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<blockquote data-quote="Pipp" data-source="post: 2183249" data-attributes="member: 100904"><p>I hope it is ok to tell what I wish I <strong>hadn’t </strong>been told? By the GP nurse.</p><p></p><p>That would be:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You must eat carbs with every meal, 3 times a day plus two snacks</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Low fat yogurts and plenty of fruit should be part of your diet</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">T2 is a progressive disease... You will probably need insulin in time, but don’t worry. We will look after you.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You don’t need to test your blood glucose levels. It only makes you anxious.</li> </ul><p>By following the above advice for first 6 years after diagnosis, I became fatter, and HbA1c levels continued to rise. It was only after I did my own research, and ‘owned’ the situation that I realized what absolute tosh I had been given, and got control by first of all using Very Low Calorie diet, followed by Low Carbing, and using a blood glucose monitor.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pipp, post: 2183249, member: 100904"] I hope it is ok to tell what I wish I [B]hadn’t [/B]been told? By the GP nurse. That would be: [LIST] [*]You must eat carbs with every meal, 3 times a day plus two snacks [*]Low fat yogurts and plenty of fruit should be part of your diet [*]T2 is a progressive disease... You will probably need insulin in time, but don’t worry. We will look after you. [*]You don’t need to test your blood glucose levels. It only makes you anxious. [/LIST] By following the above advice for first 6 years after diagnosis, I became fatter, and HbA1c levels continued to rise. It was only after I did my own research, and ‘owned’ the situation that I realized what absolute tosh I had been given, and got control by first of all using Very Low Calorie diet, followed by Low Carbing, and using a blood glucose monitor. [/QUOTE]
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