Recent Content by Unbeliever

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    Doctors: Please treat me like that medical student who sat in the corner watching....

    The sort of issues discussed here have a huge impact on treatment and outcomes and should be addressed seriously by hospitals and doctors., To be fair , some do understand the prolems but too often they are attributed to pressure of work etc. That may , occasionally be unavoidable, but if...
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    American Diabetes Magazine publishes Low-Carb article

    I do hopeso. Not before time. The advice given to me to up my carb intake is very likely to blind me and fairly soon. I have never understood why it wassuch a big deal.- especially for the majority of T2s who are overweight at diagnosis.. Did anyone REALLY believe that a reduction in starchy...
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    Diabetes diet question

    Thanks to new participants in the poll. B ut a few quick points if I may, Low carb is not defined because many of us believe that any significnt reduction in starchy carb intake can be beneficial to any diabetic and obviously the starting point will be different in every case as will tthe...
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    Diabetes diet question

    Thanks for voting. Glad its working for you and hope your meds are reduced.
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    Diabetes diet question

    As patients are not advised to low carb normally, at diagnosis and it is certainly not yet part of official giudelines Ii am puzzled as to why it seems to be an issue . If many people are being advised to educe starchy carbs on diagnosis then this is very interesting and very good news but...
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    Diabetes diet question

    I am a little surprised that more people haven't voted as yet. I wonder if most people assume that , given recent developments - the favourable vote at the DUK conference and the results of Southport GP's research - that the option of reducing carbs in conrolling diabetes is no longer an...
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    Diabetes diet question

    Hope his is not going off track but would like to point out that a number of people . myself included discovered after trying everything else including medication - none of which helped at all - that reducing starches was the ONLY thing which worked . Obviously those of us in that...
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    Gullibility

    I couldnt agree more smidge. It takes experience to recognise that not everything one reads is necessarily true and to be cautious.. We often see posters who are obviously unused to posting anywhere - it may be heir first experience of any internet forum Many find it difficult to believe...
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    Are DSNs there just to make you feel like S**t?

    Was that because of the current hysteria about hypos Smidge? I {I appreciate the dangers of course but they extend even to T2 s nowadays..If I som uch as mention I should think about eating after a lengthy wait, I am immmediately surrounded by nurses trying to pour mlk down my throat its...
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    Is controlling your blood glucose level enough?enough

    To some extent ithe risk of complications is linked to the length of time You have had diabetes. T2s may have remained undiagnosed for some ime and his may have created certain weaknesses which could flare up in the future although not apparent at diagnosis.. T1s who generally have the...
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    burnt out on life

    Nothing succeeds like success as they say, and if you could mange to achieve one of your goals you would feel motivated to try the next. Maybe one at a time rather than feeling overwhelmed by trying to tackle everything at once. I would suggest that you come back, say , once a week to let ius...
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    DAFNE experience - the good and the bad!

    Many of those on here doing he most to help educate others are doing so because the system failed them a a crucial time. so hey wish to save others from the same fate. Much depends on when you were diagnosed and your own personal experience.and even a what stage you found the forum. We are both...
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    DAFNE experience - the good and the bad!

    Information and courses for all tyoes of diabetics seem always to be based on very low expectations of improvement and geared t owards those with he worst control. Its as if a teacher only actively taught the dullest children int he class and let the others fend for themselves. I can...