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<blockquote data-quote="Miss Marple" data-source="post: 817952" data-attributes="member: 172808"><p><span style="font-size: 18px">Nigel,</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">I read your text, and my heart went out to you. You poor soul, you are clearly struggling with everything life is throwing at you. Having totally dependent parents with such poor health is a huge and massive strain on you and in every single aspect of your life. I'm not surprised you are completely fed up. I hope you can find some support soon. How can you look after yourself when so much of your energy is devoted to your Mum and Dad? There may be some support for you with your parents even if it is a friendly listening ear or advice through local support groups? You may have already asked for an assessment by Social Services? However, you can only manage their huge caring needs when you are physically strong and have looked after your own needs first.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">I am one of life's sceptics about medications and the current NHS. The NHS is not about the individual it is about mass medication and the cheapest care for the most people. That doesn't always work best for you or I. My husband has type 2 diabetes and has suffered the usual advice about 'just eat normally' and take medication (Glyclazide & Metformin etc) He too had high blood pressure. His sugar levels started to go out of control & we realised his diet was the culprit. He was eating too much bread, and starchy foods. We didn't get any support from the surgery for glucose strips and have to pay for those ourselves. We self tested and ate veg/fruit smoothies. This is what we tried and it has worked amazingly well. Please do try this - fresh fruit and veg has healed so much for us.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">We bought a Nutri Bullet and stuck to 3 smoothies a day with almond nuts & any other nuts in between. It has been the best thing we have ever bought. It has been a breakfast standard in 30 seconds, it has been so quick and easy to make. Plus you don't feel hungry. The smoothies were always half a cup of spinach with the rest oranges/apples/kiwi/pineapple/ strawberries or other fruits (skins included) which were pleasantly palatable. If you read the accompanying recipies you will see just how inventive they are. Our rule - something to eat every 2 hours. Nuts or nuts & raisins or chicken to or cheese. The results - have been absolutely amazing! Not only has my husband's Glucose levels plummetted from 16 or 17 to 4.5 and 5; gradually his early morning 9 has dropped to a 7.5 and 7. He occasionally forgot to take his Metformin overnight and still his levels were very low. I am almost angry at the blase nutritional advice from many NHS professionals. What is absolute is you have to love yourself enough to be ruthless and care for your body with the best nutrients you can find. I sense you do not have anyone to help you feel cared for too? Use everything that this forum recommends in nutrition to help aid diabetic control. (Ugly things like beetroot; cider vinegar (diluted with diet Dr Peppers to make it palatable) For about 2 months my husband's carb load was incredibly small for a time and then we used the glucose sticks before and 2 hours after every meal after a small portion of carbohydrate had been eaten. We could see which carbohydrate source he was sensitive to - be that bread; rice; potato. We could avoid those things. It was and still is a pain continually testing and testing. I am sure there will be many readers for whom this is daily routine (I am so sorry for you having to endure all of this) The way forward I am sure for good health is a diet free of any processed foods, a recipie book to make vegetable based soups, curries etc and a little bit of gentle walking every day.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">I can't make any comment about your medications but it does sound like you need an interested GP. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">Once you start on Insulin products it is heavy duty medication to be treated with respect. Regardless you can start to heal your body from within by avoiding processed foods, foods with hidden sugar and alcohols which are akin to poison and see how much that can help you? It will also help you to feel amazingly better just from better nutrition. If you start to feel more in control it may help lift your dark mood too?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">Good luck Nigel with gaining support and help, and finally - never give in!</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Miss Marple, post: 817952, member: 172808"] [SIZE=5]Nigel, I read your text, and my heart went out to you. You poor soul, you are clearly struggling with everything life is throwing at you. Having totally dependent parents with such poor health is a huge and massive strain on you and in every single aspect of your life. I'm not surprised you are completely fed up. I hope you can find some support soon. How can you look after yourself when so much of your energy is devoted to your Mum and Dad? There may be some support for you with your parents even if it is a friendly listening ear or advice through local support groups? You may have already asked for an assessment by Social Services? However, you can only manage their huge caring needs when you are physically strong and have looked after your own needs first. I am one of life's sceptics about medications and the current NHS. The NHS is not about the individual it is about mass medication and the cheapest care for the most people. That doesn't always work best for you or I. My husband has type 2 diabetes and has suffered the usual advice about 'just eat normally' and take medication (Glyclazide & Metformin etc) He too had high blood pressure. His sugar levels started to go out of control & we realised his diet was the culprit. He was eating too much bread, and starchy foods. We didn't get any support from the surgery for glucose strips and have to pay for those ourselves. We self tested and ate veg/fruit smoothies. This is what we tried and it has worked amazingly well. Please do try this - fresh fruit and veg has healed so much for us. We bought a Nutri Bullet and stuck to 3 smoothies a day with almond nuts & any other nuts in between. It has been the best thing we have ever bought. It has been a breakfast standard in 30 seconds, it has been so quick and easy to make. Plus you don't feel hungry. The smoothies were always half a cup of spinach with the rest oranges/apples/kiwi/pineapple/ strawberries or other fruits (skins included) which were pleasantly palatable. If you read the accompanying recipies you will see just how inventive they are. Our rule - something to eat every 2 hours. Nuts or nuts & raisins or chicken to or cheese. The results - have been absolutely amazing! Not only has my husband's Glucose levels plummetted from 16 or 17 to 4.5 and 5; gradually his early morning 9 has dropped to a 7.5 and 7. He occasionally forgot to take his Metformin overnight and still his levels were very low. I am almost angry at the blase nutritional advice from many NHS professionals. What is absolute is you have to love yourself enough to be ruthless and care for your body with the best nutrients you can find. I sense you do not have anyone to help you feel cared for too? Use everything that this forum recommends in nutrition to help aid diabetic control. (Ugly things like beetroot; cider vinegar (diluted with diet Dr Peppers to make it palatable) For about 2 months my husband's carb load was incredibly small for a time and then we used the glucose sticks before and 2 hours after every meal after a small portion of carbohydrate had been eaten. We could see which carbohydrate source he was sensitive to - be that bread; rice; potato. We could avoid those things. It was and still is a pain continually testing and testing. I am sure there will be many readers for whom this is daily routine (I am so sorry for you having to endure all of this) The way forward I am sure for good health is a diet free of any processed foods, a recipie book to make vegetable based soups, curries etc and a little bit of gentle walking every day. I can't make any comment about your medications but it does sound like you need an interested GP. Once you start on Insulin products it is heavy duty medication to be treated with respect. Regardless you can start to heal your body from within by avoiding processed foods, foods with hidden sugar and alcohols which are akin to poison and see how much that can help you? It will also help you to feel amazingly better just from better nutrition. If you start to feel more in control it may help lift your dark mood too? Good luck Nigel with gaining support and help, and finally - never give in![/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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