WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:09.420 00:00:10.120 --> 00:00:12.740 Dr. Brown: Sorry I'm late. What's on the plate this morning? 00:00:12.750 --> 00:00:15.091 Rose Baker: Geraldine Williams is waiting in room three. 00:00:15.091 --> 00:00:17.106 Dr. Brown: Ah, let's see. 00:00:17.106 --> 00:00:20.044 Six weeks, herbal tea, and yoga in the Arizona desert 00:00:20.044 --> 00:00:22.239 didn't magically make her diabetes go away. 00:00:22.239 --> 00:00:24.332 Rose Baker: No, but she had a wonderful vacation. 00:00:24.332 --> 00:00:26.492 And I'm sure she'll tell you all about it. 00:00:26.680 --> 00:00:29.280 Dr. Brown: Hmm. You'd think losing a leg to diabetes 00:00:29.280 --> 00:00:31.822 would make someone take their condition a little more seriously. 00:00:32.160 --> 00:00:33.520 Chart? 00:00:37.680 --> 00:00:40.880 Dr. Brown: Good morning, Geraldine. And here we are again. 00:00:41.120 --> 00:00:42.940 How are you feeling? 00:00:43.400 --> 00:00:45.660 Geraldine Williams: I can't complain. 00:00:46.020 --> 00:00:50.239 Dr. Brown: Have you thought any more about what we talked about last time? 00:00:50.239 --> 00:00:53.040 Look - I'll be blunt and honest with you. 00:00:53.040 --> 00:00:54.782 We need to admit you to the hospital 00:00:54.782 --> 00:00:57.816 and make sure we know what's going on with your diabetes. 00:00:57.920 --> 00:00:59.820 We can get your insulin regulated 00:00:59.827 --> 00:01:03.389 and work on the right diet and medication for your weight and your heart disease. 00:01:03.389 --> 00:01:07.605 Geraldine, your diabetes is very serious business. 00:01:07.605 --> 00:01:09.798 The fact that you've had so many symptoms -- 00:01:09.798 --> 00:01:13.297 dizziness, possible vision impairment, a bladder infection, 00:01:13.297 --> 00:01:15.389 pain and burning in your remaining foot. 00:01:15.389 --> 00:01:17.447 And let's not forget your heart disease. 00:01:17.447 --> 00:01:18.922 These are bad news. 00:01:19.080 --> 00:01:23.136 The sooner we find out what's going on, the faster we can get you treated properly. 00:01:23.136 --> 00:01:27.347 Geraldine Williams: But, Doctor, I feel so much better since coming back from Arizona. 00:01:27.347 --> 00:01:29.247 Everybody there said I was getting -- 00:01:29.247 --> 00:01:32.332 Dr. Brown: Geraldine, I'm sure you do feel better, 00:01:32.332 --> 00:01:35.961 but that doesn't change the fact that we still need to act. 00:01:35.961 --> 00:01:38.161 Diabetes is a very complicated disease 00:01:38.161 --> 00:01:43.278 that can't be cured by herb tea anymore than Tylenol can cure a gunshot wound. 00:01:43.420 --> 00:01:44.760 They'll make you feel relaxed, 00:01:44.769 --> 00:01:48.409 but they're not going to treat your diabetes or your weight problem. 00:01:48.409 --> 00:01:51.019 The people at the hospital are highly trained professionals 00:01:51.019 --> 00:01:53.607 who know how to deal with this type of thing. 00:01:53.607 --> 00:01:57.841 All I'm asking is that we do some tests, and then we'll know. 00:01:57.841 --> 00:02:00.970 [Geraldine begins to cry] Geraldine Williams: I don't want the hospital. 00:02:00.970 --> 00:02:04.126 I don't care. I won't go there. 00:02:04.126 --> 00:02:10.078 My husband went into the hospital when he got sick, and he never came out. 00:02:10.078 --> 00:02:12.547 They already took my leg. 00:02:12.547 --> 00:02:19.399 I won't die like that in some teeny little room that smells of sickness. 00:02:19.399 --> 00:02:21.199 Anonymously. 00:02:22.424 --> 00:02:26.281 I'm not just another name on a chart. 00:02:26.281 --> 00:02:32.012 My people in the desert, they taught me how to take care of myself 00:02:32.012 --> 00:02:38.317 just like we've been taking care of ourselves since before there was a name for diabetes. 00:02:38.480 --> 00:02:44.600 And you want to send me off to the hospital to die like an old horse. 00:02:44.610 --> 00:02:47.092 Well, I won't do it. 00:02:47.092 --> 00:02:51.337 My family was with me and I wasn't afraid. 00:02:51.337 --> 00:02:53.657 I was at peace. 00:02:56.560 --> 00:02:57.880 Dr. Brown: [thinking to himself] I can't believe it. 00:02:57.880 --> 00:03:00.140 She really and truly believes that traditional folk medicine 00:03:00.266 --> 00:03:03.906 would cure her and that the hospital would kill her.