Thanks for reply, I thought this was complete rubbish but worth a question at least :?
I have been looking at buying the Janet Rule's book Blood Sugar 101and as a result of my other question on this forum, have been to her website, I also know that the prognosis for T2 seems to be that no matter what we do in keeping our sugars under control we still seem doomed to the nasty effects of the disease. To date I have excellent sugar level controls, but these are only based on GP's results, having asked her several times if I should self test, and with no sight of getting NHS testing strips, I do not self test (shock, horror I hear you say)! But I really have no idea how to do this, as it seems to me that balancing sugar spikes on a daily basis seems to be the key to a healthier long term outcome. I already notice the effects such as tingling feet hands, tiredness and sometimes, though not often a feeling of helplessness and sadness at this thing that we all have to learn to live with. I am generally an upbeat and optimistic personality but I do have downs as do most people, and at these times I just want to give up work and dedicate my life to fighting this illness and spending time with family whilst still well enough to enjoy it, unfortunately, life is not that simple and the need to earn money keeps me from doing this, also as my work is highly demanding time spent on combating this illness seems more academic than practical, in other words beyond keeping sugar from life there is not much else I do, although I do keep active :!:
What I really want to know is how best to set about warding off the nasty effects, in particular kidney damage amongst others, the thought of losing my sight horrifies me beyond belief since I already have suffered ear problems, and now have quite bad tinnitus! I cannot even bear to comtemplate loss of sight as well!
I am not all doom and gloom - just looking to the future as I am only 59 and both parents lived until late 80s I had anticipated doing the same - but naturally in a comparatively healthy state. I also have a cholesterol problem, last figures showed 3.4, good for most but not diabetics I am told. Why this happened I have no idea, always tried to eat healthily and never been overweight.
Sorry if I have rambled on a bit, but this is all inside of me and really difficult to share with anyone who does not have the illness. Hubby though not unkind, is a healthy person and really has little understanding of illness, my only child - daughter - living in UK is expecting her first baby and has Hashimoto's disease and so cannot go on about my worries to her all the time when she has so many of her own. Not many people seem to realise the implications of being a T2 diabetic, so many seem to think it is a milder and less threatening thing than T1. I try to carry on as a non diabetic, aside of the sugar thing which I have been really good about as a former sweet toothed person. I do not think of myself as having a disability, nor do I want to.
Oh, I suppose I should say that giving up carbohydrates completely is really a very poor option for me, I love rice, pasta - I do try to stick with smaller portions and the low Gi variety when possible, eating mostly rye bread, also many of the foods recommended for diabetics are usually bad for cholesterol, this shows in such things as Benecol and yoghurts usually high in sugar! So what is good for one is bad for the other, leaving very little to be enjoyed for people like me, watching cholesterol and sugar levels, I see little mention of this problem on this forum, most of the stuff talks about losing weight, which I do not need to do, so much seems irrelevant, surely I am not that unique :lol: I try to subsidise my urges to munch, how hard this is at work when they all eat biscuits and cakes, especially on birthdays, with walnuts, pistachios, macademias and fruit, though even these have to be in moderation, had two small clementines yesterday, one at work one at home and some blueberries on breakfast, so fancied another clementine as have a bit of a cold, but thought that another would be too much sugar :cry:
So any advice you can offer on all of those fronts would be supreme, this forum has never failed me before, and really I do not know how I would cope without it :wink:
