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After having been diagnosed 3 weeks ago I went back to the dr as I was supposed to. I feel disheartened after the visit so am mostly on here to vent. I was really chuffed that I had got my tests results to be mostly in the 5s with some 4s and 6s. She said that they were good and then we spoke about how I was achieving them. I told her it was LCHF. I don't think she really approved as she suggested I see a dietician or diabetic clinic- I refused. I said I was getting better advice on this forum then they would give me so didn't see the point. She then suggested sit wasn't sustainable. I admit that I am not thrilled about the food at the moment but it is only three weeks and I really really love carbs. However I am slowly finding meals that work. My biggest challenge is breakfast but I have come to the conclusion that I I really can't find a solution then IF might be the way to go. However it has only been three weeks so while I feel miserable a lot I am also finding so solutions most days.
She went on to suggest that the estimated HBA1C that my sugr app gave (5.3) would be good but the tone was very much I doubt this is true and you can't sustain it. I said that there were those on the forum that have sustained it so it is obviously doable. Her attitude Wass that it was a progressive disease and that medication will be needed very much see how long you can delay the medication. I said if I can maintain readings then it didn't need to be progressive- she didn't agree.
Her advice was then it was okay to have the occasional treat and it didn't matter if you spiked as long as it came down again. I said I tried the 'eat well' type meal and spiked for a day so I didn't want to do that. I also thought (to myself) what **** advice to give someone newly diagnosed. My view is to try to keep them low and stable for a significant period before becoming too relaxed. To try to give my body a rest. Since my first HBA1C was 6.6 I really thought I had a good chance of bringing it down
Anyway sorry for the long post but I am so glad I found this forum. While I am not enjoying the LCHF diet as yet at least I can see the results in my tests ( the dr suggested IO could stop testing-hah) and I am slowly finding meals that I can live with. Yes I really miss the carbs (a lot) but I don't miss the added risk of health complications which I absolutely believe I can avoid thanks to this forum. If I believed that it was a progressive disease with nothing I could do to avoid that why would I even try?
After having been diagnosed 3 weeks ago I went back to the dr as I was supposed to. I feel disheartened after the visit so am mostly on here to vent. I was really chuffed that I had got my tests results to be mostly in the 5s with some 4s and 6s. She said that they were good and then we spoke about how I was achieving them. I told her it was LCHF. I don't think she really approved as she suggested I see a dietician or diabetic clinic- I refused. I said I was getting better advice on this forum then they would give me so didn't see the point. She then suggested sit wasn't sustainable. I admit that I am not thrilled about the food at the moment but it is only three weeks and I really really love carbs. However I am slowly finding meals that work. My biggest challenge is breakfast but I have come to the conclusion that I I really can't find a solution then IF might be the way to go. However it has only been three weeks so while I feel miserable a lot I am also finding so solutions most days.
She went on to suggest that the estimated HBA1C that my sugr app gave (5.3) would be good but the tone was very much I doubt this is true and you can't sustain it. I said that there were those on the forum that have sustained it so it is obviously doable. Her attitude Wass that it was a progressive disease and that medication will be needed very much see how long you can delay the medication. I said if I can maintain readings then it didn't need to be progressive- she didn't agree.
Her advice was then it was okay to have the occasional treat and it didn't matter if you spiked as long as it came down again. I said I tried the 'eat well' type meal and spiked for a day so I didn't want to do that. I also thought (to myself) what **** advice to give someone newly diagnosed. My view is to try to keep them low and stable for a significant period before becoming too relaxed. To try to give my body a rest. Since my first HBA1C was 6.6 I really thought I had a good chance of bringing it down
Anyway sorry for the long post but I am so glad I found this forum. While I am not enjoying the LCHF diet as yet at least I can see the results in my tests ( the dr suggested IO could stop testing-hah) and I am slowly finding meals that I can live with. Yes I really miss the carbs (a lot) but I don't miss the added risk of health complications which I absolutely believe I can avoid thanks to this forum. If I believed that it was a progressive disease with nothing I could do to avoid that why would I even try?