Plus 1. .

 

This is scary. I give my contractor a big thumbs up on what he's doing with me and my partner. We have a Big contract in Daytona for flooring. Instead of postponing it. They are closing building off and have an air b& b for us to stay in for a week by ourselves. I still have questions on how sterile this is house when we show up.. ????
Anyway I thought is was great gesture to keep things rolling and also to put up for lodging out of there pocket. There are some companies out there that do care.

 

I’m pretty good at social distancing (ha) and my mother and son are not going anywhere. Breathing hot air five minutes twice a day kills the virus just like a flu bug. The virus dies at 133 degrees steaming water introduced into your nasal cavity is the first line of defense other than just totally quarantining yourself.
Treat it like the flu, that’s what it is. I won’t reply on this thread any more, I like to talk trucks. Have a great day guys and gals.
Tip of the day: Don’t go on a cruise no matter how cheap the tickets are. This applied before any of this.

 

I echo many observations above.

 

Well said. Lots of type 2 diabetics have no idea about the intricacies of Type 1, or even what "brittle" means. Most don't think that they even have an issue (at least here in Tx where diabetes is rampant) .... just shoot more insulin. They are the first to give (bad) advice to the Type 1 folks ..... and many don't think that they are in an "at risk" group for Covid19.

Anyways, the discussion is good, but consulting a doctor is best on most of these medical topics. If a person doesn't trust the doctor, then maybe get one that is trustworthy - if possible. Even so, being an informed patient is some of the best advice.

 

My wife has always said that we are all born perfectly healthy and beautiful, and it's poor nutrition choices that make us unhealthy and ugly.

 

Same here in NJ. The type 1s I’ve known are very well aware of what they need to do. The type 2s, “what do mean I can’t have a bagel or pasta?” But it goes further then that, including doctors. They typically only have one semester of nutrition (I’ve asked), and what they have had is in line with the common nutritionist. That’s how I got on the ADA diet, and my issues were going up.

I’ve had as many doctors tell me I can’t do Keto as had said to try it. My internist that I went back to, and for a time was 100 miles away, at first two years ago said be careful, I’m not sure it’s a good idea. February I just saw him and he was saying how good Keto is, and I don’t think he remembers the graphs I gave him of my progress a year ago, until I reminded him (bad trait left over from my work environment).

ive had three times in my life where what the doc did was, or thankfully almost was bad to my health. No one can give me direction of what to do or take to still get over the reaction in my body to Levaquin. Even the common drug Metformin which has been around for quite some time, they know what it does, but don’t understand how it does it.

Docs do the best they can, well most of them, but they react to the training they were given. In one video, a doctor says what we were taught in medical school, 5 years later will be wrong. So will they fully learn what was wrong in 5 years? And what will be the state of affairs in 10 years. So, yes you should see a doctor, but the nerve issues I have probably will be with me for the rest of my life. Tuesday, ground zero, “this is the best antibiotic, take it for two weeks”. Seven days later, “we know some are affected by it, but there’s nothing we can do. Take this to work through it”. I didn't, and it turns out to be really really bad advice to take that afterwards.

Ten years from now we might find out Keto is a disaster. But like anything, you make a decision with the info you have.


So talk to your doc, but with some caution, he might have gotten the five year message.

Dr. David Unwin a good example.

 

I feel like I hear similar stories over and over about people being on tons of meds for this and that. Then they see another Dr for something else that's wrong and the Dr is like hey. Let's take you off everything and reevaluate. Only to find that the one med they were on originally probably fixed the problem but was prescribed forever anyways. Then over time time more and more meds were added to fix the next thing. Ultimately. If they considered it a short term fix they wouldn't have gone through the ringer with all the extra meds. It's just too easy to write a prescription and move on.

I think that's why DOs are becoming more popular than MDs. I hear they are consider the whole body not just that focused issue at hand

 

My internist is a DO. His father who I saw before was a DR. The father went to school in Milan and retired about 5 years back. I had him as a doc for 30 years and he was really, really good. The son is catching up. Both helped me greatly while I was taking care of my mother. When I went back to him after the interim doc screwed me up he said I would have never given you Levaquin for that, there are so many milder drugs available.

The latest trend towards naturopathic for me gets into the wilder area, depending on their training can prescribe or no. If I went that route, I'd prefer one that could. But I'm fine with my DO who I trust.

I've been down that path with my eyes and could have had a life-changing event. I got hurt and still have focusing muscle issues because of it.

During treatment, the vacation fill in said I wouldn't have given you that med, as it causes the issue you have now. I'll give you something to ease that until he comes back (which decreased the effect of the first drug). But not as bad as the next thing Doc 1 was going to do which I declined, so he was sending me for surgery. The surgery doc said the numbers you're telling me are not that bad, but I've known the doc for years and he wouldn't have sent you here if you didn't need the surgery. Sidestep, went to another who said this is all wrong. Stopped meds when confirmed with a fourth doc independently, and never have been on those drugs for 25 years, staying with doc 3.

Back at work, we would have Sales/R&D discussion quarterly. The aftermarket fleet guys would be there and would say this fleet has this problem. And I would always say to "add maybe to the end of that sentence". I'm sort of there, just went through that with a neurologist. I went back to the DO and he said why do neurologists never look past diabetes.....more work coming as soon as it's safe to go outside.

 

Two of the local stories I was talking about earlier. The third, you don't need to read.

 

My mom got lung cancer and was told by the local specialist that best he could do was chemo to preserve her life a little longer. This guy was considered to be "the guy" in orange county. So my brother who went to usc said he wasn't happy with that and pulled some strings to get her into usc. She sent all her stuff in for a second opinion. Then she went in to see a group of doctors assigned to her case. Each Dr specialized in something different but relevant. When she got there they all introduced themselves and left the office. Last Dr standing was the surgeon specialist. He says they're gonna remove a portion of her lung and she's done. So my mom asks " how long will I have to live" and he says what do you mean you're gonna live for a long time as this is a cure. So long story long she thought she was toast and after meeting with a group of drs who don't just do their thing only she became a lung cancer survivor. It's been over 5 years and she can say shes one of the 5% to beat lung cancer.

So, second opinions can be life-saving. When possible go see a group of drs who work together!

 

I'm glad she's still with you.

The medical community is just like the people on this forum. You have a problem, you visit, you get different answers, some right some not so right. They each have different training, ways of looking at things, levels of experience.

I've got other stories about my father (should not have needed to get his leg amputated and the botched surgery that had to be redone), my wife's hip issue which just finally got taken care of ....... a few more. God didn't beam them down, they are human. So are we. And sometimes that difference of opinion can be between you and the doc, and you need to take that walk if you are not comfortable.

But in this area of the country, my sympathy and support are with them right now.

 

Scott,

This is the one I was really trying to find for the earlier post about videos. And now I think I'm done blasting you guys with this.

Edit - You'll never eat corn flakes again. But it shows how much our medical society (like anything else) can be influenced by the food or drug industry.

 

A second opinion can save your sanity sometimes - my father was told not to drink by his doctor but a second opinion was "I don't suppose a little alcohol will do any harm" and he was right!

 

Good one.