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People have come to me for more than 20 years with techie
questions. More often than not, the answer they need is not the same one as for
the question they asked. Typically, someone asks me how to do something like copy
print settings to a different tab in Excel. I’ll usually take a minute to ask
what the purpose of the spreadsheet file is before I answer, just in case there’s
an entirely different process they could more easily use for better results.
Maybe it’s a pivot table that would do the trick, or perhaps they should
consider using Access vs. Excel. Verifying that the overall process makes sense
before sweating the details of individual steps has often uncovered missing
pieces. I don’t know how many times it’s turned out that the problem with a
report someone is having is because a necessary piece of information wasn’t
being tracked in the first place.
The habit of querying someone’s larger goal as part of the
problem-solving process is why I tackled autoimmune diabetes differently than
most. Everyone else asks very narrow questions specific to insulin and how best
to control its delivery. When I was handed the problem, I did what I usually
do. I stepped back and asked, “What’s the goal here?” And lo and behold, the
goal has nothing to do with insulin. I realized the primary goal is to revive
my pancreas. Secondary goals include keeping blood sugar under control in the
meantime and minimizing damage. Insulin does nothing for the primary goal and
is a pretty clumsy and expensive way to address the other two. Insulin is
clearly an answer to the wrong question.
Sure, it’s maddening that everyone else is looking over there,
huddled around the wrong spot. But logic is logic. And, of course, now that I’ve
found something pretty damn promising, and am waving both arms shouting “Hey Y’all!
Check this out”, the few that even bother to look up can’t really hear me over
wind that’s blowing the other way. They’re too far away to see I’m not wearing
a pump and don’t have any needle marks. After squinting at me a moment, they
turn their attention back to the subject of their companion’s “Oohs” and “Aahs”,
the package at their feet sporting the latest insulin device accessory.
Refusing The Needle: A
Diabetic’s Natural Journey To Kick-Ass Health
by Russell Stamets
ebook available for all devices at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/145608
and for kindle at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007P6L5C4
tags: type 1, type 2, autoimmune, diabetes, lada, natural, alternative,
diet, supplements, acupuncture, meditation, lifestyle
I applaud you Russell, this is an accurate way of thinking. As an RN who has been working in a hospital for 30 year and observing and working for a system of healthcare that is costly and hitting the problems with more insurance billing for conditions that could be eliminated with diet and stress management your book is right on!
ReplyDeleteThanks. Until recently I worked in a hospital as Director of Education. I know the kind of meaningful, in the trenches work done by RNs like you and it means a lot to get your thumbs up.
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