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<blockquote data-quote="KittyKatty" data-source="post: 976339" data-attributes="member: 113571"><p>Recently my best friend and I met up with an old school friend. We arranged to go for lunch at her house. So on the day we turned up, her mother was visiting and was dishing up the food. I had already forewarned my old chum that I was Type 2, she was very understanding. Her mother is a retired nurse. This is when it got interesting:</p><p><strong>Me</strong>: No roast spuds for me, thanks. But I'll have the cauli.</p><p><strong>Retired Nurse:</strong> You're not feeling well?</p><p><strong>Retired Nurse's daughter</strong>: KittyKatty's Type 2 diabetic, Mum</p><p><strong>RN</strong>: So?</p><p><strong>Me, almost apologetically</strong>: So I'm on low carbs, I can't have potatoes.</p><p><strong>RN</strong>: Why not?</p><p><strong>Me</strong>: Because they're high in carbohydrates.</p><p><strong>RN</strong>: It doesn't matter. You can still have them.</p><p><strong>Me</strong>: I'm afraid they spike my blood sugars.</p><p><strong>RN</strong>: They <em>shouldn't</em>.</p><p><strong>My best friend</strong>: My Dad is Type 2 as well now. He doesn't touch potatoes.</p><p><strong>RN laughed but it didn't sound particularly jolly</strong>: I don't think I've heard <em>anything </em>like it.</p><p><strong> I felt very uncomfortable and sorry for my old school friend. But I felt the point had to be made: </strong>"Potatoes are a common culprit for sending a diabetic's blood sugars rather high</p><p><strong>RN, looking baffled, pulling a face:</strong> <u>Well there's loads of people walking around with it being undiagnosed. I could have diabetes, anyone could have diabetes. I still eat normally.</u></p><p>It was these last words she said that really shook me because of it's complete lack of logic. This lady was in effect saying that because the undiagnosed are eating what they like, the diagnosed should throw all caution to the wind and copy them.</p><p>When we left, my best friend summed it up: "Crazy."</p><p>Quite.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KittyKatty, post: 976339, member: 113571"] Recently my best friend and I met up with an old school friend. We arranged to go for lunch at her house. So on the day we turned up, her mother was visiting and was dishing up the food. I had already forewarned my old chum that I was Type 2, she was very understanding. Her mother is a retired nurse. This is when it got interesting: [B]Me[/B]: No roast spuds for me, thanks. But I'll have the cauli. [B]Retired Nurse:[/B] You're not feeling well? [B]Retired Nurse's daughter[/B]: KittyKatty's Type 2 diabetic, Mum [B]RN[/B]: So? [B]Me, almost apologetically[/B]: So I'm on low carbs, I can't have potatoes. [B]RN[/B]: Why not? [B]Me[/B]: Because they're high in carbohydrates. [B]RN[/B]: It doesn't matter. You can still have them. [B]Me[/B]: I'm afraid they spike my blood sugars. [B]RN[/B]: They [I]shouldn't[/I]. [B]My best friend[/B]: My Dad is Type 2 as well now. He doesn't touch potatoes. [B]RN laughed but it didn't sound particularly jolly[/B]: I don't think I've heard [I]anything [/I]like it. [B] I felt very uncomfortable and sorry for my old school friend. But I felt the point had to be made: [/B]"Potatoes are a common culprit for sending a diabetic's blood sugars rather high [B]RN, looking baffled, pulling a face:[/B] [U]Well there's loads of people walking around with it being undiagnosed. I could have diabetes, anyone could have diabetes. I still eat normally.[/U] It was these last words she said that really shook me because of it's complete lack of logic. This lady was in effect saying that because the undiagnosed are eating what they like, the diagnosed should throw all caution to the wind and copy them. When we left, my best friend summed it up: "Crazy." Quite. [/QUOTE]
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