minidvr
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- Location
- Kent
- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
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- Politics, Celebrity Life Styles being pushed as the ideal.
Hi Lynda, I was diagnosed in March and got similar advice to that given to you, but I challenged the Doctor and DN, because they can only advise, the best ways to manage the condition - they can't demand that you do it a certain way. There's been lots of good advice for you by earlier posters, but I test blood sugar and have reduced bad carbs by adopting the LCHF diet. After three months BS is down to 4.7, averaging 5 over a month. I also take more exercise and I'm on medication, metaformin, which I'm hoping to reduce over the next few months if my BS remains stable.
NHS Guidlines are exactly that. They are not evidenced in my view as well as they could or should be, as the wide amount of information on the forums contradict so much of it. And to be honest, I'd rather take notice of people who have years of experience of the disease themselves and of support for others with things that work.
My doctor was slow to refer me for the Retina Screening and I had to complain before they actually got around to it. I haven't been offered any of the training which was supposed to be offered, but when I told the DN that I'd been on these forums, she was content that I was getting the right advice
I'm now waiting for someone there to call me for the three month blood test and review, not heard anything about it, so it seems that I'm going to have to remind them again about this. Not really good enough, but I don't want to change GP's because some practices locally have closed so there is waiting lists to join a new practice.
You know your body best. If your Osteo-Arthritis causes you pain in when exercising, perhaps you need to refer to an exercise profesional who can design a regime specific to your circumstances that you can follow - something simple and uncomplicated is best. I have an issue with permanently displaced disks in my back, but I find that walking is the only exercise that is comfortable to do, so stick to that. And it;s working as I've lost weight over the last three months. Slowly, but surely it's coming off.
I hope that you are able to come through all of the confusion and poor care from the GP & DN and make your own decisions on management.
NHS Guidlines are exactly that. They are not evidenced in my view as well as they could or should be, as the wide amount of information on the forums contradict so much of it. And to be honest, I'd rather take notice of people who have years of experience of the disease themselves and of support for others with things that work.
My doctor was slow to refer me for the Retina Screening and I had to complain before they actually got around to it. I haven't been offered any of the training which was supposed to be offered, but when I told the DN that I'd been on these forums, she was content that I was getting the right advice
I'm now waiting for someone there to call me for the three month blood test and review, not heard anything about it, so it seems that I'm going to have to remind them again about this. Not really good enough, but I don't want to change GP's because some practices locally have closed so there is waiting lists to join a new practice.
You know your body best. If your Osteo-Arthritis causes you pain in when exercising, perhaps you need to refer to an exercise profesional who can design a regime specific to your circumstances that you can follow - something simple and uncomplicated is best. I have an issue with permanently displaced disks in my back, but I find that walking is the only exercise that is comfortable to do, so stick to that. And it;s working as I've lost weight over the last three months. Slowly, but surely it's coming off.
I hope that you are able to come through all of the confusion and poor care from the GP & DN and make your own decisions on management.
