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I Thought I Knew About Diabetes
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Brunton, Stephen A. |
| Copyright Year | 2017 |
| Abstract | Medical school and residency provided me a rudimentary exposure to the physiology and pharmacotherapy of diabetes, and after a few years of practice, I felt that I was managing my patients successfully. However, when I was diagnosed, after taking a point-of-care A1C test at a booth at a medical conference trade show, I had a rude awakening. I was asymptomatic, I wasn’t overweight, I exercised regularly, and I had no known family history of diabetes, although I must admit that my father had an apple body shape. So now I was a patient. I was a “diabetic,” a label that defined me by my diagnosis, as I have discussed in an earlier editorial (1). My diet required greater scrutiny, and my children let me know that they believed my passion for Australian candy was the culprit. I had exhausted my pancreatic reserve, and now I had to preserve what little … |
| Starting Page | 278 |
| Ending Page | 279 |
| Page Count | 2 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.2337/cd17-0109 |
| PubMed reference number | 29263569 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 35 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/1f/07/278.PMC5734166.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.2337/cd17-0109 |
| Journal | Clinical diabetes : a publication of the American Diabetes Association |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
