On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 12:22:54 -0600, Janet Wilder
wrote:

Anna wrote:

why not leave me alone. It is nice that there are so many know it alls
here and doctors. I should be paying you instead of my doctor for the
advice.
Nicky you are the only thing that SUCKS around here.

Anna,

Have you considered the fact that your own doctor might be out of touch
with the current treatment programs? Most Diabetics these days benefit
from a team approach with an endocrinologist, a Diabetic Educator and a
specially trained nutritionist.

My DH would not see any doctor for his Diabetes who did not have a
well-trained and accessible Diabetic Educator.

Many patients suffer from what I call "General Practitioner Syndrome"
where they are given a diagnosis, a drug, a sheet of paper with a
one-size fits all diet, and instructions to test their blood glucose in
the morning once a day, if at all. If this is what your doctor has done
for you, then perhaps you will learn something here.

My dr. is an endocrinologist. THEY DEAL STRICTLY WITH DIABETICS. All
the information she has given me has been checked by ME with the ADA
so yes I do trust her. My sister has a nurse friend who works for the
ADA and I check on anything my doctor says with her. She has been with
the ADA for 24 years. Should I trust her????
We don't have any nutritionists here in Fairbanks. I would have to
travel to Anchorage which is 500 miles south and our insurance won't
cover the trip or the nutritionist because they charge almost $300 an
hour.