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Originally Posted by xMenace  Get an A1C now. Eat lots of fudge. Get another in 3 months. Sue their ****ing asses! |
Well, I like my doctor and have a lot of respect for him. He's not your typical doctor in that he doesn't just read about the latest developments in medicine, he studies the raw data and uses that when he makes his medical decisions.. The only problem with that is that he's using data collected by the very sources that are putting out the wrong information, so he's going along with what he thinks is accurate info. It's not really his fault....it's the medical community's fault as a whole.
I like your suggestion though....get the A1C reading now, which should be low, then eat the wrong things to make sure the next reading is high.
What would probably happen then is my doctor would probably switch me to a different insulin....one that requires you to test more often.
Something that always irritates me is that people think that because a doctor said it, it must be God's word. I am just the opposite. If a doctor told me something, then I'm going to investigate it, and determine for myself if he's right or wrong. My doctor's office alluded to this when I told them about the BG levels. When I said that the people in the forums indicated that my levels should be lower than what the doctor said, she immediately used the old line, "Are these people doctors?"
I answered her with, "No, is the doctor a diabetic? Has he lived with diabetes for years like these people have? Has he suffered from the complications that these people have? These people live with diabetes every day of their life, and they know what things affect them and how they affect them. Does the doctor know this? No, he reads it out of a book, right? While I have the utmost respect for the doctor, I'm going with the information from those who are living with diabetes since it's from real life experiences."
