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<blockquote data-quote="Scandichic" data-source="post: 666286" data-attributes="member: 94210"><p>I think th slating comes from the frustration. I know I have slated my DNS for this reason. You see, I do think that there is more than one way to manage diabetes but my nurse is unprepared to accept that but the physical evidence that through my diet I have more than halved my bs levels and lost almost 4 stone in weight cannot be denied.</p><p>The only reason I ate lchf in the first place was because I had questions which the DNS couldn't or wouldn't answer. If someone is newly diagnosed and they ask several questions to which your response is you need to eat more carbs then you cannot expect them to be anything but bewildered and shocked at the lack of professionalism.</p><p>I wanted to have an open dialogue with mine. I wanted the rationale behind the eat well plate. I took my diagnosis very seriously. I had a food diary. I was told that it was a progressive disease, there was nothing I could do apart from take the meds , that there was no point in testing as I wouldn't understand the results and that I would become obsessive and that she wouldn't give me a meter. She even told me that there was little point in seeing her again and that I would be referred on to the hospital.</p><p>I have had no support from her whatsoever or my initial doc. I now see a different one and there is a whole wealth of difference.</p><p>My point is this, if I were not an intelligent, tenacious woman with an enquiring mind I would probably have experienced this "progressive" disease. As it happens I've reduced my weight, medication and blood sugars. </p><p>In an ideal world, we would have someone who we could have a good, professional relationship. However, I think that it's important that newbies do see this thread so that if they do have an unhelpful doctor/DNS then they realise that they are not alone and that there are alternatives.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scandichic, post: 666286, member: 94210"] I think th slating comes from the frustration. I know I have slated my DNS for this reason. You see, I do think that there is more than one way to manage diabetes but my nurse is unprepared to accept that but the physical evidence that through my diet I have more than halved my bs levels and lost almost 4 stone in weight cannot be denied. The only reason I ate lchf in the first place was because I had questions which the DNS couldn't or wouldn't answer. If someone is newly diagnosed and they ask several questions to which your response is you need to eat more carbs then you cannot expect them to be anything but bewildered and shocked at the lack of professionalism. I wanted to have an open dialogue with mine. I wanted the rationale behind the eat well plate. I took my diagnosis very seriously. I had a food diary. I was told that it was a progressive disease, there was nothing I could do apart from take the meds , that there was no point in testing as I wouldn't understand the results and that I would become obsessive and that she wouldn't give me a meter. She even told me that there was little point in seeing her again and that I would be referred on to the hospital. I have had no support from her whatsoever or my initial doc. I now see a different one and there is a whole wealth of difference. My point is this, if I were not an intelligent, tenacious woman with an enquiring mind I would probably have experienced this "progressive" disease. As it happens I've reduced my weight, medication and blood sugars. In an ideal world, we would have someone who we could have a good, professional relationship. However, I think that it's important that newbies do see this thread so that if they do have an unhelpful doctor/DNS then they realise that they are not alone and that there are alternatives. [/QUOTE]
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