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To: Oral Roberts who wrote (933)	8/21/2008 8:23:58 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 39297

My fasting blood sugar was 97 I am 94 last test, and got warned. It's a result of too many prepared foods at the Supermarket. I have tossed sugar out of the kitchen and replaced it with Splenda. You will still get a glycemic reaction but it tastes good, both raw and cooked. The expensive health food versions are an overkill, IMO. If you have a Wal Mart near you, mine carries a big bag of Splenda for about $8. DON'T BUY the "half sugar" bag. Use this and your BS will drop, I bet. Then no more arguments with your Doc about Diabetes. Looks like he did a "Total Cloresteral" test, which most use. It's the cheapest way to test, and the least accurate. But usally OK for most of us. They then calculate the various values. Love the 55 HDL number. The Trigs are way high, as is the LDL. A good HDL number combined with high Trigs and LDL usually indicate that you have large LDL, which is better than small. I have small LDL, which can get though the arterial walls much easier, and causes three times the heart attacks that large does. I use 1000mg of Niacin a day, and 8 fish oil capsules. I think adding a couple of 2000IU vitamin D softgels to your mix would help your numbers. BTW, if you do ever have digestion problems with the Fish oil, Costco now carries the enteric covered ones, which dissolve in your intestine. The most important thing you can do, IMO, is to get a Heart Scan and find out the REAL picture of your potential arterial plague. If you have plaque, then work on these numbers. If you have zero plaque, relax and don't worry about them. Find a scanning company in your area. The tests usually runs about $400 these days, including feedback. Go on line with your ZIP and the words "Heart scan." You want an EBT scan, although it can be done with a 64 slice scanner. Start with this site. trackyourplaque.com

To: Oral Roberts who wrote (933)	8/21/2008 8:59:27 PM
From: Ish	Respond to of 39297

<<At any rate he wants me back in 4 months for a retest.>> That's how he makes his Beemer payments, you coming back in. Tell him your insurance has went gone and he'll never see you again. Used to be drs. knew who they treated and fixed their problems. Now they treat medical insurance and milk it and fuck you if you have problems. You have a broken arm, they want to treat you for diabetes. I had eye surgery, needed a drs ok. Went in for a check up and back in 30 days later. Scheduled the 10 second thing and needed an ok from the dr. Fucking had to go back in 6 days after 2 physicals.

To: Oral Roberts who wrote (933)	8/21/2008 9:02:10 PM
From: Ish	Respond to of 39297

<<He keeps saying because I'm type 2 >> It gets written in the charts there's no going back.

To: Oral Roberts who wrote (933)	8/21/2008 9:49:52 PM
From: mph	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 39297

You have to be your own advocate and watchdog with doctors. At least that's been my experience. I don't understand why doctors wait until they're in the examination room with you to even review your file. And half the time the don't immediately tumble to the salient aspects. I've dealt with many docs as my own experts and deposed many as adverse experts during my career. As a consequence, I'm a pretty savvy consumer. All I know is that you have to keep on top of your own case. I've had clients tell me that I know their lives and stories better than they do---and that's the truth. I would be a lot more comfortable with docs who do the same for me<g>