Diets and more diets, not the answer but...

Hi again t2ds. I'm trying to decide between a metabolic centre diet and exercise program and a diet called ideal protein. I don't think a diet per se is the answer, but I do need and want to lose some serious weight, whether or not I get the gastric bypass. They have to find my stomach.

I'm on twitter, and am hoping that some of my tweets there will bring t2ds here, for exchange of ideas and beefs. I don't want to slide into the pap of 99% of t2d sites, same old bullshit about diet and exercise, recycled with slight change to details.

My two pet issues are separating t1d from t2d - in every respect. Cdn Diabetes Assoc. should only deal with one or the other. More on that.

The udder issue is how the t2d establishment - being the megaceuticals and their knaves - doesn't want to recognize that the silver bullet for t2d may be gastric bypass or similar procedure. It is not the same as lap banding which does produce weight loss, but not a halt to t2d symptoms/progression.

Lots of bucks are at stake, and the drug cos will spend anything to protect their profits. Gastric bypass cuts them out big time. They want we t2ds to take lots of drugs, add a new one every once in awhile (at least until it is withdrawn, like avandia), and buy those fucking expensive strips that cost the bastards about 10 cents to make, I guess, and they sell for about a dollar - because they can, the health plans will pay a $1 a strip, so that's what all of them charge. It's not a conspiracy, it's just good business for them.

Today, my dreary exercise period was a bit better because I listened to my 'new' record - a vintage Woody Allen standup record set I bought at the fabulous Aberfoyle flea market last weekend. Back then, much of his wit was self-deprecating about his sex life or aspirations. So, I guess he didn't change, he just fell into the opportunity with his adopted daughter? Anyhow, he's still funny after all these years, at least to me.

Adieu, mon amis t2ds.