I went swimming this afternoon and had a lovely salt sauna. I wasn't going to go because it's so cold and I didn't want to risk catching a cold etc, but the sauna was lovely and hot and I really enjoyed it. My hairdresser is just across the road from the leisure centre so I popped in to make an appointment and she told me she could fit me in there and then so I was chuffed. We chatted about diabetes, she's also a Type 2 and been diagnosed for about 15 years and is also on Metformin and doesn't seem to know very much about the condition at all. She just takes the Metformin and eats what she likes - bread, potatoes, rice, pasta, chips, cakes, biscuits etc. When I said that seemed to be a lot of carbs she said "Oh I don't eat sugar though."
She hadn't a clue that carbs turn to sugar and she seemed to think I was being a bit obsessive over my diet and was perhaps exaggerating how ill I'd been before diagnosis. She looks fit and healthy, the only symptoms she said she has is getting up in the night to use the loo and occasional nausea in the mornings, which she said, she can usually 'fight off and it passes'.
I came out wondering if perhaps ignorance is really bliss after all. :think: She seems to be doing fine knowing very little about her condition.
She hadn't a clue that carbs turn to sugar and she seemed to think I was being a bit obsessive over my diet and was perhaps exaggerating how ill I'd been before diagnosis. She looks fit and healthy, the only symptoms she said she has is getting up in the night to use the loo and occasional nausea in the mornings, which she said, she can usually 'fight off and it passes'.
I came out wondering if perhaps ignorance is really bliss after all. :think: She seems to be doing fine knowing very little about her condition.
