Thank you for the reply)) Okay, as soon as I get my mark in psychology I’ll give you an adress))
Thanks for support. You know, that teacher really looks like a duck. I haven’t noticed it before but now I see…))))
Thanks for support. You know, that teacher really looks like a duck. I haven’t noticed it before but now I see…))))
I think he doesn’t understand that there’re different types. He just said that it’s incredibly awful. You know, that’s sounded like a verdict… I suppose he thinks that diabetes is as bad as AIDS…
Yes, he is a professor. So, I think we’ll have a long talk with him after the exam)))
Thank you for reply)
Yes, maybe there was a sense in some part of his theory. But it shouldn’t have been so generalized. Anyway, whatever he was saying he shouldn’t have been so emotional and negative about diabetes. I think he behaved that way because he thought that there was no one touched by diabetes. Maybe he was even trying to help students escape it, by frightening them and giving advises
Agree 100% with Lee Ann.
Also, I think maybe, his main mistake, was oversimplifying things in the lecture… not making the difference between the different types of diabetes and their relation with emotional health. For example, many studies have shown that there is a strong link between depression and diabetes. (bellow some links)
http://www.diabeteshealth.com/read/2008/01/11/5610/diabetes-depress…
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/301/8/842
http://www.mcmanweb.com/article-42.htm
In spanish: http://www.siis.net/documentos/hemeroteca/705086.pdf
The effects of stress on our health are still not 100% known, some studies have suggested links between high levels of stress and the development of autoimmune diseases (an overactive immune response of the body against substances and tissues normally present in the body) Others suggest a strong link between depression and diabetes and lack of control, and so forth. I believe it is very important for researchers and doctors to dig more this issues, and for us, people affected with diabetes get informed as much as we can. For our own understanding, and to create more awareness.
One thing I have learned since my husband was diagnosed, there are so many unknown aspects about diabetes, how and why it affects us, that it is always important to ask and keep our senses open for more understanding.
This is slightly related to the miseducation people have when it comes to diabetes…I’m sure many of you watch the biggest loser on tv. Being type one it really upsets me when they constantly say that being diabetic is caused by being overweight. Not in everyone who was diagnosed with type one!! Whenever I tell someone who doesn’t know much about diabetes I feel as if they think I was overweight at some point. I do usually go into the differences because I don’t want people to think this way and I want them to be educated. Why can’t they simply educate the public more by saying type two is most commonly caused by being overweight? Just a little miseducation issue of mine I guess.
And if I were you I would make a huge packet of info and mail it to your professor-then he won’t know-you could do it now. If he was a decent professor maybe he’d appoligize to the class and teach the truth!
I think anytime we can respectfully clear up misinformation then we should do so. Take a bunch of pamphlets to class and Let the teacher know he provided what you felt was a wealth of misinformation and hand out the pamphlets to the students. You’ll have the facts and your fellow students will get the truth. Plus I bet you’ll feel better about the situation also. It’s always a nice switch when the student becomes the teacher. 