Comments on: Focus On the Message http://challengediabetes.diabetech.net/2007/10/01/focus-on-the-message/ Thoughts about current approaches to managing diabetes Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:30:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Bernard Farrell http://challengediabetes.diabetech.net/2007/10/01/focus-on-the-message/#comment-11285 Bernard Farrell Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:49:17 +0000 http://challengediabetes.diabetech.net/2007/10/01/focus-on-the-message/#comment-11285 That's going to be a fun transition - NOT! If I have a 7.0 in March it's about 170, but it August it's actually closer to 155? Or is that the other way around? And how does this approach fit in with the widely publicized advertisements emphasizing the importance of the A1C? Are they now going to have to advertise the the number isn't 7.0 anymore, it's 155? (Or 6.5 and 140ish if you're with AADE). I think all this is going to confuse the average person a huge amount. In the end, I suppose we'll all be better off. But it's going to cause a lot of anguish along the way. That’s going to be a fun transition - NOT! If I have a 7.0 in March it’s about 170, but it August it’s actually closer to 155? Or is that the other way around?

And how does this approach fit in with the widely publicized advertisements emphasizing the importance of the A1C? Are they now going to have to advertise the the number isn’t 7.0 anymore, it’s 155? (Or 6.5 and 140ish if you’re with AADE).

I think all this is going to confuse the average person a huge amount. In the end, I suppose we’ll all be better off. But it’s going to cause a lot of anguish along the way.

]]>