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That sounds harsh, I bet numerous freshly diagnosed and devastated T2D sufferers told by doctors "incurable, a progressive disease" would be thrilled at this ve
by dualogy 11y ago
That sounds harsh, I bet numerous freshly diagnosed and devastated T2D sufferers told by doctors "incurable, a progressive disease" would be thrilled at this very glimmer of hope that just showed up.
- raverbashing 11y agoTrue but the association of T2D and Obesity is not new
- refurb 11y agoExactly. It's been common practice for a while to recommend T2Ds lose weight to help control their disease. In fact, if you're just starting to show signs of insulin resistance, pretty much every doctor will tell you to lose weight. It's quite reversible at that stage.
- crusso 11y agoIt sounds a bit harsh, but the fact that this treatment hasn't been obvious and recognized for some time is an indicator of how unlikely it is for people suffering from T2D to lose weight.
- jonlucc 11y agoSomeone in my family was recently diagnosed as pre-diabetic, but ate just as lavishly at Thanksgiving. I don't actually blame him, but I blame his doctor. It's obvious from discussions with him that he doesn't understand how important it is to take pre-diabetes seriously. Of course, it's also very difficult to grapple with making those serious changes after 50 years of not worrying about it.
- maxerickson 11y agoI occasionally wonder if people that say that the doctor said it was their metabolism are poorly characterizing a diagnosis of metabolic syndrome (which is at least somewhat related to pre diabetes). I guess more severe language might help, but it also seems like prediabetes should set off alarms. Maybe something like 'weight related health crisis' would work better.