When no one will listen.. Anyone know of Dr. Stirling in Indianapolis, IN?

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What do you do when no one will listen? This comes up for people

on the " Bernstein diet " for diabetes (only 30-42 g carbs a day -

recommended - I eat more about people wanting you to " eat more fun

stuff " , " just a little " .. I can shrug that off - mainly because I

don't get it, except from my grandmother who keeps giving me pieces

of " sugar-free cake " .. Not realizing that the cake flour *itself*

has enough carbs to spike the BG of an elephant probably! (And I

can't blame her - she'd 89, half-senile [we think], although I

suspect a thyroid problem.. but that's another story.. I almost

want to just go over and take her blood sample, and get one of those

at-home-TSH tests.. Not as good as a saliva test, but easier and

cheaper (getting her to spit enough to fill up 3/4 of those tubes

might raise just a few questions

I just rescheduled my psychiatrist's appointment for next month -

I really want my mother to go with me as I'm going to *need* to find

a doc who understands this stuff.. But I'm not sure if it's worth it

trying to involve her, as I *can* pay for this myself.. My dad I

don't think even knows about the hypothyroidism (never asked for

instance " What's this 'ARM-OAR' stuff?? " ) My Mom I think knows

*something* is wrong, but either doesn't want to believe that it

could be adrenals ( " they don't last forever, Mom.. " ), or perhaps its

because she has a lot of the same things, just to a lesser degree

(stress intolerance, annoyed at little things, fatigued - that could

be the statin though).. " The classic Ostrich Defense " in my mind.

Has anyone heard of Dr Stirling in Indianapolis? She's a GP

(not an endo!) and has a thyroid problem, so kind of has to

understand this stuff, and uses Armour, tests T3 and T4.. The other

doc I *was* looking at was Dr. Don - a psychiatrist who

charges $210 an hour.. Except now he practices in Mishawaka, IN. In

addition to costing a lot - I'd rather see if Dr. Stirling is any

good, then get a " letter of treatment recommendation " from the Doc at

HormoneRestoration.com

Jim

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> What do you do when no one will listen? This comes up for

> people on the " Bernstein diet " for diabetes (only 30-42 g carbs a

> day - recommended - I eat more about people wanting you to " eat

> more fun stuff " , " just a little " ..

In all honestly, sod 'em. You make the decisions about what you eat,

not them. Chances are it's not about you anyway - they are most likely

looking to have their own crap food choices validated.

Remember, when you are being pressured, that it's not them who have to

live with the appalling consequences of running high blood sugars -

it's YOU. If they were your friends or loved ones, they wouldn't want

you to risk losing your digits, eyesight, kidneys and worse.

Rosie/5