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folder so all the partners know all the PITA patients by sight!  "Commit

                                           ^^^^ The medical term is proctalgia. — Wes Groleau     "Thinking I’m dumb gives people something to      feel smug about.  Why should I disillusion them?"                              – Charles Wallace                              (in _A_Wrinkle_In_Time_)

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21:59:04 GMT: "COA"?? It’s the plural of CYA!  As in "Cover Our A**es!"  (Primetime TV so we gotta keep it clean.)

Ah, right. Interestingly, if you were in the US with all the patient lawsuits, then I’d expect the Docs to document patient problems with photos.  But in the EU with good medical systems, this should not be necessary.  So your Doc is using the photos to brag to his colleagues: "I have the best patient in the World!

Well, he wouldn’t be doing that with my logbook.  ;-( Just look at all the BG data he brings me when he presents!  I’ll bet you schmucks don’t have a patient like this guy!"

I think it’s more like "hey, look at my shiny new camera that can take ‘photos of documents!", and he’s got a steady stream of patients to show off to.  :-) And that’s the name of that tune, Jim Dumas

– Alan Mackenzie (Munich, Germany) (like "aa"), remove half of them (leaving, say, "a").

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06:33:38 GMT: This took me somewhat by surprise.  I was down at my specialist’s last Thursday, and having shown him my log book with BS results and so on, he suddenly asked me "do you mind if I take a picture?"  I was sure I’m not that good looking, so I was a bit taken aback.  It transpired he wanted to take a picture of my log book, and he was showing off his (presumably new) specialised document camera, something like spies used to use (and probably still do).  So, of course, I said "go ahead!". Dear Alan, This is the new charting used by the modern Docs.  They need pics in your folder so all the partners know all the PITA patients by sight! "Commit this one to memory!  His log book is too good to be real data! It’s all gotta be fudged!"

I suspect all specialists can tell this at a glance, assuming they have a recent HbA1c result. "He’s the worst noncompliant patient I have!  He refuses Lantus and still uses pork insulin!  Good God what a dinosaur!"

Hah!  If I weren’t such a dinosaur, this doc wouldn’t be earning his living from treating me.  :-) "We need to keep photos of this guy to COA!"  8^O

"COA"?? Jim Dumas

– Alan Mackenzie (Munich, Germany) (like "aa"), remove half of them (leaving, say, "a").

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"COA"??

It’s the plural of CYA!  As in "Cover Our A**es!"  (Primetime TV so we gotta keep it clean.) Interestingly, if you were in the US with all the patient lawsuits, then I’d expect the Docs to document patient problems with photos.  But in the EU with good medical systems, this should not be necessary.  So your Doc is using the photos to brag to his colleagues: "I have the best patient in the World!  Just look at all the BG data he brings me when he presents!  I’ll bet you schmucks don’t have a patient like this guy!" And that’s the name of that tune, — Jim Dumas T1 4/86, background retinopathy, rarely hypoglycemic: <1/mo. lispro+R+U+NPH daily, moderate exercise, typically <6% HbA1c

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folder so all the partners know all the PITA patients by sight!  "Commit this one to memory!  His log book is too good to be real data!  It’s all gotta be fudged!" Thank you – that brightened up a cold and dreary morning !!!

You’re welcome, Hairy. Just thought I’d be a Devil’s Advocate and test Alan’s spin control, — Jim Dumas T1 4/86, background retinopathy, rarely hypoglycemic: <1/mo. lispro+R+U+NPH daily, moderate exercise, typically <6% HbA1c

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This took me somewhat by surprise.  I was down at my specialist’s last Thursday, and having shown him my log book with BS results and so on, he suddenly asked me "do you mind if I take a picture?"  I was sure I’m not that good looking, so I was a bit taken aback.  It transpired he wanted to take a picture of my log book, and he was showing off his (presumably new) specialised document camera, something like spies used to use (and probably still do).  So, of course, I said "go ahead!".

Dear Alan, This is the new charting used by the modern Docs.  They need pics in your folder so all the partners know all the PITA patients by sight!  "Commit this one to memory!  His log book is too good to be real data!  It’s all gotta be fudged!" "He’s the worst noncompliant patient I have!  He refuses Lantus and still uses pork insulin!  Good God what a dinosaur!" "We need to keep photos of this guy to COA!"  8^O — Jim Dumas T1 4/86, background retinopathy, rarely hypoglycemic: <1/mo. lispro+R+U+NPH daily, moderate exercise, typically <6% HbA1c

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Ain’t it fun when the doc takes a flash picture, extremely close up, of your fully dilated eye?!? The hospital where I have had various scans since thyroid cancer treatment also uses digital imaging. The images are available immediately to see on the monitor even in a different department; if you need a hard-copy for an outside doctor it takes longer. I’ve been given results of some of my scans within 1/2 hour — it does take the nuclear doc a few minutes to review them, after all! Other types of images have had to wait to be read (& I had to wait for the ordering doctor to tell me the results), but I did get to see the pictures of some (not knowing what I was seeing, but it is interesting just to see what they look like). bj

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – My optometrist, when giving me a dilated eye exam, also takes a photo of my retina with a multi megapixel digital camera specially made for the purpose. This is also archived for future reference. I had an X-ray taken of my ankle a few months ago, and that was also digitized, and sent electronically for analysis. It seems it’s inevitable that modern technology is affecting all forms of medicine, and life. At least this is for our good… Henry

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – This took me somewhat by surprise.  I was down at my specialist’s last Thursday, and having shown him my log book with BS results and so on, he suddenly asked me "do you mind if I take a picture?"  I was sure I’m not that good looking, so I was a bit taken aback.  It transpired he wanted to take a picture of my log book, and he was showing off his (presumably new) specialised document camera, something like spies used to use (and probably still do).  So, of course, I said "go ahead!". — Alan Mackenzie (Munich, Germany) (like "aa"), remove half of them (leaving, say, "a").     Five patients in a row with control like yours might send a Diabetologist into shock. I think he wanted to show off to the Diabetologists Regards  Old Al  (whose doc calls him Anal-Retentive)

Exactly what I was thinking. You may be the basis for a new paper he’s writing – not that that is a bad thing. Cheers, Alan, T2 d&e, Australia. — Everything in Moderation – Except Laughter.

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This took me somewhat by surprise.  I was down at my specialist’s last Thursday, and having shown him my log book with BS results and so on, he suddenly asked me "do you mind if I take a picture?"  I was sure I’m not that good looking, so I was a bit taken aback.  It transpired he wanted to take a picture of my log book, and he was showing off his (presumably new) specialised document camera, something like spies used to use (and probably still do).  So, of course, I said "go ahead!". — Alan Mackenzie (Munich, Germany) (like "aa"), remove half of them (leaving, say, "a").

My optometrist, when giving me a dilated eye exam, also takes a photo of my retina with a multi megapixel digital camera specially made for the purpose. This is also archived for future reference. I had an X-ray taken of my ankle a few months ago, and that was also digitized, and sent electronically for analysis. It seems it’s inevitable that modern technology is affecting all forms of medicine, and life. At least this is for our good… Henry

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This took me somewhat by surprise.  I was down at my specialist’s last Thursday, and having shown him my log book with BS results and so on, he suddenly asked me "do you mind if I take a picture?"  I was sure I’m not that good looking, so I was a bit taken aback.  It transpired he wanted to take a picture of my log book, and he was showing off his (presumably new) specialised document camera, something like spies used to use (and probably still do).  So, of course, I said "go ahead!". — Alan Mackenzie (Munich, Germany) (like "aa"), remove half of them (leaving, say, "a").

     Five patients in a row with control like yours might send a Diabetologist into shock. I think he wanted to show off to the Diabetologists Regards   Old Al  (whose doc calls him Anal-Retentive)

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This took me somewhat by surprise.  I was down at my specialist’s last Thursday, and having shown him my log book with BS results and so on, he suddenly asked me "do you mind if I take a picture?"  I was sure I’m not that good looking, so I was a bit taken aback.  It transpired he wanted to take a picture of my log book, and he was showing off his (presumably new) specialised document camera, something like spies used to use (and probably still do).  So, of course, I said "go ahead!".

Cool! — Type 2 http://users.bestweb.net/~jbove/

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Alan..in regards to your bg log and the camera thing.  Could it be possible that this is a new way to get the results and then make them into a much smaller version to say space in the chart or on a site for each of his patients….I’m not a techie, but it would be cool anyways. Makes ya kind of wonder if you are the first one for the books, with this tech stuff  If ya find out let us know……Mic Always, be, and stay AWARE!

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This took me somewhat by surprise.  I was down at my specialist’s last Thursday, and having shown him my log book with BS results and so on, he suddenly asked me "do you mind if I take a picture?"  I was sure I’m not that good looking, so I was a bit taken aback.  It transpired he wanted to take a picture of my log book, and he was showing off his (presumably new) specialised document camera, something like spies used to use (and probably still do).  So, of course, I said "go ahead!". — Alan Mackenzie (Munich, Germany) (like "aa"), remove half of them (leaving, say, "a").

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