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<blockquote data-quote="rochari" data-source="post: 2191940" data-attributes="member: 68255"><p>I don't remember Laurence's 'Line Ration Scheme' but wish I'd known about it. Like you though , I always think of carbs in 10 units chunks. I'd forgotten about the little diet scales but I am sure it was a few years before we got them from the clinic. I could have written all of your final paragraph including the type 2 nonsense. I had the same from them and at that time I was about 40 years on insulin and just shook my head. Sometimes I think they over-analyse everything.</p><p></p><p>I find the diabetic clinic not so welcoming these days but that's no fault of the staff as the volume of folks they have to see is enormous compared to what it was like all those years ago. The last time I was at the clinic a guy was sitting drinking one of those huge cups of McDonald's milk shakes. After a wee while one of the staff went over and asked if he was a patient of the clinic and he said he was. She then asked if he was treating a hypo with the milk shake and he shook his head. Had he compensated for the huge sugar hit? He shook his head again, told her he liked them and would eat and drink whatever he wanted and she was to back off. She kindly explained that for hygiene purposes alone, food and drink should not be consumed in the waiting area and asked he dispose of it in the bin closeby. I couldn't believe it when he told her to f**k off but she turned around to everyone, asked us just to relax and 'this will be properly dealt with'. Less than 2 minutes later security arrived and he was removed. She reminded me of one of those 60's/70's nurses! </p><p></p><p>Bill</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rochari, post: 2191940, member: 68255"] I don't remember Laurence's 'Line Ration Scheme' but wish I'd known about it. Like you though , I always think of carbs in 10 units chunks. I'd forgotten about the little diet scales but I am sure it was a few years before we got them from the clinic. I could have written all of your final paragraph including the type 2 nonsense. I had the same from them and at that time I was about 40 years on insulin and just shook my head. Sometimes I think they over-analyse everything. I find the diabetic clinic not so welcoming these days but that's no fault of the staff as the volume of folks they have to see is enormous compared to what it was like all those years ago. The last time I was at the clinic a guy was sitting drinking one of those huge cups of McDonald's milk shakes. After a wee while one of the staff went over and asked if he was a patient of the clinic and he said he was. She then asked if he was treating a hypo with the milk shake and he shook his head. Had he compensated for the huge sugar hit? He shook his head again, told her he liked them and would eat and drink whatever he wanted and she was to back off. She kindly explained that for hygiene purposes alone, food and drink should not be consumed in the waiting area and asked he dispose of it in the bin closeby. I couldn't believe it when he told her to f**k off but she turned around to everyone, asked us just to relax and 'this will be properly dealt with'. Less than 2 minutes later security arrived and he was removed. She reminded me of one of those 60's/70's nurses! Bill [/QUOTE]
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