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I wouldn't want to place a judgment on you or the MD based on one encounter. I've seen the nicest professionals lose their cool at times and I've seen some of the crankiest professionals do and say things that are just short of saintly. It'd be gre...

I would ask. I hope they will accommodate you. My best wishes to you for your healing and health.

lol! Definitely don't be impressed, I'm looking back through rose-colored glasses. If I really think about it, there were many times they were outside the door banging and looking under the door completely unconvinced that I deserved alone time. l...

My honest opinion is be careful about letting your co-worker get into your head space. For your own best interest, try to remove the emotional connection you have to her and try to re-focus on the here and now, as objective as possible under the cir...

It's been a long time since I was in nursing school so I can't really answer. There's a chance the agreement between your school and the clinical site is strict, which might explain some of the circumstances you describe. If you said you were not a...

* Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now" song playing in the background* .... Hippies? hm ... a few .... definitely lots of squares though ... "Every hippy is somebody's square."

Good luck with your therapy, AlyaMF. I respect your interest in self reflecting and correcting some of the aspects of your thinking that might be getting in your way of the success you want in life. Your wording is a bit intense, which I imagine is...

lol .. indeed, Ilg ... barring the throwing juice at a nurse, I'm right there with you. I'm pretty sensitive to pt baseline as well due to my personal experience. I added some examples in with my previous insights (which were as you say, check base...

Dogen, I would like to adjust the word "will" in my post to "can". Hypoglycemia can be a symptom, not will be a symptom. I should have been more careful in my post, there is a big difference between "will" and "can" and "can" is more appropriate. ...

Good question (s), Dogen and Libby. Here is something that might help you with your questions: https://www.netcegroups.com/1024/Course_34651.pdf Diane Thompson is definitely a solid resource for any questions and concerns regarding diabetic car...

Rebound hypoglycemia is a risk for diet controlled type 2 diabetics when on a course of corticosteroids or infection. The BS will trend up after eating, most likely, but the rebound hypoglycemia, which can drop pretty low and often unexpectently for...

If you google "Kathleen Bartholomew", you might find a lot of the answers you are looking for. Kathleen Bartholomew dedicates her career to researching, answering and helping with the questions you ask.

Great article, the one you wrote as well as the one you used as a reference. I'm loving "Justina" right now. The "Justinas" of the world are the people I admire greatly and have always used as my own personal role models. A quote in the article t...

That's a shame that happened. I'm having a hard time understanding why there was a missing ECG, that seems pretty sinister on the part of the facility, which surprises me for a London facility. London hasn't traditionally been as litigation laden a...

Am I the only one who laughed reading that? Lot of extreme examples she used ... black/white thinking .... where are the shades of grey that most of us live and work in? Not the 50 shades, that's a whole other topic altogether.

If baseline and history is available, I'd look at that and see how those numbers compared to her baseline. I'd watch for trending if she's getting treatments or her health concern might be affecting her normal baseline .. corticosteriods, infection,...

Nice to meet you, too, Ilg. I couldn't agree with you more about wishing there was more discussion about successful diet/lifestyle treatment. I can see your point about the funding source for the studies ... trying to get funding for research studi...

Since you are a med student and will most likely will encounter patients with personality disorders in your career, you might want to read a little about the emotional regulation difficulties these patients have and methods of helping keep the lines ...

... laughing at myself for being temporarily humor tone deaf and missing that. Thanks for clarifying, thanks for a fun and interesting thread.

Wholeheartedly agree. Could probably talk about this subject with you ad nauseam as I am a diet and lifestyle blood glucose maintainer as well. My endocrinologist is progressive and holistically research oriented and her advice to me was interesti...

AutumnApple, I don't know if you are a writer for this site, or any other site, or in an advisory position in your professional life, but what you wrote is superb, on point, clear, powerful, and excellent advice. I quoted the last part just to have ...

that's really funny

Not mocking at all! I read the article and strongly support everything they say and are trying to do. Cancer Research in Boxers: Italian Doctors Strip to Reveal Funding Shortfalls - SPIEGEL ONLINE Loved this quote: "We want to bring research clos...

Being mindful of the political climate is wise if you think that approaching her directly would not be worth the investment. If you were being actively undermined at work to the extent that you have to protect your career, I'd say you would be best ...

Heck yeah! *stripping as I type* ... great article, fantastic perspective.