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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 475901" data-source="post: 2297624"><p>The good thing is that diabetic nurses change jobs, more so in my practice but even in areas with more stable medical care she will move on.</p><p>Meanwhile she might back off a little when your new way of eating improves your blood sugars? </p><p></p><p>I saw a GP first who agreed I could try diet instead of metformin; the diabetic nurse thought he'd forgotten and tried to get them prescribed but did listen when I repeated the conversation with him - I am sure she thought it was temporary but then was sold on low carb 3 months later.</p><p></p><p>The worst conversation I had was with the dietitian - I opted for her instead of the old style desmond course that touted lots of brown carbs at each meal as I thought 30 mins of her would be easier than a whole day. She objected to the idea that I might know something about diabetes and food, and my body, even through I'd already got my HbA1c down into the low 40s before I saw her. She very firmly told me that I had to eat fruit and have brown carbs at every meal otherwise I was risking heart disease and cancer.</p><p>I declined a second appointment without any hassle as by then my GP and diabetic nurse had noted the rapid improvement in my diabetes and were happy with what I was doing.</p><p>Since then I've only had an issue with a locum, who tried to blame a sudden spike in my cholesterol on my diet (well over a year later) when I suggested it might be the new pills he'd put me on.</p><p>I stopped the pills and my cholesterol dropped.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted member 475901, post: 2297624"] The good thing is that diabetic nurses change jobs, more so in my practice but even in areas with more stable medical care she will move on. Meanwhile she might back off a little when your new way of eating improves your blood sugars? I saw a GP first who agreed I could try diet instead of metformin; the diabetic nurse thought he'd forgotten and tried to get them prescribed but did listen when I repeated the conversation with him - I am sure she thought it was temporary but then was sold on low carb 3 months later. The worst conversation I had was with the dietitian - I opted for her instead of the old style desmond course that touted lots of brown carbs at each meal as I thought 30 mins of her would be easier than a whole day. She objected to the idea that I might know something about diabetes and food, and my body, even through I'd already got my HbA1c down into the low 40s before I saw her. She very firmly told me that I had to eat fruit and have brown carbs at every meal otherwise I was risking heart disease and cancer. I declined a second appointment without any hassle as by then my GP and diabetic nurse had noted the rapid improvement in my diabetes and were happy with what I was doing. Since then I've only had an issue with a locum, who tried to blame a sudden spike in my cholesterol on my diet (well over a year later) when I suggested it might be the new pills he'd put me on. I stopped the pills and my cholesterol dropped. [/QUOTE]
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