How diagnose type 2 diabetes was confirmed? There still no one clear definition how one type of diabetes different from another. And I can say, I ask this question every time. Why it is not in the Dr. Joslin attention that we all do have first question, how we diagnosed with medical condition we are treated?
Next question with every first visist long before diabetic will ask, must be answered, how to deal with high or low numbers? What are difference between numbers? Why do we have one condition or another? As Dr. Joslin just pointed out, it is long time we have to live with diabetes, it is Marathon, in no one way it is Sprint. So why with any visits, there is no one instructions, what medicine doctor Rx and why it is this one rather then another one? What diabetic must pay attention for most? I can say that there are a lot of education sessions we do have to collect money from health plan. What are the values of any of this session? Simple, there are no one value in any one of them.
In every session I used to have there are only one attention, diet and work outs. In no one of those sessions there was attention to my condition, to the moment I was in present time. Not at all. It is all the time very simple, educator handle paper in folder with food pyramid how I have to chose my food, and this is all. The situation that I am not able to handle any work out is never in attention. I even do not have any diagnose that my heart condition is not stable, and my heart is not healthy. Not at all. All the time I told, my heart is great and there is nothing to worry about. Really? Should I trust in doctor's? Not I anyway.
Now about diet and weight. All the time it is too much attention to my weight. What is this attention about? Very simple, I do have emotional eating, I use to eat too much, really? No one ever saw how do I eat. Everyone can see pounds on scale. No one see, the water retention, water sacks on my legs, how my legs are doubled in size due to high edema. Edema has nothing deal with eating disorders. It is water retention.
Right now as I do see, next set of pounds jumped on my body. But ..... really, is this good or it is bad? For me it is not so simple to answer. The point is, I am able to walk from my room to the kitchen at once without taking rest in the middle. I do not take so many Nitrostat as I used so not long time ago. I do take only two Excedrin daily, and there is no severe headache. My breath without sound. It is smoother and lighter. And I do not have so short breath with first move I take. Legs become bigger, wider. Edema highly increased.
I do understand, probably it is more my hope then reality. Hope is last thing I wish to lost. Even it is not real, I still want to keep this hope, outside of any reason. This hope give me reason to fight. It is not over yet, I am alive, and this is all what is matter.
This is why I post about weight and what is good or it is to bad. What if it is attempt to recovery rather then it is lost and degradation in health? Every one would be agree that today diabetics live longer. At the same time American population become wider and heavy. What if this is the way to increase the longevity of life?
Attempts to push diabetics to fight to decrease pounds bring nothing but death and dangerous complications. Many take diuretics, to decrease water retention, to loose weight. Heart disease and high BP are leading causes of Death. What if without this attempt to lose weight we will live longer and healthier? I do know for myself, diuretics will kill me. I do not take them, nether one. I carry on my high pounds and just try to be patient. I still keep my hope, one day pounds will go away, as today blood started to looks normal. It is no longer glue-like. It is run right over my finger, and I am so pleased to see my blood running.
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