How old is everyone

Bluetit1802 said:

I'm blushing now. Thank you.

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That's not a crime!

maglil55 said:

I agree too! 64 currently (finally get my pension this year - yay). Diagnosed Type II January 2008 and I still remember the horrid Doctor on my first hospital diabetic clinic. Was so relieved to be allowed to attend GPs clinic instead. At least they are human and let you do your own thing so long as you are under control.

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Why is it that hospital clinics treat you like kindergarten and GP's usually bow to experience?

Mel dCP said:

I’ve found it the other way around with my GP surgery and hospital clinic! My hospital consultant and dietician are quite supportive of my keto diet; my GP had a conniption fit

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Perhaps I should have been a little more precise! If I saw the main diabetologist at either hospital, they would often say "You have lived with the experience for years and probably understand diabetes better than us". The following is a good example of what happened when a new "specialist", whether nurse, doctor or junior houseman entered my life:

I had had a totally different reaction from a junior doctor at King's.
“Why are you on such an old fashioned system?”
“Because it works.”
“Don't you realise that we do things differently nowadays? Our patients inject four times a day allowing them to eat what they like when they like.”
“That is what DAFNE (Dose Adjustment for Normal Eating, devised by Professor Stephanie Amiel at King's College Hospital) is about, and in 1998 Stephanie Amiel wrote me a very sympathetic letter, understanding my reasons for not wishing to start DAFNE.”
“What were they?”
“Chiefly that at the age of 41, I am trying not to put on weight, and being on the Lawrence Line Weight diet has kept me in trim up to the present day.”
“But that is not how we do things now.”
“Listen, so far you have not given me any concrete reason for switching, other than fashion.”
The way he addressed me irritated me so much that when I got home I wrote a long complaint to Peter Watkins. He sent a charming letter back, assuring me that he had spoken to the junior doctor. On the next visit I was seen by Peter who told me that the young man was suitably contrite. Suddenly I felt pity for him. Peter said “When our patients are upset by the way they are received, we have to deal with it appropriately.” As I left the clinic via W.H. Smith, who should be coming the other direction? He just said “Hi.” I hope he has progressed into a first class diabetologist now.

I have never had a GP treat me condescendingly, but I'm glad your hospital clinic is supportive, maybe they would send a letter/Email to your GP. I suspect the he only knows anything about Type 1, where keto in any sentence rings alarms. Glad to hear you have acclimatised after all these years!