Places should cater more for diabetics!

[donnellysdogs]

Agree Emmaclaire... Far better off with water or a juice. Diet drinks are not good..

My favourite to ask for is just tea or coffee in a pub!! Or anywhere!! Like fizzy water, but dont like the prices they charge for it!!

 

[imalittlefishy]

I seem to have hit a nerve with a few people on the diet drink thing :shock: Tbh in my case, it's the little shops that do a whole range of soft drinks but very very few diet ones that bother me more than the pubs - I'm not a big spirit/mixer drinker. But I went out (in London) with a friend the other day and the three corner shops and a superdrug on the high street I was walking down all had nothing but diet coke/pepsi max. Just one or two options would be nice when we're out and about! Re aspartame and diet drinks being bad for you - I reckon that in moderation they are still much less bad :eh: than full sugar ones, for me anyway! Little of what you fancy and all that

 

[AlexMBrennan]

You should have a look at the supermarket's own-label range of drinks - e.g. Spar budget lemonade (39p/2l bottle iirc) and Cola is sugar-free (but not specifically advertised as being "diet" like Diet Coke) and I'd have thought that other supermarkets will have similar products (because artificial sweeteners are cheaper than sugar)

 

[imalittlefishy]

Weirdly I have found that a lot of the own brand drinks "contain sugar and sweeteners" - I would have expected that they would use sweeteners for values sake too! That said, tesco own brand diet energy drink got me through a few late night essay writing sessions when I was at uni...

 

[Kat100]

I like the odd diet coke or low cal soft drink, I don't drink tea or coffee and now fruit juice is limited to very little, it makes a nice change to my glasses of water....

 

[Phoebe13]

"Diabetic" foods/products are awful and in some cases worse for you than a normal version because they can be really high card and have loads of artificial sweeteners in that are really nasty in other ways too.

Try and get onto a DAFNE course, that will help you understand how you can eat normally (eg. I had 3 mince pies yesterday! BUT did the appropriate insulin and my BG levels were fine!)

Cakes/sweets/chocolate aren't off-limits once you know how to carb-count and give the right insulin Jessica.

Doing the DAFNE course was the best thing I have ever experienced in terms of my diabetes and I highly recommend it to everyone!

 

[Kat100]

I would love a mince pie, but not on my menu

 

[drahawkins_1973]

I am normally really pragmatic about my expectations of people catering for diabetics (as I dont expect anything and I try and be as "normal" as possible) but I've had a ****** day and wanted a whinge.
At work we often have team building or larger department day events where we have to split into groups at various points in the day and dicusss stuff. Anyway my whinge is why do they always think its customary to "reward" you with large tins of roses/celebrations/sweets etc. Although all my closer colleagues are aware I'm type 1 becasue 1) its nothing to be embarrassed/ashamed about and 2) if I go a bit weird and walk out of meetings if I'm feeling a bit odd they dont take offense that they are talking rubbish and usually someone comes to make sure i'm ok (I am really really lucky and very grateful they are all very considerate and understanding).
But with people I dont really work with when they pass round the sweets and I say no I always get....oh go on a couple of jelly babies wont hurt or (and this may sound very sexist) but the woman always comment like I am doing it as a weight thing (I'm a lot thinner due to unintentional weight loss before i was diagnosed) saying I've lost weight I can afford to eat stuff or they add a comment like I wish I had your restraint! After the first 10 times I get a bit bored declining.

I have asked HR to supply me some cheese

Anyway I know theres an obvious answer like tell them etc but sometime I dont feel like announcing to the universe that I'm diabetic.

phew....thats better, not expecting any sensible suggestions, I'll have forgotten all about it tomororow but I just needed a rant and now I feel a lot betting after venting.
Thanks for your ears
Andrea

 

[este]

I do and don't identify with you here - I'm often irritated by the misconception that diabetics cannot enjoy treats within moderation and the appropriate insulin. I've never had a problem with super markets and tend to turn to google if I can't find the information needed on the lable.
However I have experienced issues such as restaurants running out of diet drinks or worse night clubs giving me vodka and coke instead of diet coke which is obviously quite dangerous. At nineteen I'm learning to react more rationally but when I was younger I did have my feelings hurt a few times by incidents such as this, not understanding why I had to be different.

 

[ShelleyHarris1981]

I am a bit confused. I have been type 1 diagnosed for 2 years. I eat a healthy balanced diet like all people diabetic or not are advised too. I don't want to see a designated aisle in the supermarkets for me, its not that I am in denial about being type 1 but nor do i feel the need to draw attention to my condition. shopping in a special aisle - no thanks!

i shop carefully, and occasionally allow myself a naughty treat which I inject for.

i have never had a problem injecting anywhere and normally if in a restaurant ask the manager if there is somewhere safe and discreet I can do this. Its not that I am ashamed to do it in public,but as a private person I don't need to draw attention to myself by doing it openly. That is just me. I wouldn't want to whip out a bit of flesh to inject.

i agree about the diet drink options in pubs. It gets so tedious only having this on offer.

other than that I just want to live as normal a life as possible with the condition and not constantly battle against it or feel there needs to be more stuff out there for me.

 

[jillspittles]

My 12 year old son has had T1 for 2 years. He injects novorapid 3 times a day and levamir at night. From day 1 I have encouraged him to inject wherever we are because he shouldn't be embarrased about it. No one has ever said anything. So he eats anything he wants, doughnuts icecream candyfloss etc. As long as he does an appropriate injection he is fine.

 

[jillspittles]

Get yourself the book Carbs and Cals by Chris Chryette and Yello Balolia. It's a godsend and so easy to use and ash your health professionals for an aviva expert meter

 

[richardq1]

Hi
I'm t1 based in Huddersfield and a patient at the university health centre although no longer a student. I have always found them very supportive, and able to get things done. Have you asked for a referral to a dietician and/or the specialist diabetic nurse (although I didn't really get on with mine and prefer to talk to a gp). Feel free to get in touch if you want to chat.

R

 

[Dyadya_Maykl]

Should I feel sorry for you? I read your posting with amazement. How pathetic.
The rule is learn to count the carbs (CHO). OK, you will probably have to leave a lot of rice, or potato on your plate. Pasta dishes can be difficult. Pizza is very high in CHO - go for small, thin crust.
Most restaurants have desserts and include fruit salad, or even a cheese board.
And, get yourself enrolled on a Dafne course - and adjust your insulin if you wish to indulge in the CHO.
And stop feeling sorry for yourself - so, OK, you are diabetic. So what. If anything, the condition makes us think about eating sensibly, and well. :mrgreen:

 

[lessci]

As a T2 trying to reduce my carbs sometimes it can be a bit frustrating when eating out but if I do have a meal with more carbs in I reduce the levels in other meals to compensate. Again the thing I find most annoying is the lack of sugar free drinks in pubs. There's only so much diet coke you can drink! And I hate paying pub prices for water. It also limits the sprits I can have with mixers.


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