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Originally Posted by outlaw
How about people showing a little interest in their health, or at least what they stick in their mouth. This is just another example of people being too lazy, and/or irresponsible, that they don't even take the effort to understand the cocktail of drugs they are ingesting on a daily basis, but rather rely on their multitude of doctors prescribing numerous drugs and pharmacists accurately filling prescriptions. Most people couldn't even tell you what there blood pressure measurement was at the doctor's visit. Or their glucose or cholesterol numbers. They just respond by saying something like "I don't know, but the doctor didn't say anything was abnormal." God forbid they would ever exercise, eat better and lose weight too control their type 2 diabetes or their cholesterol levels.
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Have to disagree with this one. Yes, the patients you describe do exist, but they are a small minority. Most people take an interest in their own health. They may not know their exact glucose reading, but if it is between 60 and 100, who cares? I generally just tell patients it's normal and only give a number if they ask. Most do not care if it is 76 or 78. Cholesterol is much more complicated since "normal" depends on the patient's condition---a general rule is simply the lower the better, within reason. Now, where you hit the nail on the head is in the last sentence. Many people will take an interest, ask questions, but when it comes to actually making lifestyle changes---lose weight, eat healthy. quit smoking, limit alcohol, well.....let's just many promise the moon and deliver squat. At times it's like talking to a brick wall----it's the ones that do follow instructions and get healthier that we continue on for. (forgive the dangling participle, kind of a bad day)