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I agree, but once I've been diagnosed by a competent doctor I would feel more comfortable learning from the experience of long-time diabetics who post on this forum.
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Yes and that is precisely what I have been advocating all along. You get diagnosed by a professional and then all the other questions you'll have about lifestyle and managing your treatment, you use us AND your healthcare team.
Otherwise you're suggesting that I implied no-one should ever use this forum, which is a total and utter misrepresentation of my position.
All that I am saying is that if you come here asking 'Do I have diabetes', no-one here can answer that question accurately. Give me a list of symptoms and I and no-one else here will be able to tell you whether or not your have diabetes - we can
suggest it's possible but without being able to run tests on you, we can't tell you. Come here and tell me you're having problems with high blood sugars in the morning and we'll be able to suggest lots of different ways of solving that.
Do you see what I'm getting at here?
