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Diabetes experiance

I'm a General Practitioner and member of other diabetes forums.

My patients who have low carbed have done brilliantly and completely overturned the "diabetes is a progressive condition and complications are inevitable" rubbish. So far they have had very good results in reversing neuropathy, retinopathy and of course weight gain.
 
Katherine you are incredible, I admire you, you are like gold dust I am sure there are not many GPs out there that would support a low carb diet to help control bg.
I fought a battle with my own GP, but since witnessing my recovery she changed her mind, and became interested in the low carb theory, I also sent her every link and article that I could find on low carb/reducing carbs and this helped too.

We do have choices, many are reluctant to ditch carbs or even reduce them, fine, there is nobody forcing anyone, patients know that they can try whatever they think is right for them, but be flexible around this, if one approach doesnt work, there is something else to try.

My surgery is n NW London if anyone is in this area.

Karen
 
I spotted the diabetes symptoms in my ,then fairly new, husband in the 1970s. I have a biological degree. I have battled all those years to keep him as healthy as possible. I was fighting his denial as well as the "medics" I have got him past the denial, but the "medics" don't do a good enough job for him. We have gone through many emergency trips to the hospital, nearly dying, because a GP made a mistake, which led to 10 days in intensive care. laser treatments for retinopathy, Charcot feet and frequent ulcers. Not to mention dramas at 3:00 am, with a wrecked ironing board
Ironically, I had a stroke in 2003 and was diagnosed type 2 whilst in hospital. I started out a compliant patient and when I found it didn't work for me, I read Bernstein and Mendosa and went low carb. I eventually found our own Dr. Katharine, who put me on to this forum. I also belong to the Tu ddiabetes forum group. I find the low carb so good for me that I've got husband's carb intake and corresponding insulin down too. The ulcers heal faster now, with an HbA1c below 10%.
 
Other than experience of my own diabetes, my father-in-law was Type-2, as is my brother-in-law. My father-in-law was an archetypal northern male who spent his life in total denial and had a "nobody is going to tell me what I can and can't eat or drink" attitude. No pleas from the family or his doctors would convince him. I watched him first lose his sight, then his toes, then a foot. He died at age 64 of post-operative shock after his lower leg was removed.
 
The only person I knew with diabetes was my grandmother. She was diagnosed a couple of years before she died of a heart attack in 1971. The thing I recall about my grandmother, more than anything else, was that she drank gallons and gallons of Lucozade. :roll: I can only assume this finished her off but as a child you don't question such things.
I also found out a few days ago, that my husband's cousin has had a heart attack at the age of 47 and has been diagnosed with diabetes. I shall be writing to him to tell him about cutting down on carbs.and am hopeful he might join us on here for support too.
 
My daughter was diagnosed in Jan 2008 with type 1 and epilepse which they claim are not linked but I strongly disagree. so i find it all very stressfull.

my other two children have also been tested over past few weeks as they were displaying symptoms but thankfully all clear.

Whenever we are in company my mum askes my daughter to check their bg as a bit of a sick party piece. Great way to get rid of unwanted house guests. Anyway mum therefore test her blood about once a fortnight. Her readings have steadily gone up and up over past few months. She has been adviced to go for fasting blood test but has refused...lookes like the jokes on her.

So soon we will have a my daughter, mother, aunt, uncle, grandmother, great grandmother all diagnosed.

Hopefully it will skip my generation.
 
This may stir things up but do you allow as many test strips as you think a person requires or just two per week??????????
 
Graham,
Who is your question aimed at?
 
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