I have great news about my diabetes

Gary O' said:
Yeah, they told me I was prediabetic
I think it was 5 something
I asked who wasn't 'prediabetic'
The doc got a bit snippy after that

That was eight years ago
Since then, every checkup has been in the 'normal' slot

Don't get me started on the medical profession
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A friend's doctor put him on drugs because one fasting blood sugar test was 108. The doctor said, "anything over 99 is pre-diabetes.
He is 87 years old.
The medical profession will put an elderly person on drugs because their body doesn't work like it did when they were 20.
Blood pressure also goes up with age - as arteries become narrowed by deposits. We aren't designed to live forever.
 

Gary O' said:
Yeah, had a rather comely doctor
She put her hand on my leg and proceeded to tell me I needed meds for my cholesterol

'But, my count is good!'

'It's due to your age'

'Do you freaking hear yerself?!
Nice try on the hand/leg thing'
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Steven Tyler (lead singer for Aerosmith) was a guest on Dr. Oz. He talked about his drug rehab & what he went through to get sober. They started to discuss the Opioid crisis. One thing Dr. Oz didn't expect was when Tyler said, "Ya know who's responsible for it? Doctors. When I saw my doctor for an infection, as I was walking out, he says, "Hey Steve, if you're having trouble sleeping, I can write you a prescription for something." The doctor knows I just finished drug rehab, & he's pushing drugs on me. I got so mad, I just stormed out before I said something really nasty to him."
Yeah, no better cash cow than a wealthy drug-addicted celebrity. The list is very long - from Elvis to Michael Jackson.
 
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Diabetes might very well be a cash cow for the Medical Profession along with Prostate Cancer. 12 years I ago I was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer. 4 of the 12 lobes supposedly showed cancer cells. The Dr gave a 2 inch thick LEATHER BOUND portfolio of treatment options. Traditional surgery, Divinci Surgery or Radiation. I choose radiation. 45 non-seed radiation treatments. At the time I was living in a small town of 30,000 in Western NY along the Pennsylvania border. I choose my treatment time as 6:30 am. I was amazed at the time with the number of guys that were in and out of the treatment center that early and apparently all day long. There was a second treatment or radiation in the town and a 3rd location in a PA town about 20 miles south of where I lived. I could not help thinking that the whole prostate scare was a scam. Just too many guys from 60 years of age and up that had prostate cancer. And what I call the "Sales Binder" of treatment options truly had me wondering if the illness was as bad as suggested. To top it all off, the treatment center - operated by the doctors, wanted to give me an embossed "Certificate of Completion " that I could frame and hang on my wall from the center for completing my 45 treatments. I was offended and turned off by the gesture and made it clear that I had not completed some juvenile program for which I should receive a certificate.

One other thought on the medical profession or the drug companies. In the 60's or 70's blood pressure readings of 90/150 were normal. And then the limits started to drop (now 120/80) and for most, the only way to reach the acceptable BP level required a medication. Curious isn't it?
 
rwb said:
One other thought on the medical profession or the drug companies. In the 60's or 70's blood pressure readings of 90/150 were normal. And then the limits started to drop (now 120/80) and for most, the only way to reach the acceptable BP level required a medication. Curious isn't it?
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I noticed that too

yeah

Curious
 
rwb said:
One other thought on the medical profession or the drug companies. In the 60's or 70's blood pressure readings of 90/150 were normal. And then the limits started to drop (now 120/80) and for most, the only way to reach the acceptable BP level required a medication. Curious isn't it?
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In the 60's & 70's men had a much shorter life span. That's the connection I see. You take the meds and you live longer. Sounds like a good deal.
 
I had a Zoom pain management meeting yesterday. We talked about diabetes, and the A1C levels. Many people develop peripheral neuropathy from diabetes. We all know of the ""Obesity epidemic", and the trend for healthy diets and foods and supplements. Natural Foods. :) For the past 50 years we have been eating very high processed foods and sugars. Has that contributed to the problem or has diabetes been a illness for 100's of years?
 
Pepper said:
In the 60's & 70's men had a much shorter life span. That's the connection I see. You take the meds and you live longer. Sounds like a good deal.
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I doubt that statement sometimes. The meds have side effects, and there are a multitude of drugs to be sold. It is a huge market. Maybe eating healthy and working/exercising and living on average to 60 would be more satisfying than living because of medical experiments. My primary answered my question "Aren't you prescribing this as an experiment to see if it works?" He replies "Well, it is all an experiment."
 
rwb said:
One other thought on the medical profession or the drug companies. In the 60's or 70's blood pressure readings of 90/150 were normal. And then the limits started to drop (now 120/80) and for most, the only way to reach the acceptable BP level required a medication. Curious isn't it?
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You're not the only person questioning the profitability of the 120/80 (which at present is now actually considered hypertensive) blood pressure guidelines. In 2005, The Seattle Times did an eye-opening expose of Big Pharma 'research' designed to sell a new class of anti-hypertensives.
 
rwb said:
Can anyone say Covid!!
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YES. First exaggerate the mortality rate, list Covid as causes of death when it had nothing to do with Covid, create drama & fear, then sell useless vaccines.
I'm still lookin' for those refrigerated meat trucks in hospital parking lots to store corpses of Covid victims. I've never seen any. But I did see Chicken Little in one parking lot. :ROFLMAO:
 
Pepper said:
In the 60's & 70's men had a much shorter life span. That's the connection I see. You take the meds and you live longer. Sounds like a good deal.
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I wish we could say that to some of the many celebrities who took their prescribed meds & died young. Their reactions would be interesting.
Elvis Presley - 42
Michael Jackson - 50
Prince - 57
Anna Nicole Smith - 39
Heath Ledger - 28
Judy Garland - 47
Tom Petty - 66
Brittany Murphy - 32
James Gandolfini - 51 (after he died, his doctor said, "We controlled his cholesterol & blood pressure with medications")
How many deaths are caused by prescription drugs?
Drug overdose deaths involving prescription opioids rose from 3,442 in 1999 to 17,029 in 2017. From 2017 to 2019, the number of deaths declined to 14,139, followed by an increase to 16,416 in 2020.
 
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Paco Dennis said:
I had a Zoom pain management meeting yesterday. We talked about diabetes, and the A1C levels. Many people develop peripheral neuropathy from diabetes. We all know of the ""Obesity epidemic", and the trend for healthy diets and foods and supplements. Natural Foods. :) For the past 50 years we have been eating very high processed foods and sugars. Has that contributed to the problem or has diabetes been a illness for 100's of years?
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I believe you're right.
 
rgp said:
"How many deaths are caused by prescription drugs?"

And that is the question !
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It's been written about - there's a high number of iatrogenic deaths: 225,000 per year! See this article:
https://www.shortform.com/blog/iatrogenic-death/

I used to work in cancer research and would look at the side effects of chemo drugs on cancer patients. I would mark the adverse events for the pharmaceutical companies. After that experience, I've always been leery of drugs and their side effects. So I'll do what I can, not to have to take drugs. If it means changing my diet or lifestyle, I will do it.
 

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