Good points, najida. As frustrated as I've been with my own health issues, it's *really* nice to have pain pills that don't make me loopy. My son gets one "poke" every three days for his diabetes rather than 5-6 pokes a day. (he has a pump.) When you look back just 30 years, home care for diabetes was horrible.
I'm an RD and when I was training back in the dark ages, folks had to go to the Dr.s office to have their blood sugars checked...
Like once a week at best?!? I remember when the glucose monitors came out and the insurance companies at first didnt' want to pay for them! HELLO!
And when the pump came out, it was the size of a shoe. Yeah, diabetes treatment alone has come lightyears!
Everytime someone mocks what medicine is doing now, I remember those wonderful old days when more folks suffered, developed complications and died.
I have been working as a school nurse for many years. I am so excited about the improved treatment for diabetics. Betweenthe pump and the improved diet monitoring I am seeing kids with a lot steadier blood sugars and therefore I think these kids are going to grow up to be healthier adults.....