Not MY Adorable, Quivering Finger!

By Jan Chait My granddaughter has been feeling dizzy once in a while. Yesterday, I decided to check her blood glucose to see if she was experiencing a bit of hypoglycemia. Now, the kid (almost 20) has this "thing" about sharp objects. She's happy to have her sugar checked if she scrapes her knee or a cat scratches her, but to purposely poke a hole in her finger is a no-no. So I was trying to give her choices. "What finger do you want to use?" I asked. "Uhhhhhhh…" she moaned. Her boyfriend, who was holding her hand, repeated, "which finger do you want to use?" "Yours," she shot back. In the end, I gave up on checking her BGs and just handed over some jelly beans. She's showing signs of turning into a Type 2 already, with some recent weight gain right around the middle. (Yes, I'm working on that, which is not easy with a picky eater.) I feel sorry for the doctor who tries to get her to check her glucose or give herself insulin. On the other hand, we've learned that doctors are disinclined to do that, anyway. I'm still shaking my head about doctors who apparently have crystal balls that tell them what their patients prefer in terms of treatment regimens. I don't understand why they won't refer people to specialist or a CDE if they don't want to mess with something or don't know how/don't want to learn. I went to this doctor once (remember that word "once") who got his tighty whiteys all in a wad because I saw an endocrinologist. Well, it started with the doctor saying, ...
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