YouTarzanMeJane
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Other
My question is does anyone know how to go about finding a diabetes lifestyle/health coach? I really need some ongoing one to one advice on how to work good diabetes habits into my life and get them to stick. Great as the NHS is for most things, I’m finding it a bit too “fend for yourself” with diabetes at the moment and really need a diabetes ‘personal trainer’ to whip me into shape!
My reasons/back story:
I have been on medication for T2 for about 8 years now (pre diabetic for 10 years before that) and am maxed out on what they can give me. My hbA1c isn’t excessively high (60ish) , but due to my age (37) and how long I’ve had it my diabetes nurse is threatening me with insulin if I don’t get it closer to 50. I end up skipping doses of medicine a few times most weeks because I am hopeless at remembering (think due to ADHD) despite trying alarms and all sorts and although I know what I should and shouldn’t be eating and generally eat relatively healthy by conventional standards I find it really difficult to translate the suitable foods into actual meals that I can stick to without slipping back into old ways of sandwiches, cereal, rice, pasta and other easy carb-heavy meals. I now have a daughter and my diabetes nurse is playing the “make sure you’re around for her by looking after yourself” which is tough to hear so I want to throw everything at this to get it under control and feel it’s time to pay for whatever help I can get.
My reasons/back story:
I have been on medication for T2 for about 8 years now (pre diabetic for 10 years before that) and am maxed out on what they can give me. My hbA1c isn’t excessively high (60ish) , but due to my age (37) and how long I’ve had it my diabetes nurse is threatening me with insulin if I don’t get it closer to 50. I end up skipping doses of medicine a few times most weeks because I am hopeless at remembering (think due to ADHD) despite trying alarms and all sorts and although I know what I should and shouldn’t be eating and generally eat relatively healthy by conventional standards I find it really difficult to translate the suitable foods into actual meals that I can stick to without slipping back into old ways of sandwiches, cereal, rice, pasta and other easy carb-heavy meals. I now have a daughter and my diabetes nurse is playing the “make sure you’re around for her by looking after yourself” which is tough to hear so I want to throw everything at this to get it under control and feel it’s time to pay for whatever help I can get.
