tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20346600.post6546749989457979398..comments2013-03-11T08:20:20.414-05:00Comments on T Minus Two: Bad to the BoneBob Pedersenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02146736669758638855noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20346600.post-6671100824829572082010-06-16T07:48:00.578-05:002010-06-16T07:48:00.578-05:00Thanks for a well-written post and observation. I...Thanks for a well-written post and observation. I often wonder why the medical profession ponders why the incidence of depression is so high in people with diabetes, even among those whose glycemic control is very good, and they conclude that the answer must be something related to the disease itself, conveniently overlooking the countless, subtle & sometimes not-so-subtle value judgements placed on patients that they would never dream of doing with say a person with say ... cancer. British reporter Shirley Dent once wrote an eloquent piece entitled "Needling Diabetics" <a href="http://bit.ly/9ujhQ1" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/9ujhQ1</a> in which she wrote:<br /><br />"At the heart of current representations of diabetes is a medical profession that has lost a sense of its duty to cure rather than chastise. When the medical profession turns to prevention instead of cure, the disease becomes fetishised around individual behaviour and experience rather than an understanding of the disease itself. The disease comes to define the person rather than being a physical obstacle to be overcome."<br /><br />I couldn't agree more!!Scott Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03286529314567223617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20346600.post-54446013978635528532010-06-15T20:41:40.916-05:002010-06-15T20:41:40.916-05:00It is hard. I try, but it is so hard.
One thing ...It is hard. I try, but it is so hard.<br /><br />One thing I noticed from doing a home A1C today - do I only test when I feel like crap and that's why meter averages are higher than what comes back from the lab? And why exactly do I need my endo's approval more than every six months? <br /><br />Ugh. Hard questions here. But thank you for posting.Rachelhttp://www.diabetesdaily.com/baumgartelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20346600.post-24921115998749966482010-06-15T20:25:02.937-05:002010-06-15T20:25:02.937-05:00Great post Bob. It is SO hard to separate our dec...Great post Bob. It is SO hard to separate our decisions from our perceived self-worth. I am a master of harsh self-judgment.<br /><br />The funny thing is, it often happens in the background, unnoticed. Like you say, a bad day pops you automatically to "bad diabetic". <br /><br />It's a tough spiral to pull out of.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03925464593583826662noreply@blogger.com