Day 37

Well.....here I am.  FRUSTRATED and I'm going to vent.....It's Official....Navy Medical Board is on the way.  I went to Endocrinology met my new Dr  and just more of the same Socialized Medicine.  HOW DISAPPOINTING!!  I felt like I went to the clinic on the movie "The Hiding Place" staring Corrie Ten Boom.  Stoic Cold and as always uncaring.  You know WORDS MATTER TO REAL PEOPLE.  Still after eight years just more and more of the same more meds is the answer.  In the Dr visit a student with SDSU was present because I feel they were on edge with me because a year ago I wrote a letter to Patient Administration on how I felt my care was and it was a professional letter mind you.  The very next day guess what the senior Dr did in Endocrinology at Balboa Hospital?  Yep a PEB that is a Physical Evaluation Board oh how fun it is to ride on a one horse open sleigh!!!  Retaliation from the head Dr.  He was mad because I told them what care looks like and the substandard care I was receiving.  Here is what I said..."My experience with NMCSD has been excellent with surgeries and childbirths, but I am unimpressed with the medical care in the specific and specialized area of diabetes care in Endocrinology. Care means so much more than prescribing medications and prescribing further medications to treat the side effects.  Care means not treating patients as a number, but treating them with respect as an individual and to truly care for their well-being and their outcome."
But But But they would say well "Chaplain we are just following policy and procedures we have no control.  Forget bedside manner in Navy Medicine.  Forget to tell the patient that he is making significant progress with the LAB results below.  So in the meeting with new Dr she asked me the aged ole question all the Dr's ask after pricking my feet....So, chaplain how long have you served on active duty?  How much longer do you have to serve?  I said kindly and with all due respect.  Dr what does that have to do with my care?  Whether I am enlisted or officer.  Whether I have served 5 or 30 yrs is irrelevant to my care.  So after the dark cloud formed and headstone in the office with my "new doc" I asked her "Doc what about my A1C???  Well after a very long pause she said hummm.  "Doc what about my Triglycerides?"  Doc what about my Cholesterol?"  She responded.......There looks like a change.  Yep Doc it looks that way I said.  Those changes could be great talking points to encourage the patient.  Like keep it up.  Like Good job chaplain. Like we are proud of you.  Like I could add a note in the Medical Board that you are showing significant change!!!  Imagine that.  CARE in ENDOCRINOLOGY that really mattered and put the patient first.  Hummm.  Yep I am venting to you all.  So as it goes the FOCUS IN THE NAVY MEDICINE IS MORE MEDICINE as the good doctor told me.  I DISAGREE!!!  My focus is on HEALTHY LIVING AND DIET!!!!  PLEASE HEAR ME NAVY MEDICINE.  My focus is on healthy food not diet, NOT MORE MEDS.  The farther we get from FEB 1, 2013 the better I show the NAVY and the WORLD YOU CAN REVERSE DIABETES!!!!  So my goal is let the Medical Board go and by the time they are done picking at me they will see SIGNIFICANT change NOT because of the Navy Doctors but because of JUICING.  Ok I am done.

***THE DOCTOR CHALLENGE "I DO NOT BELIEVE YOU WILL BE OFF INSULIN BY OCT 2013***  CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.

Today I passed my BCA in the Navy at 22% with a CFL who just does not know what she is doing and as always adds an inch on the last two cycles.  But I passed.  Truth be told I am at 21% and weighed in at 271!!!!!!  AWESOME WES!!!!!!


A1C is 10.5 / 264 ave, down from 11.6 and 11.6 in Feb and Jan, respectively.

Lipids+Glucose Site/Specimen 28 Feb 2013 0710
Cholesterol PLASMA 141 <i>
HDL Cholesterol PLASMA 30
Triglyceride PLASMA 379 (H)
LDL Cholesterol PLASMA 35 (L) <i>
VLDL Cholesterol PLASMA 76 (H)
Glucose PLASMA 165 (H) <i>

Hemoglobin A1c Panel Site/Specimen 28 Feb 2013 0710
Hemoglobin A1c BLOOD 10.5 (H) ****DOWN IN 16 DAYS FROM 11.6!!!!!!!!****
Estimated Average Glucose BLOOD 264 <i>

Hemoglobin A1c Panel Site/Specimen 11 Feb 2013 1404
Hemoglobin A1c BLOOD 11.6 (H)
Estimated Average Glucose BLOOD 300 <i>

Hemoglobin A1c Panel Site/Specimen 31 Jan 2013 0900
Hemoglobin A1c BLOOD 11.5 (H)
Estimated Average Glucose BLOOD 297 <i>

Hemoglobin A1c Panel Site/Specimen 21 Nov 2012 0711
Hemoglobin A1c BLOOD 10.8 (H)
Estimated Average Glucose BLOOD 274 <i>

Yes it is difficult, Yes I have had some raw salad to celebrate my success today and yesterday I had a Cobb Salad with my dear friend.  But now I and thinking going 90 days versus 60 days to kick this disease out.  By the way NAVY I am going nowhere soon.  Hope you all can see the difference in the PICS below.  I am looking good.