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<blockquote data-quote="bunty" data-source="post: 51528" data-attributes="member: 11638"><p>I have a diabetic review this Thursday, with the nurse who runs the diabetes clinic at the surgery. She started off telling me to eat carbs with every meal etc etc...</p><p></p><p>But i reduced carbs and became her 'star patient' and for one whole year everything went well.</p><p></p><p>Four months ago things started to go awry for me and i cant really explain why. My HbA1c was 5.4 and the GP decided i should reduce my meds from 1000mg of Metformin (in 2 lots of 500mg) to one of 850mg and to 'have a less tight control' because, said the GP, my cholesterol had risen, i was having regular lows and she felt i was putting my body under too much stress.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, my GP is very nice and after some debate she and i reached a compromise, the first result of which i find this Thursday.</p><p></p><p>I agreed to the lower dose of Met and to be slightly less obsessive about my BG levels and she agreed to giving me quarterly HbA1c tests and quarterly cholesterol checks, too.</p><p></p><p>The nurse, meanwhile, asked me the secret of my success and when i explained i ignored her advice regarding carbs, she read up online and told me she wouldnt argue with me because whatever i was doing, was working and she had revised her thinking!</p><p></p><p>The GP, too, looked online and agreed with me that reducing carbs was the best approach but tempered that with saying that every 'low' i had reflected ultimately on my cholestterol levels and also strained the whole body.</p><p></p><p>So, we will see what the test results show. I cant say i am optimistic though cos since all this, i have stopped exercising (arthritis in my hip, knee and foot) and gained one entire stone!</p><p></p><p>I rarely have lows, though! </p><p></p><p>I believe in compromises, so whatever the result is, i shant be eating lots of carbs.</p><p></p><p>Perhaps if you make an appointment with the nurse and talk to her, person to person, and explain that you can prove, by showing her your BG averages, that lower carbs works, then she may be swayed? And the same with the GP, who must, like the nurse, see heaps of people every week, most of whom dont follow advice anyway!</p><p></p><p>Good luck!</p><p></p><p>bunty</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bunty, post: 51528, member: 11638"] I have a diabetic review this Thursday, with the nurse who runs the diabetes clinic at the surgery. She started off telling me to eat carbs with every meal etc etc... But i reduced carbs and became her 'star patient' and for one whole year everything went well. Four months ago things started to go awry for me and i cant really explain why. My HbA1c was 5.4 and the GP decided i should reduce my meds from 1000mg of Metformin (in 2 lots of 500mg) to one of 850mg and to 'have a less tight control' because, said the GP, my cholesterol had risen, i was having regular lows and she felt i was putting my body under too much stress. Anyway, my GP is very nice and after some debate she and i reached a compromise, the first result of which i find this Thursday. I agreed to the lower dose of Met and to be slightly less obsessive about my BG levels and she agreed to giving me quarterly HbA1c tests and quarterly cholesterol checks, too. The nurse, meanwhile, asked me the secret of my success and when i explained i ignored her advice regarding carbs, she read up online and told me she wouldnt argue with me because whatever i was doing, was working and she had revised her thinking! The GP, too, looked online and agreed with me that reducing carbs was the best approach but tempered that with saying that every 'low' i had reflected ultimately on my cholestterol levels and also strained the whole body. So, we will see what the test results show. I cant say i am optimistic though cos since all this, i have stopped exercising (arthritis in my hip, knee and foot) and gained one entire stone! I rarely have lows, though! I believe in compromises, so whatever the result is, i shant be eating lots of carbs. Perhaps if you make an appointment with the nurse and talk to her, person to person, and explain that you can prove, by showing her your BG averages, that lower carbs works, then she may be swayed? And the same with the GP, who must, like the nurse, see heaps of people every week, most of whom dont follow advice anyway! Good luck! bunty [/QUOTE]
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