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<blockquote data-quote="nomorechocolate" data-source="post: 411116" data-attributes="member: 78292"><p>hi </p><p>kathleen saunders- yes please if you can forward the book titles to me,i will be gratefull. thank you.</p><p> just to say thank you everyone for your advice and support.</p><p></p><p>well i went to see the diabetic nurse.. :roll: and i came out with why did i bother? he told me the following- you are not at risk of diabetes, but loose the weight, eat sensibly and it will do you good- which is common sense (i am following a diet sheet at the moment).as a pre diabetic- you dont have any symptoms. i asked why do i feel tired, get hot and sweaty after having a lot to eat or something thats has a lot of sugar in( tbh- this was happening last year and i was tested to see if i was going thru the change, but hormone levels showed i wasnt) he repeated"you dont have symptoms when you are pre diabetic or glucose tolerant, you dont need to test your bloods for glucose levels , thats all silly. i told him i had bought one- and then i was told off -are you diabetic-no! not at all- only type 1 need to test themselves. i then said can you check my feet please as they swell and have tiny dot like freckles on them latetly. again i was ticked off - you are not diabetic, why do i need to check your feet? because my dad is type 2 and he looked at how my feet swelled and were marked and he thought i had fluid in my legs and he said to mention this to you.., he said yes they go like that because you are, how can i put this with out offending you- your a big girl, i said yes- im fat, just say it, i aint offended. is that why then? yes, he told me. i asked him then why did i need to see him today then, he said its formalaties and i will see you in a years time, we shall do a hba1c test then. that was it. not helpfull at all. didnt explain much to me, just loose your weight, okay i know that and i will ! i did feel like i was wasting his time by the time i left </p><p>and that was how he felt too.</p><p>so i then watched the programe on ch4 -food hostpital about reversing type 2 diabetes and found it all very informative and intresting.</p><p></p><p>jo.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nomorechocolate, post: 411116, member: 78292"] hi kathleen saunders- yes please if you can forward the book titles to me,i will be gratefull. thank you. just to say thank you everyone for your advice and support. well i went to see the diabetic nurse.. :roll: and i came out with why did i bother? he told me the following- you are not at risk of diabetes, but loose the weight, eat sensibly and it will do you good- which is common sense (i am following a diet sheet at the moment).as a pre diabetic- you dont have any symptoms. i asked why do i feel tired, get hot and sweaty after having a lot to eat or something thats has a lot of sugar in( tbh- this was happening last year and i was tested to see if i was going thru the change, but hormone levels showed i wasnt) he repeated"you dont have symptoms when you are pre diabetic or glucose tolerant, you dont need to test your bloods for glucose levels , thats all silly. i told him i had bought one- and then i was told off -are you diabetic-no! not at all- only type 1 need to test themselves. i then said can you check my feet please as they swell and have tiny dot like freckles on them latetly. again i was ticked off - you are not diabetic, why do i need to check your feet? because my dad is type 2 and he looked at how my feet swelled and were marked and he thought i had fluid in my legs and he said to mention this to you.., he said yes they go like that because you are, how can i put this with out offending you- your a big girl, i said yes- im fat, just say it, i aint offended. is that why then? yes, he told me. i asked him then why did i need to see him today then, he said its formalaties and i will see you in a years time, we shall do a hba1c test then. that was it. not helpfull at all. didnt explain much to me, just loose your weight, okay i know that and i will ! i did feel like i was wasting his time by the time i left and that was how he felt too. so i then watched the programe on ch4 -food hostpital about reversing type 2 diabetes and found it all very informative and intresting. jo. [/QUOTE]
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