Keto haters - what to say to them?
My own life has been saved by surgeons.
But they arenāt āgodsā and they are products of their training at the time they graduated. And pill pushers who have hard-sell tactics to boost their profits!
Iāve been told oh donāt stay on this.itās a quick fixā¦not perm. Iām like uh no its a lifestyle change.Iāve been more successful on this than gastric bypass 11 yrs ago. Just do ur thing n to heck with them
@Alecmcq - that was the lightbulb moment for me. Also, I think itās incorrect when people say that your metabolism is āwreckedā or ādamagedā or ābrokenā when itās lowered. No, itās just lowered. Thatās what itās supposed to do in the presence of a prolonged calorie deficit. Variability is a functional adaptation. At least thatās how Iāve come to think of it.
Re-reading my original post, I fear I was too terse. Iām not picking on you and I apologize if I offended you.
Spreading the word of keto to the unreceptive is like trying to prop up a drowning person in the middle of the ocean.
They are far more likely to take you down with their floundering than to calmly accept your assistance.
Sure, I wish I could make all my friends & loved ones understand about insulin resistance & chronic disease.
When they ask, Iāll be happy to tell them.
But until then, I try to remember that a drowning lifeguard isnāt any good to anyone.
Thanks Brenda. Did I ever tell you I love ladies who ride motorcycles halfway across the country for Ketofest?
āOnly waterā how I hate that phrase! I always want to say, you were calling it fat before I lost it!
Good one. I lost 50 pounds of water. I guess thatās why I leave little puddles wherever I walk. (Old lady stress incontinence aside!)
My family has been on tenterhooks waiting to hear the results of my motherās biopsy for pancreatic cancer. After receiving the lab results, the clinic scheduled an appointment āto discuss optionsā Two Weeks in the future. When it became clear that my mother still didnāt know āoptions For Whatā, I finally called and started harassing people about the whereabouts of the test results, which did not show up on the patient portal. They responded with this gem: āWe didnāt want to reveal to your mother that she didnāt have cancer, because we were afraid she wouldnāt come in for her consultation.ā (which is now basically unnecessary because she doesnāt have cancer, and can be treated by her family physician.) Evolution? Maybe. Unconscionable? Without a doubt.
Sometimes I donāt think they have the foggiest notion of how they sound to their patients, or how they would feel if it were them in the same position. WTF is wrong with these people?
First off, thank you all for the support of my motherās issue with her doctor / clinic. 
The follow up is almost as bad. She went to this (unnecessary) appointment. Still not feeling well and has a temp around 100 that wonāt come down. She had to cancel a trip sheād booked because she felt so crap, and also because of this appointment. Fortunately she has trip insurance. When Dr. Asshole hears that she wants to do follow up visits to monitor the Asshole Clinic-prescribed antacid prescription (yes, thatās all she got after all this and an obviously ongoing infection, a prescription for Pantoprazole) with her own PCP in town instead of The Asshole Clinic 90 minutes away from her house (she doesnāt drive that far any more), Dr. fills out and signs the trip insurance paperwork, to say that thereās no reason my mother couldnāt have gone on the trip. If someoneās looking for a bombing target to protest poor / uninformed medical protocol bordering on malpractice, poor corporate organization, and blatant elderly patient manipulation/punishment for profit, I have a suggestion.
Iāll be using this phrase, and if I remember, will give you credit!
Thanks!