I don't watch Eastenders, but when I saw a thread on Digital Spy Forums recently titled "Too much tossing causes Ian to pass out," I had to click on it obviously. People over there are also suspecting diabetes. He must have caught it during the high carb pancake tossing race or something. Will follow the storyline with interest nowI watch 'Stenders, There is a story line developing with Ian Beale finally agreeing to go for a Health Check. He has been putting on weight around his middle, and going for a wee 3 or 4 times a night. Tonight he went to see his Practice Nurse for the check up and she wanted to refer him to the GP. Back home he is being a bit cagey about how it went, but appears worried.
So my guess is he is going to be diagnosed as T2 diabetic. Will the BBC be pushing standard NHS advice and the Eatwell Plate or will he go LCHF?
I suspect it will be more about educating people on the importance of not developing it in the first place, tbh. I'm sure that the Beeb have researched the topic thoroughly - previous storylines about serious illness have attracted praise from all sides. I'm guessing that they have taken info from a number of sources including the NHS, Diabetes UK and even - shock horror - us lot. In any event, I doubt that they will go into massive detail about the Eatwell Plate versus lchf controversy, or, indeed, any other hot topics. They won't have time to go into that level of detail and I suspect that, aside from the occasional reference to diet, exercise and possibly medication, it will be more "I wish I hadn't....." than "now I'm going to blitz some cauliflower and wash it down with a cream-and-butter reinforced coffee"Lord No!He'll be convinced that his feet are going and he'll go blind that's between hypo comas of course. The nice lefties at BBC will want to educate us to the horrors of type 2 instead of all the positives. I wonder who their advisors on this will be? Hmmmm!
And there was no need to turn a pleasant chatty thread into something personal. Will you rate this "funny" also?PS Why, oh why are people so convinced that the BBC is left-wing? I would be genuinely interested to know, because it always seems to be scrupulously balanced between left and right to me, in line with their Charter.
Incidentally, I'm afraid "Because the Daily Wail says so" is not a valid argument.
Fair dosI'll ignore the fact that you linked my comment with reading the Daily Mail, and the implicationMy belief is based on my personal observations and on information from a friend who is employed by BBC. p.s I am an 'i' reader
I'm sorry if you thought that's what I was doing, but I wasn't. Your reply seemed light-hearted to me (it included a smiley, after all), and I reacted accordingly.And there was no need to turn a pleasant chatty thread into something personal. Will you rate this "funny" also?
I only just started watching EE last year. The only other soap I watch is River City, being a Scottish lady it's my favourite. I think that you are spot on about Ian's plotline though.
Anyway, what's the betting that Ian Beale will end up on "insulin" and have a couple of dramatic hypo-type episodes but he will just eat his weetabix and everything will be OK 2 weeks later. Just remembered about Tracy Barlow's 1994 kidney transplant - ain't science wonderful!
I dont watch EE, find it too depressing. I'll be watching this thread though to see how the story pans out with Ian.
As for comments on soaps and medical beds tis true, they get their own bed in a private room, no sharing. Lucky old dears
At our new, super-dooper, multi-storey, state-of-the-art local NHS hospital 85% of patients are allocated a private room. Parking is a nightmare though, you have to walk miles once inside the hospital, waiting lists are like the proverbial 'piece of string', and although the hospital opened last summer, it is still in a state of total chaos!Well it's nice that everyone admitted to Weatherfield General gets a private room!
At our new, super-dooper, multi-storey, state-of-the-art local NHS hospital 85% of patients are allocated a private room. Parking is a nightmare though, you have to walk miles once inside the hospital, waiting lists are like the proverbial 'piece of string', and although the hospital opened last summer, it is still in a state of total chaos!
Does Ian still own that greasy spoon "caff?"
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