Hi All
I have been diagnosed with T2 since 2010 but probably had some symptoms well before that. I went through the usual mental issues such as ignoring it altogether, having a go at dropping nice food and lying to the Doc about how hard I was trying to 'sort it out'. Last January I had a clinic session and my BS was way up there in the sky. For some reason I decided to have a go at getting the readings down. I am on Metformin 1000, Replagine and a couple of Blood pressure tabs. Since reading the forum on a load of topics I had a go at the Low Carb idea. My last visit (couple of weeks ago now) was an eye opener for me. The Doc nearly fell off his chair when he saw the results of my regime of three months. My average reading was well in the normal range of 5.6, which made him ask what I had been doing to cause it. I said Low Carb and he smiled and congratulated me. At no time in the past did anyone there tell me what I should be doing to reduce the readings. All I got was the usual nutritional blather about 5 a day and eat spuds etc. This forum has probably had a big effect on my life - if not helped to save it or at the least extend it. I can't thank all of you enough for all the good advice and discussion I read everyday. We are all far more involved in this diabetes thing than the NHS and we are all far more supportive of each other. Recently (having missed Chicken Curry a lot) I found that I could tolerate one from the Indian Restaurant but not from the Chinese. I reason that the Chinese recipe uses flour to thicken sauce but the Indian uses Dhal (lentils). This has improved my outlook (daft as it seems) and I now indulge in foods that I thought previously were out of reach - great. Rice and Pasta are very much a no no still, as was bread until I read about the Bergen loaf on this forum. Again, this bread didn't have any real effect on my BG and now I can enjoy a butty again. I even have a burger but using the crusts - no BG effects. I have been testing every day since January. Sounds obsessive but its the only way to find out what works for me. I use the Gluco Nexus machine from the Doc. The strips are £17+ at Boots, Coop, and Lloyds pharmacy. At Asda they are £10. Why the discrepancy and how come they are allowed to make a profit out of someones illness? I am waiting to try the other 'new' loaf I read about here - LivLife - even lower carbs per slice than Bergen. Currently I think Waitrose is the only one and thats 20 miles away. Long journey for a loaf costing £1.99. My morning phenomena readings have come down over the 3 months but remain strangely high at between 6 and 9. I haven't yet found anything that drops it consistently but I keep trying.
Anyway, many thanks to all of you for your 100% support of others like you and for getting me out of the 'denial' stages and into getting on with it.
I have been diagnosed with T2 since 2010 but probably had some symptoms well before that. I went through the usual mental issues such as ignoring it altogether, having a go at dropping nice food and lying to the Doc about how hard I was trying to 'sort it out'. Last January I had a clinic session and my BS was way up there in the sky. For some reason I decided to have a go at getting the readings down. I am on Metformin 1000, Replagine and a couple of Blood pressure tabs. Since reading the forum on a load of topics I had a go at the Low Carb idea. My last visit (couple of weeks ago now) was an eye opener for me. The Doc nearly fell off his chair when he saw the results of my regime of three months. My average reading was well in the normal range of 5.6, which made him ask what I had been doing to cause it. I said Low Carb and he smiled and congratulated me. At no time in the past did anyone there tell me what I should be doing to reduce the readings. All I got was the usual nutritional blather about 5 a day and eat spuds etc. This forum has probably had a big effect on my life - if not helped to save it or at the least extend it. I can't thank all of you enough for all the good advice and discussion I read everyday. We are all far more involved in this diabetes thing than the NHS and we are all far more supportive of each other. Recently (having missed Chicken Curry a lot) I found that I could tolerate one from the Indian Restaurant but not from the Chinese. I reason that the Chinese recipe uses flour to thicken sauce but the Indian uses Dhal (lentils). This has improved my outlook (daft as it seems) and I now indulge in foods that I thought previously were out of reach - great. Rice and Pasta are very much a no no still, as was bread until I read about the Bergen loaf on this forum. Again, this bread didn't have any real effect on my BG and now I can enjoy a butty again. I even have a burger but using the crusts - no BG effects. I have been testing every day since January. Sounds obsessive but its the only way to find out what works for me. I use the Gluco Nexus machine from the Doc. The strips are £17+ at Boots, Coop, and Lloyds pharmacy. At Asda they are £10. Why the discrepancy and how come they are allowed to make a profit out of someones illness? I am waiting to try the other 'new' loaf I read about here - LivLife - even lower carbs per slice than Bergen. Currently I think Waitrose is the only one and thats 20 miles away. Long journey for a loaf costing £1.99. My morning phenomena readings have come down over the 3 months but remain strangely high at between 6 and 9. I haven't yet found anything that drops it consistently but I keep trying.
Anyway, many thanks to all of you for your 100% support of others like you and for getting me out of the 'denial' stages and into getting on with it.