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12 day of Xmas

CherryAA

CherryAA

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Diet only
http://diabetestimes.co.uk/margate-hospital-uses-christmas-spread-diabetes-messages/
The above christmas message from Margate hospital is beyond depressing.
I sent them back a message of hope instead.


12 days of Xmas for those with T2 diabetes
• On the first day of Xmas – I got the diagnosis – 90 A1C and T2 diabetes for you.
• On the second day of Xmas I did my own research – and refused the drugs, 90 a1c and its T2 diabetes for me.
• On the third day of Xmas I started my new diet, LCHF not drugs, 85 a1c and its T2 diabetes for me.
• On the fourth day of Xmas I set my new macros, 60% fat, 20% Protein, 20% carbs, LCHF not drugs, 80 a1c and its T2 diabetes for me.
• On the 5th day of Xmas NO MORE SUGAR, I kept to my new diet, LCHF not drugs , 75 a1c and its T2 diabetes for me
• On the 6th day of Xmas, I got rid of refined carbs, NO MORE SUGAR, I kept to my new diet, LCHF not drugs , 70 a1c and its T2 diabetes for me
• On the 7th day of Xmas , found my keto foods, got rid of refined carbs, NO MORE SUGAR I kept to my new diet, LCHF not drugs , 65 a1c and its T2 diabetes for me
• On the 8th day of Xmas , I got rid of veggie oils, found my keto foods, got rid of refined carbs, NO MORE SUGAR, I kept to my new diet, LCHF not drugs , 60 a1c and its T2 diabetes for me
• On the 9th day of Xmas, I felt the urge to walk, I had no more veggie oils, enjoyed my keto foods , was done with refined carbs, NO MORE SUGAR , found my new diet easy, LCHF not drugs , 55 a1c and its T2 diabetes for me
• On the 10th day of Xmas , as I was no longer hungry, and I felt the urge to run, I had no more veggie oils, loved the keto foods, forgot the refined carbs , NO MORE SUGAR, found my new diet easy, LCHF not drugs, 50 a1c but its still T2 diabetes for me.
• On the 11th day of Xmas , I didn’t eat all as I was no longer hungry, and I felt the urge to run, I had no more veggie oils, loved the meat & fish, forgot the refined carbs , NO MORE SUGAR, I found my new diet easy, LCHF not drugs, 45 a1c and its now pre-diabetes for me.
• On the 12th day of Xmas, I slept a whole lot better, as I didn’t need to eat, as I was no longer hungry, and I felt the urge to run, I had no more veggie oils, loved the keto foods, forgot the refined carbs , NO MORE SUGAR, I found my new diet easy, LCHF not drugs, 40 a1c and NO MORE DIABETES FOR ME.
• On the 13th day of Xmas, I started telling others, I slept a whole lot better, as I didn’t need to eat, as I was no longer hungry, and I felt the urge to run, I had no more veggie oils, loved the Keto foods, forgot the refined carbs, NO MORE SUGAR, I found my new diet easy, LCHF not drugs, 40 a1c and its STILL NO DIABETES FOR ME.
• On the 14- 99th day of Xmas, I am shouting from the rooftops, please, please change the guidelines, you don’t need carbohydrates, junk foods will get you sometime, veggie oils cause damage, sugar is clearly toxic, diary , meat, and fish rock, EAT LCHF, improve your lipid profile, lose your diabetes symptoms , read the bloody research, forget the current guidelines and enjoy a HAPPY NEW YEAR.
• ( rinse and repeat ad nauseum ) I did it you can too.
 
CherryAA said:
LCHF not drugs
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or just LC LOL. My wife considers herself a bit of a poet. Her secretary compiled a book of the poems she'd written and given her secretary to type over the years, all 150 of them. Just daft things for people leaving, getting engaged/married, having babies . . . . . . Made a nice leaving present when she retired in April.

Having read 12 days, she might have some competition. LOL

Merry Christmas.
 
DavidGrahamJones said:
or just LC LOL. My wife considers herself a bit of a poet. Her secretary compiled a book of the poems she'd written and given her secretary to type over the years, all 150 of them. Just daft things for people leaving, getting engaged/married, having babies . . . . . . Made a nice leaving present when she retired in April.

Having read 12 days, she might have some competition. LOL

Merry Christmas.
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I'm cool with LC being what you eat, and HF being your body eating its own fats :) - it doesn't rhyme so well though :)
 
What's up with day 4 on their list?! When talking about recovering from hypos - "repeat treatment up to 3 times". So if I'm still low after 3, then I should just go die?! What do they suggest instead? :(
 
phdiabetic said:
What's up with day 4 on their list?! When talking about recovering from hypos - "repeat treatment up to 3 times". So if I'm still low after 3, then I should just go die?! What do they suggest instead? :(
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Frankly your chances or leaving the place in a better state than you arrived, don't look that high to me, either way ! still there will be lots more people educated to repeat all the bad stuff and frighten us all to death by the end of their 12 days.

I just wrote another one based on their advice - i.e. choose words from their list of cards and make up a great 12 days of Xmas to educate everyone.

Here is the result

On the 1st day of Xmas my DSN said to me " you are fat and you're over 40"

On the 2nd day of Xmas my DSN said to me "and now you have diabetes, that's because you're fat and you're over 40.

On the 3rd day of Xmas my DNS said to me "Hypos will rule your life, you have diabetes, that's because you're fat and you're over 40."

On the 4th day of Xmas my DNS said to me, "I will give you sugar, time and time again. Hypos will rule your life, you have diabetes, that's because you're fat and you're over 40."

On the 5th day of Xmas my DNS said to me "KETOACIDOSIS, I will give you sugar, time and time again. Hypos will rule your life, you have diabetes, that's because you're fat and you're over 40."

On the 6th day of Xmas my DNS said to me " Now you need more insulin, KETOACIDOSIS, I will give you sugar, time and time again. Hypos will rule your life, you have diabetes, that's because you're fat and you're over 40."

On the 7th day of Xmas my DNS said to me " well of course you can't see straight. Now you need more insulin, KETOACIDOSIS, I will give you sugar, time and time again. Hypos will rule your life, you have diabetes, that's because you're fat and you're over 40."

On the 8th day of Xmas my DNS said to me, "medication gave you a hypo, you took too much insulin, KETOACIDOSIS, I will give you sugar, time and time again. Hypos will rule your life, you have diabetes, that's because you're fat and you're over 40."

On the 9th day of Xmas my DNS said to me, "it's NOTHING to do with diet, medication gave you a hypo, you took too much insulin, KETOACIDOSIS, I will give you sugar, time and time again. Hypos will rule your life, you have diabetes, that's because you're fat and you're over 40."

On the 10th day of Xmas my DNS said to me, "your limbs will drop off soon, it's NOTHING to do with diet, medication gave you a hypo, you took too much insulin, KETOACIDOSIS, I will give you sugar, time and time again. Hypos will rule your life, you have diabetes, that's because you're fat and you're over 40."

On the 11th day of Xmas my DNS said to me, no more sex for you, your limbs will drop off soon, it's NOTHING to do with diet, the medication gave you a hypo ,you took too much insulin, KETOACIDOSIS, I will give you sugar, time and time again. Hypos will rule your life, you have diabetes, that's because you're fat and you're over 40."

On the 12th day of Xmas my DNS said to me, "Yet another bloody hypo, no more sex for you, your limbs will drop off soon, it's NOTHING to do with diet, the medication gave you a hypo ,you took too much insulin, KETOACIDOSIS, I will give you sugar, time and time again. Hypos will rule your life, you have diabetes, that's because you're fat and you're over 40."

Hmm I think I will go with option A.
 
That was an interesting exercise actually, because I really did just pick the words directly off their list for each day. It illustrates perfectly where the mind set is.
 
CherryAA said:
Frankly your chances or leaving the place in a better state than you arrived, don't look that high to me, either way ! still there will be lots more people educated to repeat all the bad stuff and frighten us all to death by the end of their 12 days.

I just wrote another one based on their advice - i.e. choose words from their list of cards and make up a great 12 days of Xmas to educate everyone.

Here is the result

On the 1st day of Xmas my DSN said to me " you are fat and you're over 40"

On the 2nd day of Xmas my DSN said to me "and now you have diabetes, that's because you're fat and you're over 40.

On the 3rd day of Xmas my DNS said to me "Hypos will rule your life, you have diabetes, that's because you're fat and you're over 40."

On the 4th day of Xmas my DNS said to me, "I will give you sugar, time and time again. Hypos will rule your life, you have diabetes, that's because you're fat and you're over 40."

On the 5th day of Xmas my DNS said to me "KETOACIDOSIS, I will give you sugar, time and time again. Hypos will rule your life, you have diabetes, that's because you're fat and you're over 40."

On the 6th day of Xmas my DNS said to me " Now you need more insulin, KETOACIDOSIS, I will give you sugar, time and time again. Hypos will rule your life, you have diabetes, that's because you're fat and you're over 40."

On the 7th day of Xmas my DNS said to me " well of course you can't see straight. Now you need more insulin, KETOACIDOSIS, I will give you sugar, time and time again. Hypos will rule your life, you have diabetes, that's because you're fat and you're over 40."

On the 8th day of Xmas my DNS said to me, "medication gave you a hypo, you took too much insulin, KETOACIDOSIS, I will give you sugar, time and time again. Hypos will rule your life, you have diabetes, that's because you're fat and you're over 40."

On the 9th day of Xmas my DNS said to me, "it's NOTHING to do with diet, medication gave you a hypo, you took too much insulin, KETOACIDOSIS, I will give you sugar, time and time again. Hypos will rule your life, you have diabetes, that's because you're fat and you're over 40."

On the 10th day of Xmas my DNS said to me, "your limbs will drop off soon, it's NOTHING to do with diet, medication gave you a hypo, you took too much insulin, KETOACIDOSIS, I will give you sugar, time and time again. Hypos will rule your life, you have diabetes, that's because you're fat and you're over 40."

On the 11th day of Xmas my DNS said to me, no more sex for you, your limbs will drop off soon, it's NOTHING to do with diet, the medication gave you a hypo ,you took too much insulin, KETOACIDOSIS, I will give you sugar, time and time again. Hypos will rule your life, you have diabetes, that's because you're fat and you're over 40."

On the 12th day of Xmas my DNS said to me, "Yet another bloody hypo, no more sex for you, your limbs will drop off soon, it's NOTHING to do with diet, the medication gave you a hypo ,you took too much insulin, KETOACIDOSIS, I will give you sugar, time and time again. Hypos will rule your life, you have diabetes, that's because you're fat and you're over 40."

Hmm I think I will go with option A.
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Your songs are very amusing :) I particularly enjoyed the unfortunate juxtaposition starting on the 5th day of "ketoacidosis" and "I will give you sugar" lol. Kind of mirrors all the crazy people who want to treat hypos with insulin :)

Although "hypos will rule your life" hit a bit too close to home :( (I type this as I sit here almost having a hypo haha).
 
phdiabetic said:
Your songs are very amusing :) I particularly enjoyed the unfortunate juxtaposition starting on the 5th day of "ketoacidosis" and "I will give you sugar" lol. Kind of mirrors all the crazy people who want to treat hypos with insulin :)

Although "hypos will rule your life" hit a bit too close to home :( (I type this as I sit here almost having a hypo haha).
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Thanks, I hope the hypo wasn't too bad. I have no wish to underestimate the seriousness of a hypo, however I was rather surprised that the whole focus of the teaching is effectively about hypo's rather than anything else. I suppose as a hospital they will be treating rather more emergencies than mainstream GP, but even so many of their patients will be T2 on metformin and in hospital for all manner of reasons.
 
CherryAA said:
Thanks, I hope the hypo wasn't too bad. I have no wish to underestimate the seriousness of a hypo, however I was rather surprised that the whole focus of the teaching is effectively about hypo's rather than anything else. I suppose as a hospital they will be treating rather more emergencies than mainstream GP, but even so many of their patients will be T2 on metformin and in hospital for all manner of reasons.
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Thanks, it wasn't even a hypo, just heading down to the 4's but I managed to get it back up before it got below 4, so all good :) I'm glad they are putting a lot of emphasis on hypos since apparently a lot of people don't know what to do, or worse, think they know what to do but they're wrong. I was also pleased with the DKA information - I expect there would be a lot of DKA at the hospital so that seems useful. I agree with your point about most of the patients being T2s there for other reasons (not necessarily diabetes as the primary issue). Sick day management is very important for people with all types so I think there should be some info on managing diabetes in relation to other problems - way too many people get flu/stomach bug/whatever and end up in hospital.
 
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