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Message: <blockquote data-quote="phoenix" data-source="post: 51694" data-attributes="member: 12578">Sorry to hear of your diagnosis. Hopefully when you have had your Xrays you will have better news.. Try to continue to be the optomist. I wonder if you were so shell shocked that you did not take everything in.  Even if a stent is not possible and they need to bypass, as I read it, it is often  possible to use plastic tube if no suitable vein is available.. Meanwhile, you are in a dilemma as to which diabetes  advice to take.Firstly, your BG levels need to be controlled asap. Your doctors should be prescribing you whatever medication is necessary. Hopefully, you will be prescribed enough strips for you to discover the effects of various foods on your own BG levels.  Now I will  be controversial and add to your confusion. I thought over night about anwering this post because I know I differ to many people on this forum.   I feel that reducing  saturated fat is  very important, though  consumption of other types of fats (as in oily fish,olive oil, avocados) may be protective.  I have read huge amounts of evidence from both sides,  but I am not convinced as to the safety of a diet high in saturated fat for someone with CVD. This forum only contains anecdotal evidence and is mostly of short term experiences.  Have a look at the book by Gallop on the GI diet as followed  by Catherine Cherub and Tubolard to see a different approach that  works for  their diabetes, is nearer to conventional advice and may be more acceptable to your  doctors, and you will have to work with them..  Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, from what I read, there are 2 factors that can really help with PAD. One is not to smoke. The second is to exercise.... walk if possible, taking care to wear good shoe with no pressure spots that might lead to blisters. Check your feet daily .Here is a link to an article on exercise and PAD <a href="http://thediabeticnews.com/news/1453.shtml" target="_blank">http://thediabeticnews.com/news/1453.shtml</a>and a Canadian site on PAD with various sources for patients.<a href="http://www.padcoalition.org/" target="_blank">http://www.padcoalition.org/</a>Good luck,</blockquote>

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