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Wouldn't it be nice...

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But how can they squish all that into less than one day?

And have you managed to find the one that expertly teaches em how to expertly teach patients how to expertly treat their own diabetes in order to PREVENT these complications?

Cos that's the one I really want there to be !
 
I agree with TW. Nothing there at all about preventing complications. Now I know why a lot of professionals say that diabetes is a progressive disease.

I would like to see a meeting arranged for preventative measures to halt the progression.
 
trophywench said:
But how can they squish all that into less than one day?

And have you managed to find the one that expertly teaches em how to expertly teach patients how to expertly treat their own diabetes in order to PREVENT these complications?

Cos that's the one I really want there to be !
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Hi trophywench,

We went to one that does this - FFL (Friends For Life) - with CWD. All top experts there to explain how to get good control and avoid complications. There were a few from the Medical Profession but mostly it was parents and children - the level of knowledge was phenominal and we came away feeling motivated and full of information on how to improve things on many different levels.:D🙂Bev
 
Well yes, exactly Bev - but T2's generally just aren't given the kind of expert help we T1s get instant access to (well, not everywhere it's true, there's still some parlous advice about and even HCPs who can't recognise the classic symptoms of diabetes at 5 inches let alone 50 paces)

It SOOOOOO doesn't need to be as progressive as it is but I guess you could say it must be since after 40 years I now have 'diabetic changes' in both eyes instead of just the one. I was hacked off about that too. Trouble is a helluva lot of T2s don't get it detected for years and years because they don't have worrying symptoms like T1s do, so by the time they know it complications could be well on their way. THAT is hardly their fault, and they still have to be treated, so yes it's V important that HCPs know what to do and what's urgent and what ain't. Referral pathways and all that jazz.

But they really really need to spend more time on prevention of progression now, because they've spent a lot of time and effort on early detection in the last few years, so it's time to move on to Stage Two, whereas they still skip straight from Stage One to Stage Three.
 
I'd love all the professionals in my GPs surgery to go to this but it will cost them too much and they are tight than a ducks rear end in a rain storm...
 
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