Today I got an email from a doctor in Dr. Chan’s office (who wrote to me in her absence) the following: “I’m Dr. Douk, covering for Dr. Chan while she is out. Your thyroid test showed that your levothyroxine dose might be a little high for you now. I have reordered a new lower dose…
Month: June 2015
Increasingly Disappointed with NEWSTART®
I’ve pretty much given up on NEWSTART® being any source of information on reversing diabetes. The admins of the NEWSTART® Insights Facebook group are totally clueless as to how to run a successful Facebook group and the members are just as ditzy. There was no mention of the supposedly scheduled conference call on the third Wednesday of June,…
Conversation on NEWSTART® Insights
Me: Tom, you said in a recent newsletter, “50% of type II diabetics who adopt the NEWSTART® Lifestyle are off their insulin and medications in as little as 18 days.” I’m wondering about the other 50%. What challenges did they face that prevented their success, and what advice and encouragement would successful Reversing Diabetes alumni…
NEWSTART® Insights Update
Three things have just happened with NEWSTART® Insights. The first was that the creator of the group and original admin, Spencer Freed, said he is getting off Facebook but he created a “fake” Spencer Freed account that he said could be used to contact him “only in this group.” I’m not sure how that was supposed…
Insulin Resistance and Weight Loss
Here’s another thing that bugs me. When people are giving advice on how to improve your diabetes, one of the items is, “Lose weight.” That makes about as much sense to me as some thoughtless person telling a mom to “make your kids behave”! As a mother, I learned early on there is no way on God’s…
Unfounded Fears?
You know what my current fear is? That if I don’t take the recommended meds (statins, in this case), that the Dr. will refuse to order any more blood tests! Silly, I know, but it was just a thought that crossed my mind. I’m afraid if I take time to walk 5 miles a day,…