BBC1 EastEnders - Type 2 Diabetes story line?

[Prem51]

I watch 'Stenders, There is a story line developing with Ian Beale finally agreeing to go for a Health Check. He has been putting on weight around his middle, and going for a wee 3 or 4 times a night. Tonight he went to see his Practice Nurse for the check up and she wanted to refer him to the GP. Back home he is being a bit cagey about how it went, but appears worried.

So my guess is he is going to be diagnosed as T2 diabetic. Will the BBC be pushing standard NHS advice and the Eatwell Plate or will he go LCHF?

 

[13lizanne]

Yes @Prem51 I thought exactly the same as yourself when I watched the episode. Bracing myself for the Eatwell Plate

 

[Prem51]

Well at least they are raising the profile of T2 diabetes, so maybe more of the many as yet undiagnosed people will become aware that they might have it and get medical advice.

 

[13lizanne]

I know that when Carole had her cancer story suddenly people could talk to me and actually mention cancer without stuttering or going red in the face. So, I think that you are right prem it will help people recognise their symptoms and take them seriously. Which can only be a good thing Hopefully they will then find this site

 

[chris lowe]

I thought same as everyone else, but anything is better than ongoing storylines that are getting boring. Look forward to sitting here picking holes in storyline. Wonder if Ian will find the diabetes uk site & forums?

 

[Prem51]

In the last episode, having been persuaded by his wife to start dieting, he abandoned the cheese he was going to eat, which would have been ok for a T2 diabetic.

 

[13lizanne]

Yes, I noted that too, looks like it's going to be the Eatwell plate after all

 

[chris lowe]

Looks like we'll find out tomorrow after last nights pancake race incident

 

[Deespee23]

Unfortunately, zzzzzzzzzz. This will, no doubt, turn out to be yet another case where the protagonist contracts a serious disease/condition, the story line is milked and then is miraculously ignored...remember Mark Fowler with "TV AIDS", Jim Macdonald with his amazing self-healing broken back, Nick Tillsley with the intermittent brain injury etc., etc., etc......just tools to inject a bit of controversy into flagging plot lines rather than genuine attempts to demonstrate a bit of empathy or understanding. In all probability it will all be forgotten about in a couple of months just after Phil is abducted by aliens, no doubt......

 

[13lizanne]

You are not cynical at all, are you?

 

[Deespee23]

Strange you should say that- I just yearn for a simpler time,with no bloody silly subplots that never go anywhere - I mean Weatherfield a hotbed of cocaine dealing??? Do me a favour, it was more exciting when Norris underordered the Weatherfield Gazzette....and what was that business with Mary and the "chainsaw incident"??? We need to be told. And don't get me going about Amy Turtle!

 

[Deespee23]

My own favorite was Boon. Firemen, canal boats, motorbikes and Brummies. Reality in a nutshell. What was not to like? That was literally my life for 4 years - spookily close to home.

 

[Prem51]

Well it's nice that everyone admitted to Weatherfield General gets a private room!

 

[13lizanne]

Strange you should say that- I just yearn for a simpler time,with no bloody silly subplots that never go anywhere - I mean Weatherfield a hotbed of cocaine dealing??? Do me a favour, it was more exciting when Norris underordered the Weatherfield Gazzette....and what was that business with Mary and the "chainsaw incident"??? We need to be told. And don't get me going about Amy Turtle!

Weatherfield? Amy Tuttle? Where? Who? I don't remember them on EastEnders?

 

[Deespee23]

Weatherfield? Amy Tuttle? Where? Who? I don't remember them on EastEnders?

1. Corrie. 2. Crossroads - from beyond the grave - the original "wobbly wall" soap - it was about a motel in"Kings Oak" supposedly near Brum. For a laugh, Google "Miss Diane", "Benny" and "Meg Richardson". You'll never be the same again.

PS - I forgot "David Hunter". "Benny" was the prototype "David Stockwell" off Heartbeat....wot goes around, comes around.....

 

[13lizanne]

Ah! I don't watch Corrie, but I'll have a look at your Kings Oak suggestions I can always do with a laugh

 

[Deespee23]

Anyway, what's the betting that Ian Beale will end up on "insulin" and have a couple of dramatic hypo-type episodes but he will just eat his weetabix and everything will be OK 2 weeks later. Just remembered about Tracy Barlow's 1994 kidney transplant - ain't science wonderful!

 

[13lizanne]

I only just started watching EE last year. The only other soap I watch is River City, being a Scottish lady it's my favourite. I think that you are spot on about Ian's plotline though.

 

[noblehead]

Well it's nice that everyone admitted to Weatherfield General gets a private room!

ha ha

My wife watches Corrie and Yes its true they always end up in a private room, all praise to the NHS in Manchester.......

 

[Prem51]

Well it seems London is the same. Everyone (including Phil Mitchell) gets a private room in Walford General. Obviously no trollies in corridors there.