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Keep doing what you're doing

adrian207

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Location
Rochdale
Type of diabetes
Treatment type
Diet only
Been to the quacks today, first time since coming out of hospital 4 weeks ago. Now I'm going to cut things that were said to a bone, so.......................

Cholesterol..............................perfect
BS Levels.................................brilliant
Blood pressure....................... normal
HB.............................................107 (this is from blood taken 2 weeks ago and based over the last 3 months)
Being booked in to see the dietitian nurse
Still on all the previous medication (see below)
Lancet strips are still on prescription
Was told I can eat what I want at christmas ("you still need to have a life" she said)
Just keep doing what you have been doing and I'll see you in 12 months. I will still need to have blood taken in 3 months though.

"Thank you for popping in, Good Bye"
 
Good for your Adrian looks like you are going in the right direction.

 
You always have a choice and you can still treat yourself over chrimbo, but why get off the horse that has been doing so well for you to climb on a cart horse?

Congrats on your results, your doing great!
 
nosher8355 said:
You always have a choice and you can still treat yourself over chrimbo, but why get off the horse that has been doing so well for you to climb on a cart horse?

Congrats on your results, your doing great!
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Hi Nosher. I know where you're coming from but maybe just a little indulgence at Chrimbo and at least I don't need to feel embarrassed in front of the quack again as she was the one who told me to do it. Having said that, if she told me to jump off a bridge I probably wouldn't do that.
 
My last visit to a dn, would have put me in hospital! We do try and trust our medical people but I've found that sometimes it is not the best advice as this forum often gets posted
 
Well done Adrian. Keep going with the reduced carbs and watch that HbA1c fall in 3 months.
I will be having a little indulgence at Christmas, after all, my DN told me to eat anything I like in moderation.
 
Forgot to mention, she also said that there was no need for me to monitor my BS levels unless I wanted to. I told her I was monitoring them for my own personal reasons basically so I can monitor high peaks after eating different types of food. ie monitor before brek, eat a full bar of chocolate, monitor 2 1/2 hrs later and if it is a lot higher than previous reading that tells me not to eat a bar of chocolate for brek. The following day I would try something different and again test the BS levels.
 
Bluetit1802 said:
Well done Adrian. Keep going with the reduced carbs and watch that HbA1c fall in 3 months.
I will be having a little indulgence at Christmas, after all, my DN told me to eat anything I like in moderation.
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Did she say you could eat what you like at the Moderation Inn ..........................fetch me the menu!
 
Well done Adrian.. Sounds like things are coming together well for you. By your next blood test I am sure your Hb will be down.
 
Kezzer4321 said:
Well done Adrian.. Sounds like things are coming together well for you. By your next blood test I am sure your Hb will be down.
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I really hope so Kesser, it was the only thing in the negative today. Now I know I can master (to a degree) this BS thing. I'm gonna experiment a bit more with what I can eat and what I can't. Can't wait to try a whole bar of chocolate............mmmmmmmm
 
Forgive me if I'm missing something, we are diabetic and eating whatever we want at Christmas is lunacy in my opinion, it's self destructive, if I had a peanut allergy I wouldn't eat peanuts because it's christmas, if I were a recovering alcoholic I wouldn't drink because it's christmas, if I had high bp, no I shouldnt take the pils because I hate taking pills and it is Christmas after all?, diabetics cannot or should not eat what they want at any time, we have been given a gift, this gift is the ability to help ourselves by not eating what we want, don't waste the opportunity by eating harmful foods.

With a hba1c of 107 you need to drastically reduce your carbohydrates, your health care professional is a moron! "You still need to have a life" ? Complete lunacy! Your need to have a life is the exact reason you can't eat whatever you want at Christmas


All opinion
 
Hi Andy and thanks for a very truthful reply. Even though the quack said what she did, I look back at what I've achieved over the last 4 weeks and do indeed intend to carry on the good work. I am relatively new to this game but the more I come on this site, the more I learn even though looking at some of my posts it seems like I'm larking around. It's just my way of keeping sane and happy and hopefully I'm not pi**ing too many people off. I am still going to have a good christmas which will include a dinner but in moderation and I will still test myself before and 2 1/2 hrs after.
Cheers
 
So pleased for you!
Ace results.


On the subject of Xmas indulgences, I'm all for it.
But I know that if I let rip, particularly on wheat, grains and sugar, I would struggle to get back on the wagon.
It isn't the few days of delicious treats I need to worry about.
Or even the ridiculously raised BGs.
It's the agonising crawl through carb cravings trying to get back on the straight and narrow.
A few days of fun could take months of 'I'll start tomorrow...' Before I regain the lost ground.
 
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