Today's Daily Express Front Page

[Nicky1970]

The Daily Fail and Dr Phillip Lee are taking a day off, so the Daily Express is chipping in:

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/363702

 

[Northerner]

They are 331 per cent more likely to need a minor amputation of part of the foot and 210 per cent more likely to need a major amputation.

And this is why it's so expensive, because a very large percentage of these operations are avoidable with better care.

 

[bennyg70]

"They are also at a 40 per cent higher risk of death"

Do normal people not die?

 

[bennyg70]

On the upside however - There is a 60% chance I wont! YAY

 

[MeganN]

"They are also at a 40 per cent higher risk of death"

Do normal people not die?

Ha! Loved this! X

 

[mcdonagh47]

The Daily Fail and Dr Phillip Lee are taking a day off, so the Daily Express is chipping in:

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/363702

The headline could be reversed ...

"NHS crisis cripples Diabetic care".

 

[lauraw1983]

Articles like that give me the RAGE!

 

[Kwaka1]

I've said it before, you have a 100% chance of dying from the day that you are born.

 

[ypauly]

So it's possible to avoid developing type 2 diabetes? I thought the cause wasn't known.

 

[Andy HB]

So it's possible to avoid developing type 2 diabetes? I thought the cause wasn't known.

Cause maybe not. But effect, definitely. Take me for example .... (and some people wish someone would!) ....

Heavy Andy = Type 2 Diabetic Symptoms
Lighter Andy = Reduced Type 2 Diabetic Symptoms (and no meds required)

Granted that is a somewhat simplistic analysis and may not be applicable to all.

But, I am also convinced that if I had remained lighter all my life, my type 2 symptoms would not have developed in the first place.

So, actually, I'm leaning more to that being a cause (but there is still the genetic element to consider to muddy the waters)!

Andy 🙂

 

[bluebell]

So fed up with the press assumption that type two,s are fat and lazy.My bmi is 23 and I walk miles and always have but am on insulin as nowt else works even stick to low carb ,then open my paper to find this rubbish,also want to yell at drs to issue strips then maybe the dire amputations etc will ease
Cost of strips xxxx cost of treatment for blindness amputations ulcers etc xxxxxxxxx its a no brainer

 

[Andy HB]

So fed up with the press assumption that type two,s are fat and lazy.My bmi is 23 and I walk miles and always have but am on insulin as nowt else works even stick to low carb ,then open my paper to find this rubbish,also want to yell at drs to issue strips then maybe the dire amputations etc will ease
Cost of strips xxxx cost of treatment for blindness amputations ulcers etc xxxxxxxxx its a no brainer

I decided to actually read the article (hadn't done so before because they are usually pretty dire).

However, in this case I see very little to complain about. It seems to be a perfectly rational piece. Nowhere in it does it say that all type 2's are fat and lazy!

But I agree that it also doesn't say that some people with type 2 look perfectly fine. But I'd lay odds that the numbers we're talking about in this category are pretty small.

Andy 🙂

 

[Zuckerkranke]

So, actually, I'm leaning more to that being a cause (but there is still the genetic element to consider to muddy the waters)!

Andy 🙂

With articles like that in the Daily Express, it's no wonder I've ended up taking Ramipril and Amlodipine. The prospect of blindness and amuptations worry me. Articles like this don't help at all.

When I spent 22 hours on a hospital trolley having my BG levels stabilised, I was asked a lot of questions by doctors.

"Is there anyone in your family who has diabetes?"

"Father and grandmother."

Case and point.

 

[Andy HB]

With articles like that in the Daily Express, it's no wonder I've ended up taking Ramipril and Amlodipine. The prospect of blindness and amuptations worry me. Articles like this don't help at all.

When I spent 22 hours on a hospital trolley having my BG levels stabilised, I was asked a lot of questions by doctors.

"Is there anyone in your family who has diabetes?"

"Father and grandmother."

Case and point.

Did you read the whole article or did you cherry pick?

(just like what I'm about to do now!). 😉

"But they say there is a “real opportunity” to turn the tide if patients work with their GP and make simple lifestyle changes such as getting their glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol under control, eating a healthy diet and exercising regularly."

and

"Dr Bob Young, a consultant diabetologist who led the National Diabetes Audit for England and Wales, said the risks were not inevitable.
“That is the positive message. A lot can be done to prevent them but it requires partnership between people with the condition and their health services,” he said."

I'm sorry, but that sounds like a positive statement to me too! If it is actually acted upon then there will be some progress made (if I am any guide).

Andy 🙂