There’s been quite a bit of discussion after yesterday’s post about a recent consultation I did with a creative agency looking to develop a campaign about diabetes-related complications. I try to be solutions oriented and offer ideas, rather than just swoop in and be critical, so with that in mind, I’ve put together a couple of checklists that may be of some assistance when thinking about ways to talk about complications.
Of course, as always, these are just my suggestions and others may completely disagree with them, or having more to add. But this is a start that can be considered, shared and built on. And it comes with the ever present reminder that people with diabetes deserve to see themselves represented in ways that don’t make us want to run for the hills or hide under the doona (duvet) and never come out. That’s always a really good place to start!
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April 4, 2023 at 6:51 pm
Tim Brown
Everything you write Renza is worthwhile and needs to be said. Encouraging us to do the screening is also important and there must be some good psychology about how to integrate all your points with nudges to us PWD’s to get our checks. Because the relief of having done the check always boosts me psychologically even if I don’t like it when something crops up (and I’ve been relatively lucky 33 years after diagnosis). So far treatment has addressed all the problems – the optometrist said that pump/CGM/algorithm have actually improved my eyes from a few years ago, and this is really encouraging to keep going back for the checks.
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April 5, 2023 at 11:16 am
Rick Phillips
The most important thing a HCP ever told me was said my new endo five years after I started skipping appointments. I had not seen a doctor (any doctor) for over five years. I went to a therapist for assistance to help me get back to an endo. I knew i was in trouble, but I could not stand the judgement of the last endo I had seen over five years before.
As I sat down my endo turned to me and said Mr. Phillips it is good to meet you. You have done a remarkable job these last five years.
I have not missed a single appointment with any doctor since. It was so important that he said that. No I had not done a magnificent job over those five years. But I had survived and that was a lot. I swear he was the only person who might have ever said that to me. Let there was the proof. He said it. I believed it and today I am a model PWD.
Yeah I had done a great job. I lived. Remarkable.
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April 5, 2023 at 8:13 pm
G.M. Bunyan
Love it!
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