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<blockquote data-quote="JoKalsbeek" data-source="post: 1557404" data-attributes="member: 401801"><p>When I found out I was a type 2, absolutely everyone and their brother were off on their holidays. I was terrified of eating. All food seemed to be sheer poison, even things that claimed to be healthy, and there was no one who could tell me what I could eat without going into double digits. No doc, no dietician, no Dnurse... Realising that I'd been diabetic for a while -years, as it turns out- I ended up deciding to give myself time. Time to hit the books, learn all I could process about low carb/high fat, tailor it to my needs (having a problem with dairy is tough in the kitchen sometimes! Not to mention migraine triggers...), but after 2 months I was eating 6 meals a day, (3 regular sized, 3 small), my HbA1c dropped to almost normal levels, I could ditch the meds, and after being rather extreme in adhering to the diet, I learned -about a year later- to be flexible in my diet and improvise when necessary. HbA1c is currently xx so it worked. You have to give yourself a break at some point, and you know it, otherwise you wouldn't ask for help. You're afraid of what your levels will do, but anything that happens with those -not counting hypo's!- is long-term damage. What you're doing now is really having an impact on your health. You don't want complications, you don't want diabetes to kill you... But right now it's not the bloodsugar that's hurting you, in the short term. You have enough control and stamina to keep up a diet that is not actually helping you right now. Read, learn, and find a diet you can adhere to with similar vigor, and channel the same feelings into, without putting your body through hell in the process. I know how scary it is to eat, I really do... But there's food out there that won't help you into an early grave. Salmon, unprocesses meats, eggs, cheeses, above-ground veggies... You can eat your fill and then some. And if you don't trust it, check your meter. I know, type 2's not the same... But I had to learn to eat as a diabetic. It can be done. Good luck... And I hope you get the help you need soon.</p><p></p><p>Sent from my SM-A320FL using <a href="http://r.tapatalk.com/byo?rid=67" target="_blank">Diabetes.co.uk Forum mobile app</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JoKalsbeek, post: 1557404, member: 401801"] When I found out I was a type 2, absolutely everyone and their brother were off on their holidays. I was terrified of eating. All food seemed to be sheer poison, even things that claimed to be healthy, and there was no one who could tell me what I could eat without going into double digits. No doc, no dietician, no Dnurse... Realising that I'd been diabetic for a while -years, as it turns out- I ended up deciding to give myself time. Time to hit the books, learn all I could process about low carb/high fat, tailor it to my needs (having a problem with dairy is tough in the kitchen sometimes! Not to mention migraine triggers...), but after 2 months I was eating 6 meals a day, (3 regular sized, 3 small), my HbA1c dropped to almost normal levels, I could ditch the meds, and after being rather extreme in adhering to the diet, I learned -about a year later- to be flexible in my diet and improvise when necessary. HbA1c is currently xx so it worked. You have to give yourself a break at some point, and you know it, otherwise you wouldn't ask for help. You're afraid of what your levels will do, but anything that happens with those -not counting hypo's!- is long-term damage. What you're doing now is really having an impact on your health. You don't want complications, you don't want diabetes to kill you... But right now it's not the bloodsugar that's hurting you, in the short term. You have enough control and stamina to keep up a diet that is not actually helping you right now. Read, learn, and find a diet you can adhere to with similar vigor, and channel the same feelings into, without putting your body through hell in the process. I know how scary it is to eat, I really do... But there's food out there that won't help you into an early grave. Salmon, unprocesses meats, eggs, cheeses, above-ground veggies... You can eat your fill and then some. And if you don't trust it, check your meter. I know, type 2's not the same... But I had to learn to eat as a diabetic. It can be done. Good luck... And I hope you get the help you need soon. Sent from my SM-A320FL using [URL='http://r.tapatalk.com/byo?rid=67']Diabetes.co.uk Forum mobile app[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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