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<blockquote data-quote="Glink" data-source="post: 1439482" data-attributes="member: 254742"><p>Anyone else here struggle with bouts of denial? And/or wondering if you're just a hypochondriac? </p><p></p><p>Everyone including my doctor is surprised when they find out I have diabetes (currently pre, officially, but I'm on metformin and without it it's not pre). I'm thin, no family history, etc., etc. Never much of a sweet tooth, always a super healthy eater and exerciser. Like many here I have had dramatic improvement in my sugars with low carb eating. </p><p></p><p>But sometimes I wonder if I'm just crazy. Am I just needlessly making myself eat a restricted diet? Is it some kind of weird eating disorder? I used to be vegan; am I just an extreme person? (<--BTW, the answer to that is most definitely no when I'm thinking rationally!)</p><p></p><p>Then I do something like I did yesterday: eat a whole piece of matzo. Yeah, that's like 23 g of white flour and no fibre or fat. And then, predictably, despite metformin, my sugars go up and up. Not scary high; just like 9 postprandial reading, but not where they "should" be if I weren't diabetic. </p><p></p><p>I know there's no "why"--it's just bad luck to have diabetes. But I still struggle occasionally with believing it's real, as such a "marginal" case. </p><p></p><p>Anyone else here have these feelings?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Glink, post: 1439482, member: 254742"] Anyone else here struggle with bouts of denial? And/or wondering if you're just a hypochondriac? Everyone including my doctor is surprised when they find out I have diabetes (currently pre, officially, but I'm on metformin and without it it's not pre). I'm thin, no family history, etc., etc. Never much of a sweet tooth, always a super healthy eater and exerciser. Like many here I have had dramatic improvement in my sugars with low carb eating. But sometimes I wonder if I'm just crazy. Am I just needlessly making myself eat a restricted diet? Is it some kind of weird eating disorder? I used to be vegan; am I just an extreme person? (<--BTW, the answer to that is most definitely no when I'm thinking rationally!) Then I do something like I did yesterday: eat a whole piece of matzo. Yeah, that's like 23 g of white flour and no fibre or fat. And then, predictably, despite metformin, my sugars go up and up. Not scary high; just like 9 postprandial reading, but not where they "should" be if I weren't diabetic. I know there's no "why"--it's just bad luck to have diabetes. But I still struggle occasionally with believing it's real, as such a "marginal" case. Anyone else here have these feelings? [/QUOTE]
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