jane.owen37
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Just thought I'd update you on my progress! I went to buy a monitor but didn't know which 1 to buy so I made an appt with my DN. She told me that it would be up to the Diabetes GP to agree to putting strips & lancets on a repeat presciption but she gave me a monitor & made an appt for me (had to wait a couple of weeks because he was on leave). I explained to him that I wanted to take the bull by the horns & sort out my weight & get myself off meds & he agreed to giving me a repeat prescription & suggested I make an appt to see the dietician again. I have decided that I will do my own control study before seeing her. I am starting to do a food diary this week & testing my BG on how I've been eating on the dietician's diet & then I will do the low-carb diet. If I have the evidence on paper she can't really argue!
On another note, the same day I saw the GP I saw my optician (who gained his qualifications in South Africa) for my regular eyesight test & he was astounded that I was advised to eat so many carbs - he picked up an NHS leaflet that was in his room & couldn't believe it said that 50% of daily meals should be carbs! He also couldn't get over the fact the the dietician had told me I was eating too much fruit & said he had thought a few times about writing a book on diabetes & based on what I was telling him he said he was going to do it so people with diabetes could get the correct information!
I will post again when I have done my own experiment to let you know how I get on.
Jannie x
On another note, the same day I saw the GP I saw my optician (who gained his qualifications in South Africa) for my regular eyesight test & he was astounded that I was advised to eat so many carbs - he picked up an NHS leaflet that was in his room & couldn't believe it said that 50% of daily meals should be carbs! He also couldn't get over the fact the the dietician had told me I was eating too much fruit & said he had thought a few times about writing a book on diabetes & based on what I was telling him he said he was going to do it so people with diabetes could get the correct information!
I will post again when I have done my own experiment to let you know how I get on.
Jannie x