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<blockquote data-quote="Mommayorkie" data-source="post: 1668078" data-attributes="member: 37348"><p>hadn't thought of that i must say. in fact i didnt even know nurses were sacked or sanctioned in that way. lot of difference there to when i was nursing. we were told NOT to take our bugs onto the wards putting patients at risk especially.. not to mention other staff/ maybe i should wear a mask at all times when riding on a bus or in a taxi. as they do in china for the air pollution they get there</p><p>as i said in my answer lower down the foods i mentioned have been while i have been ill over the past 2 days. i have difficulty cooking or preparing a meal from scratch a lot of the time down to the spondylosis. and ready meals are very high in carbs. i groll chicken or fish most days and have that with veg . i cant be doing with cooking first thing. or any other time wen im not quite with it ..like earlier when i had done an omelette for supper ,trying to be good. i left the darned hotplate switched on.luckily i found it after going into kitchen and thinking.its blooming hot in here. then saw the light ws on on that knob. Just been reading an article on keeping carbs down (not atkins low though) and that said same as my dietician.. 50 to 60 g per meal with 20-30 for a snack in between meals should keep your BS level.and on track./ i do not snack during the day ever. as for grapes. my diabetic team know i eat those and the pontefract cakes too. and why.......... basically if i didnt eat grapes i would eat no fruit at all. i cant eat citrus because of the acid reflux i have. apples i cannot eat..(my dentures are ancient ,am in process of getting new ones at the moment. but even if i can eat them then they will still give me indigestion. i hate avocadoes . can only use in smoothies but my nurse practitioner (head diabetic nurse at our GP practice) has warned me off having those. besides i ws forever having to throw the other half away cos it went funny by time i dare use it again. plus they are vry expensive here now. berries are good except hours getting the seeds out from under my teeth. in smoothies you dont get that. ,. so apart from water melons which are tasteless grapes is the only other fruit i can eat. and at 12 per portion as a sweet they are ok. or so my diabetic team tell me.as i say. what i wrote there was what ive eaten while feeling ill. i dont hav anyone to cook for me when im ill. i live alone.and because i live alone i cant keep much fresh stiuiff in. most of what i have is in the freezer so i cant just go and grab some protein. etc,. salad i dont buy. it like most other foods kept in fridge go off before yu can use it all . and i dont have a car to just jump in to go to the shop.. or can walk there and back any more. taxis cost me £6 return which would make a 3 quid fillert of fish for instance cost 9 quid in the end. i cant afford to waste money that way. i have to try to remember to take the chicken or fish out the night before. i dont eat red meat.unless yu count ham as red meat. if i forget to get out next days dinner, then have to eat whatever is available and thats usually a sandwich. 2 slices of bread at 17g per slice. i am allowed 2 slices per day. normally. usually its cottage cheese goes in the sandwich as ive very little else thats protein unless i'm well enough to cook an egg to use in it,. if i buy too many types of foods to keep in fridge i land up having to throw it cos its gone off before i can use it all. perils of living alone in an inaccessible place. at least when you have disabilities. wsnt always that wat i would wlk the 5 miles to my daughters when i first moved here 20 years ago, you never think that hill will be hard to get up later in life. never dreamed i would still be here 20 years later .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mommayorkie, post: 1668078, member: 37348"] hadn't thought of that i must say. in fact i didnt even know nurses were sacked or sanctioned in that way. lot of difference there to when i was nursing. we were told NOT to take our bugs onto the wards putting patients at risk especially.. not to mention other staff/ maybe i should wear a mask at all times when riding on a bus or in a taxi. as they do in china for the air pollution they get there as i said in my answer lower down the foods i mentioned have been while i have been ill over the past 2 days. i have difficulty cooking or preparing a meal from scratch a lot of the time down to the spondylosis. and ready meals are very high in carbs. i groll chicken or fish most days and have that with veg . i cant be doing with cooking first thing. or any other time wen im not quite with it ..like earlier when i had done an omelette for supper ,trying to be good. i left the darned hotplate switched on.luckily i found it after going into kitchen and thinking.its blooming hot in here. then saw the light ws on on that knob. Just been reading an article on keeping carbs down (not atkins low though) and that said same as my dietician.. 50 to 60 g per meal with 20-30 for a snack in between meals should keep your BS level.and on track./ i do not snack during the day ever. as for grapes. my diabetic team know i eat those and the pontefract cakes too. and why.......... basically if i didnt eat grapes i would eat no fruit at all. i cant eat citrus because of the acid reflux i have. apples i cannot eat..(my dentures are ancient ,am in process of getting new ones at the moment. but even if i can eat them then they will still give me indigestion. i hate avocadoes . can only use in smoothies but my nurse practitioner (head diabetic nurse at our GP practice) has warned me off having those. besides i ws forever having to throw the other half away cos it went funny by time i dare use it again. plus they are vry expensive here now. berries are good except hours getting the seeds out from under my teeth. in smoothies you dont get that. ,. so apart from water melons which are tasteless grapes is the only other fruit i can eat. and at 12 per portion as a sweet they are ok. or so my diabetic team tell me.as i say. what i wrote there was what ive eaten while feeling ill. i dont hav anyone to cook for me when im ill. i live alone.and because i live alone i cant keep much fresh stiuiff in. most of what i have is in the freezer so i cant just go and grab some protein. etc,. salad i dont buy. it like most other foods kept in fridge go off before yu can use it all . and i dont have a car to just jump in to go to the shop.. or can walk there and back any more. taxis cost me £6 return which would make a 3 quid fillert of fish for instance cost 9 quid in the end. i cant afford to waste money that way. i have to try to remember to take the chicken or fish out the night before. i dont eat red meat.unless yu count ham as red meat. if i forget to get out next days dinner, then have to eat whatever is available and thats usually a sandwich. 2 slices of bread at 17g per slice. i am allowed 2 slices per day. normally. usually its cottage cheese goes in the sandwich as ive very little else thats protein unless i'm well enough to cook an egg to use in it,. if i buy too many types of foods to keep in fridge i land up having to throw it cos its gone off before i can use it all. perils of living alone in an inaccessible place. at least when you have disabilities. wsnt always that wat i would wlk the 5 miles to my daughters when i first moved here 20 years ago, you never think that hill will be hard to get up later in life. never dreamed i would still be here 20 years later . [/QUOTE]
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