They'll also tell you to eat lots of carbs at every meal and have some carbs for snacks between meals and severely reduce how much fat you eat, if they get around to giving you dietary advice.Yeah I thought as much to be honest. She seemed like she was a bit of a d**k. Really had a go about my Hba1c levels. In my defense I didnt know I was diabetic!? Bit deflated today was a telling off and ..here, have this magazine, now leave..
Will get a meter and see how I get on
Yeah I thought as much to be honest. She seemed like she was a bit of a d**k. Really had a go about my Hba1c levels. In my defense I didnt know I was diabetic!? Bit deflated today was a telling off and ..here, have this magazine, now leave..
Will get a meter and see how I get on
I'm attempting to take care of my wife. Without the meter I would not have a starting point. I'm in the US, and it seems, everything here is about testing glucose level with the meter.I had my first nurse appointment today where she lectured me endlessly. I was told not to get a glucose monitor as its not going to be of any use to me as im not on insulin. I was told on here to get one and see what food agreed and what didnt.
Thoughts?
Tia x
I definitely experienced the HCPs being very surprised.Your HbA1c was 87, I think? And no meds? OK, that's a good starting point. The nurse told you what she's told to tell you -- lots of us get that treatment.
What you do is what so many on here have done -- get a meter, test before and after meals, try low-carb-full-fat (for instance), and when you get your next test at the clinic they will be very surprised at how your blood sugar has dropped.
Then you do it all over again, only you will be feeling so much better. That's the story we read here repeatedly.
I find it's a much more pleasant (and healthy) way of eating than a low fat diet. I use heavy whipping cream in my coffee.Cheers, will look into the diet. Seems really odd looking at things like full fat milk..spent so many years trying to cut that stuff out!
I find it's a much more pleasant (and healthy) way of eating than a low fat diet. I use heavy whipping cream in my coffee.
I was told over the phone that I was diabetic and to just cut out fizzy drinks, biscuits, cakes etc...
No one bothered to even ask If I ate those things, which I didn't.
I was given no testing equipment.
Three months later I'd lost a stone, but my HbA1c had gone up.
Lack of knowledge and testing.
Got a meter, tested, and got my HbA1c down to just within normal range.
As @sanguine says, they're wrong, we're right
Good luck x
Maybe one. Actually, once you're on a low carb diet you pretty much lose cravings for that sort of thing.Sounds nice! Guessing I cant put little marshmallows in?
Maybe one. Actually, once you're on a low carb diet you pretty much lose cravings for that sort of thing.
For me, the more carbs we eat the more carbs we want. they don’t give up easyLook forward to that. Badly miss sugar
Sweeteners are ok for many of us. I have xylitol but tastes vary. Actually I hardly use it now anyway.Look forward to that. Badly miss sugar
I asked the nurse for a meter last week, got told the same. I am trying the low carb high fat thing. I dont eat meat. Yes it does sound odd, high fat. Have been on skimmed milk for years and low fat spreads etc.Pretty **** treatment to be honest! Im glad youve got it down though, ill get myself sorted with one asap.
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