One small effort to help the Type II Diabetic

Here is the beef...  You go online because you are just diagnosed as a Type II diabetic.  You need information, a food list of acceptable foods, and some hints on how to get started exercising.  The exercising is pretty simple enough.  You just need some ideas so you don't get bored to death. You can find that pretty much everywhere.  But you can't find information on the food.  Because everyone gears their diets towards the Type I diabetic.  When your watching the numbers, and you find out your doctor has put restrictions on salt, carbs, and sugar.  You want to see a website geared towards you as a Type II diabetic.   You don't want to have to go to the Atkins diet for one thing, and exercise at another, and so on and so on.  So as it stands, there is no one stop place online for type II's that have everything for them all bundled and ready to read and print out.  I don't have the time for this kind of endeavor.  So hopefully someone is listening out there.  If you do have one already, or know where there is one online then those key words in the header suck on that website.  Anyway, post them under the comments section.  I would like to see them. 

snake oils and cure scams

There are plenty cures and remedies on the market for diabetes.  But none of them are real.  Face it if there was cures they would be all over the 6'oclock news.  NBC would have a field day of it.  Plus CBS too.  No way would the news stations brush off a cure for diabetes. 

 

 Kevin Trudeau has been severely slammed by the FTC his infomercials for Natural Cures "They" Don't Want You to Know About - are still running.  Despite FTC actions that go back over a decade that bans him from appearing in, producing, or disseminating future infomercials that advertise any type of product, service, or program to the public, except for truthful infomercials for informational publications. In addition, Trudeau cannot make disease or health benefits claims for any type of product, service, or program in any advertising, including print, radio, Internet, television, and direct mail solicitations, regardless of the format and duration. But he can write a book! I can't help to think about the many people whom have spent their hard earned money on this mans frivolous claims.  He was proven a fraud by the FTC but the man keeps on with his BS.  And the public is duped into buying the nonsense because the infomercials are still on the air. 

 

Gosh maybe we ALL are in the wrong bussiness because it sure looks like this man didn't learn any lessons.  Plus he has made millions on his claims.  His book is in the number one spot. 

 

Why bring this up?  Because people looking for cures need to do their homework before throwing their money away.  Just because the people have a infomercial doesn't mean that the product is worthy of a purchase.  Check out the person, and ask yourself if their claims on the infomercial make sense.   If you ask me... They are out to make a buck regardless of what it does to the public.   His book is very miss leading.  Because he is claiming a cure for not just diabetes, but for all of the major diseases that are out there. That is your first clue that the man or any of them like him have no remorse for the public, and they only want to fill their pockets with YOUR money.   Because if his claims or anyone like him claims were true, our world would be disease free.  Is our world disease free?

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

In 1990 America passed the most promising law there is to protect people whom were disabled.  This law I believe was to make it fair to all people not just a select few.  So this law helps to protect the disabled, but it also protects business to a certain extent too. 

 

This is the most touchy of subjects because some feel that a person can abuse this law.  I am sure some could.  They could tie a business establishment in court trying to prove a frivolous case.  But they could also tie them up in court to prove that the case has merit.

 

But in my last blog post does the act of telling someone to test elsewhere but not in their restaurant constitute a violation?  Well it depends.  First... and I am just guessing here, I believe that the person would have to prove they were prejudice or maybe downright against any diabetic testing in the restaurant.  I don't think the act of just the one employee is enough to sue the restaurant.  I could be wrong though.  But if the manager had backed up the waitress then yes I believe you would of had a case against them.   

 

Can this really happen?  Yes it can! Some of our schools in America right now will not allow a student to test on school grounds.  They site it is dangerous for the school, and other reasons.  I am sure they also are afraid if they allow a diabetic to test on school grounds they will have to permit others to test also that have a totally different disease.  Plus if a diabetic is allowed to keep their testing supplies, and medication on them then so should others be allowed too that have another type disease. 

 

Is this practice fair?  Hell no it's not fair!   When a child has diabetes the parent is in a struggle at times making sure their child does their testing, and taking their meds plus watching their diet in a timely manner.  When a school tells them no they are actually not following medical advice, or dieticians advice.  They are throwing out everything that is being taught to these children and it's just like saying "To hell with you your on school property now."  The parents and their medical team are teaching them one thing, and the school system is teaching them the total opposite.

 

For these students diabetes doesn't end at the school door.  and then start back up as soon as they get home.  Many parents I have read about, and talked too say their children are being poisoned to a certain extent.  Some parents are having a rough time of it trying to control their child's diabetes. 

 

Some States are passing laws to protect children by ordering all schools to have a nurse available at all times to attend to these children and others with diseases.  They make sure the child stays on target, and are following the plan outlined by their medical team.  Many States are still not doing this.  It seems these few States need to open their eyes wide because before you know it a parent will come forward and cry fowl, and then take their school system to court.  They wont have a frivolous case.  They will have the Americans with Disabilities Act on their side.

 

{Directed at staff} Testing in a restaurant

For diabetics it's a fact of life that testing and injecting can not always happen in the ideal place.  Sometimes your in a public place, and your caught between a rock and a hard place deciding just how favorable a public establishment will accept your curse. 

 

Some are very sympathetic, others want you to run to the bathroom into a bathroom stall.  While others want you to do the testing at home and avoid their establishment all together. 

 

But this is not always possible.  Plus at the most it is not sanitary for a diabetic to test in any public bathroom.  (My Doctor said no testing in public restrooms)  Plus depending on how good of a restaurant your going too, you may end up at one, and waiting up to a hour for the meal to arrive which could do more harm to the diabetic if they tested before leaving home, or even in the vehicle before entering. This is so very true if they are on insulin.  

 

We have far more diabetics today than we did twenty years ago.  So chances of you seeing a diabetic test in a restaurant, or you even being a diabetic testing in any establishment  are greater than twenty years ago.   

You don't always have the ideal location.  Trying to be discreet is very hard to do in a public place that is packed with customers. 

 

Restaurant owners listen up! 

 

It's not fair, and your putting a diabetic at risk asking them to step into a bathroom stall to test in your restaurant.  Please talk to your personnel about this subject.  A insulin dependant diabetic has to test before they eat and they have to inject a dose of insulin.  For the most part they are discreet and don't cause a scene.  They will at times have a few drops of blood to fall.  But for the most part this is a rare incident to have happen.

Some are able to test in the car before entering.  But not all diabetics can do this.  But under no circumstances can any business tell them they can't do it!  Because quite a few diabetics have to have a very accurate, and as close to a meal as possible test done so they don't have a hypo from trying to guess the right amount of insulin.  If you insist on this otherwise then I guess you will have quite a few hypo incidents in your restaurants in the near future.  That is far worse than having a discreet diabetic at the table testing.  Please talk to your staff about this, and develop a good way to talk with your staff on how to handle this type of situation if it ever should arise.  Because if you keep telling the diabetics no, then eventually you will be loosing quite a few customers because of this.  Diabetic is not a rare word anymore.  Chances are getting higher than ever that you will have a family member that will have to deal with it.  It's not a discriminating disease.   It need not to cause problems in a restaurant when it comes to testing. It should not cause a problem in any public establishment.   Just one employee that has a problem with it can cause headaches for you.  Please attend to this. 

 

Thank you!

I have been very busy Lately!

Spoiling my new granddaughter! 

 

Name: Annalise Liberty

Born: July 21, 2005 at 11:18pm

weight: 6 pounds 3 ounces

length: 19 inches