[email protected] (m nesbitt) wrote in message news:<
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> Well, that was interesting.
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> Seems that my type 1 diagnosis at age 5 was avoidable, a claim I guess anyone can make because
> it's unprovable.
Although it is hard to believe, "Dr." CEEPHD has demonstrated that his ignorance WRT to diabetes
rivals his complete & utter cluelessness about the lymphatic system......
> The daily injection of insulin does cause problems. The lack of insulin is a much more immediate
> problem for me. If you could train the body to not need insulin, you would be a very popular man,
> ditto for your specified branch of "do-nothings".
To pronounce that the use of insulin by diabetics is the *cause* of the problems associated with the
disorder is to be expected from someone who (like "Dr." Know-Nothing) doesn't understand IDDM's
pathology, the role of insulin in cellular activity, or the meaning of chronically elevated blood
glucose levels. His reference to pig insulin ignores the variety of insulins in use today -- but
since he refuses to acknowledge that advances have been made in medical science over the last 150-or-
so years he has little idea of available treatment for IDDM.
> However, in the early part of this century, they had their chance. Before the advent of insulin as
> a treatment for diabetes, all kinds of theories were tried on young children who had this disease.
> They all died. Including my Grandmother's younger brother.
The life expectancy of Type I diabetics was abysmal 85+ years ago. Wasting away over a period of
months or a couple of years with secondary complications was the course the disorder took.
> Yes, long term diabetes causes a lot of problems. Insulin is a treatment, and diabetics who
> maintain a level of blood glucose as close as possible to the norm have fewer side effects.
> However, as a "cracked vessel" from the age of 5, the leaks eventually win out, thus degredation
> of kidneys et al.
Having a close friend with IDDM (since age 14, secondary to Addison's Disease of unknown etiology
since age 10), I would love to see a *cure* for it. In the meantime, careful monitoring of his
glucose levels -- following a nutritious way of eating -- moderate exercise -- & the use of newer
types of insulin that keep his blood glucose more stable that those he used previously are keeping
him on an even keel with minimal secondary complications. While he is still technically classified
as a brittle diabetic, he's had very few problems in the last several years. As he approaches the
age of 30 soon, he may well go on to develop the classic problems many diabetics have to deal with.
But without treatment, he would be dead -- instead of running his own business as a sports massage
therapist at a local gym by day & teaching massage several evenings a week, biking & participating
in other sports, & leading a full life he greatly enjoys.
> I know more about diabetes and human physiology related to this disease than most of the doctors I
> deal with. They accept this, take my input, and help me do the best I can with the tools
> available.
I've learned a great deal from my friend (& indirectly from his endocrinologist too) about IDDM.
He's not the least bit put off by any questions I've asked & has directed me to sources of info that
update & advance what I had learned in nursing school & afterwards. I am impressed at his knowledge
of diabetes as well as his matter-of-fact approach to dealing with it. He doesn't make it his
identity, nor does he hide it. [My sons have often kidded with him about the small kit bag he keeps
with him, telling him that they never figured him for a dude who'd carry a purse.....:>)]
> And now I have to go and copy all your messages to my GP, so that she may proceed to Conspiracy
> Headquarters to deal with the secrets that some of you have uncovered. She took me for a drive in
> the water car the other day, too bad you'll never see it. That and the cure for cancer they're
> witholding...
>
> Nothing to be gained from this place.
Actually there are posters here who believe that some so-called alt. therapies can enhance
conventional health care. To utilize vitamins, meditation, massage, & acupuncture as part of one's
treatment for cancer, diabetes, & many other chronic health problems can be a really good thing --
it doesn't negate the value of drug treatment, surgery, &/or other mainstream approaches.. Use of
herbs for some medical conditions is often a reasonable approach. Complementary health care -- that
recognizes that a combination of alt. & conventional health care ideas can be beneficial, that
acknowledges that both arenas also have limitations -- has it proponents on MHA. "One cause / one
cure" folks & those who claim conspiracies (by atheists, Jews, the Illuminati, EOM -- just pick a
group at random) have suppressed information WRT "miracles" in health care are just as readily found
on the NG. If nothing else, you'll read POV's that you don't often see anywhere else.....
Michele I ENJOY being a cranky *****.
