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@Silkroad77 Hello and welcome to the Forum and YES! someone else with a sweet tooth
Your old doctor sounded terrible, UGH! no wonder you didn't go back, however I think there are much nicer ones out there now
Psychedelic 60's? would that be the likes of early Pink Floyd and alike?
Have a wander over to the Type 1 R Us thread, music often crops up in there and very often goes off track
So regarding 60's psychedelic I 'like' lol early Pink Floyd, The Ultimate Spinach, Fifty Foot Hose, The Peanut Butter Conspiracy..
When I'm back in work tomorrow think I will have a hunt around YouTube for those bands
This thread will hopefully let us to get to know one another better and allow us to see which users we might share similarities with. I've listed a set of questions below that you can answer to tell us more about yourself. By no means do you have to answer all of them, and if you feel like adding further information, feel free.
- What is your name? Jo
- How old are you? 52
- Are you male or female? F
- Which country are you from? Devon, UK!
- Which city/area do you live in? Devon
- Are you religious? Pagan
- Pick three words to describe your personality. jovial interested compassionate
- Do you have any pets? one cat (miss my last dog soooooo much...)
- Microsoft or Apple? both
- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play? Cycle/walk/paddle/table tennis/marriage
- Do you get angry easily? no - but if i do watch out!
- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where? 5 tatts, all over
- List your five favourite musicians/bands. Leonard Cohen, Van Morrison, Christy Moore, Melanie and Marianne Faithfull
- What would you say your favourite music genre is? ska
- What is your favourite flag? Devon/jolly roger
- Ever gone camping? always
- Ever been in love? still in love after 30 yrs of marriage - that guy annoys me so much!
- Ever used fake tan? no way hose
- Which countries have you visited? Britain and Isles, France, Spain, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Switzerland, Madeira, Tenerife, Jordan.
- Favourite city? Cadiz
- List your five favourite TV programmes. Ab Fab, Monk, The Mentalist, Fawlty Towers, Countdown.
- List your five favourite films. Ice Cold In Alex, Manon des Source, Every Jackie Chan film...
- Are you wealthy? In many ways. Richer than at least half the planet...
- Do you work? If so, as what? part time garden designer/landscaper/writer
- List the subjects you study/have studied. Archaeology/Garden Design/Garden History/Science/Horticulture/Health Kinesiology/Religion
- What do you like most about yourself? I have learned to love myself as much as others
- What do you like least about yourself? stubborn, procrastinating, bull-headed, argumentative, fearful, greedy, and the fact i could go on and on...
Words I live by - It's nice to be nice.
Don't let the bastards grind you down.
Rules were made for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.
Better to ask forgiveness than permission (thanks Sira!)
This too will pass...
This thread will hopefully let us to get to know one another better and allow us to see which users we might share similarities with. I've listed a set of questions below that you can answer to tell us more about yourself. By no means do you have to answer all of them, and if you feel like adding further information, feel free.
- Include a photo here if you wish to.
- What is your name? WHT
- How old are you? 50
- Are you male or female? F
- Which country are you from? UK
- Which city/area do you live in? Sussex
- Are you religious? NO
- Pick three words to describe your personality. Fiery loyal caring
- Do you have any pets? no
- Microsoft or Apple? MS
- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play? Cycle
- Do you get angry easily? yes
- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where? no
- List your five favourite musicians/bands. Bob Marley, Muse, Sinead O'Connor, The Cranberries, Celldweller
- What would you say your favourite music genre is? 80's
- What is your favourite flag? none
- Ever gone camping? yes
- Ever been in love? yes 14yrs+
- Ever used fake tan? no
- Which countries have you visited? Greece, Switzerland, Athens, Guernsey
- Favourite city?
- List your five favourite TV programmes. Cagney & Lacey, csi miami, Vera, wire in the blood, Law and order.
- List your five favourite films. Turner and hooch, Lethal weapon 1-3, All herbie films,
- Are you wealthy? yes but not in the materialistic sense. ROFWL!
- Do you work? If so, as what? FLT (forklift truck)
- List the subjects you study/have studied.
- What do you like most about yourself? My ability to adapt
- What do you like least about yourself? my baggy eyes
Have fun!
Hi, @Atlantico.Hello, I joined yesterday.
I am female. 70 years young love golf, art and walking. In 2010 I was diagnosed with hypoglycaemia (2.1 after 2 'sugar' drinks). In 2012 I was diagnosed with Rapid gastric emptying (Dumping). Although I haven't got Diabetes (been tested). I have been on Morphine 3 x daily (prescribed by hospital). Acarbose, Metformin and 400 stomach injections 15 mins before food) but none of these have helped. I am now told there is nothing more that can be done and I must live with my problems! I love playing golf, has anyone any tips for pre golf meal and during 4 hour round. Thanks. Atlantico
Thank you so much for your reply. I may has mis-led you as I am not on any meds. The ones I listed were all tried at different times. When none of these worked I was referred to 10 different dieticians in the following years, all with different approaches. I got the feeling they were probably very good at getting fat people slim but just didn't understand reactive hypoglycaemia. One of them had me on so few carbs and no fat replacement that my arm muscles started to atrophy. I am 5'8" and weigh 11 stone so I didn't really need to lose weight.Hi, @Atlantico.
And welcome to the forum.
I have Hypoglycaemia, even though I can't advise much, the medication you are on tells me you have other conditions, this will of course skew the normal advice I would give for those with Hypoglycaemia, especially dietary, because nothing is the same, we are all different.
However, the clue is in what is happening when you had your glucose tolerance test, gastric dumping is in itself, hard to stop, the usual advice is to eat very small meals, a couple of bites, every two hours, to stop the hypos developing. Eating good fats for you, will also slow the digestion process. Fast acting foods (sugar, carbs) will just quicken the dumping.
You must try and lower your carb intake.
I have no idea, where your doctor has gotten his ideas on treatment, I would be claiming compensation, it is in my opinion, madness to prescribe acerbose, as this is supposed to suppress the effect of carbs, but it does not effect the trigger which causes the dumping, in fact it exacerbates the situation.
My specialist, took me off metformin immediately, it will help protect your kidneys but not your liver function.
What injections did you have?
Finally for golf, which is really great exercise for those with Hypoglycaemia, as it won't cause a glucose dump. If you have a salad before, with fresh protein, no dressing, and carry some nuts or some other good protein snack for your round.
This will help, keep your blood sugar levels in or around normal levels, which is what you should be aiming for.
Best wishes, and again welcome to the forum.
Thank you so much for your reply. I may has mis-led you as I am not on any meds. The ones I listed were all tried at different times. When none of these worked I was referred to 10 different dieticians in the following years, all with different approaches. I got the feeling they were probably very good at getting fat people slim but just didn't understand reactive hypoglycaemia. One of them had me on so few carbs and no fat replacement that my arm muscles started to atrophy. I am 5'8" and weigh 11 stone so I didn't really need to lose weight.
I think my RA is bit of a mystery as I have not had any stomach surgery.
My vague understanding of a hypo and hyper are readings under 4 and over 7 on my BG meter. Can these vary from person to person? Another question is, can you be carbohydrate intolerant to all carbs?
I look forward to your reply.
Oh dear! Would you like to give more details of the tests you have had and how you are trying to control your bg?Hi I am new to the forum too, Type 2 Diabetes for 6 years and totally fed up of my blood sugars which have suddenly gone haywire
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