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<blockquote data-quote="Defren" data-source="post: 269115" data-attributes="member: 41817"><p><strong>Re: A Geordie trying the Newcastle Diet</strong></p><p></p><p>Well.. I wasn't frog marched out, infact</p><p></p><p>My head is still in the clouds... I went into the clinic and it was my GP doing the clinic not a nurse, first big sigh of relief. He looked at me and he couldn't speak with surprise as I had walked in and not been in the wheelchair. He sat me down and asked what I had done. I told him, I had gone against everything he advised me to. I was testing, and was low carbing. He gave me the biggest smile and said "thank God you researched". I told him the absolute truth about everything, except that I am on the Newcastle Diet. I did ask him if he would support me if I did it, he has promised to research it, and consider it, but my control is so good, why would I want to do it? - OOPS :lolno: I was so shocked that he is fully behind the low carb Atkins approach, to the point he is trying to secure funding to trial low carbs in diabetics, sadly he is not hopeful. He weighed me (weight a tightly guarded secret until my weekly weigh in on my ND in the weight loss forum). <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> I just blurted out that as I had done so well would he now prescribe strips? He said YES! They don't do the SD Codefree on the NHS so I am getting a brand spanking mew meter. He asked me how many strips I use a day, and I told him, he will cover all my strips as long as I promise to cut down the testing in a couple of months if my next HbA1c is below 6, I agreed. No change in medication, and no clinic visits for two months - YIPEE!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Defren, post: 269115, member: 41817"] [b]Re: A Geordie trying the Newcastle Diet[/b] Well.. I wasn't frog marched out, infact My head is still in the clouds... I went into the clinic and it was my GP doing the clinic not a nurse, first big sigh of relief. He looked at me and he couldn't speak with surprise as I had walked in and not been in the wheelchair. He sat me down and asked what I had done. I told him, I had gone against everything he advised me to. I was testing, and was low carbing. He gave me the biggest smile and said "thank God you researched". I told him the absolute truth about everything, except that I am on the Newcastle Diet. I did ask him if he would support me if I did it, he has promised to research it, and consider it, but my control is so good, why would I want to do it? - OOPS :lolno: I was so shocked that he is fully behind the low carb Atkins approach, to the point he is trying to secure funding to trial low carbs in diabetics, sadly he is not hopeful. He weighed me (weight a tightly guarded secret until my weekly weigh in on my ND in the weight loss forum). :P I just blurted out that as I had done so well would he now prescribe strips? He said YES! They don't do the SD Codefree on the NHS so I am getting a brand spanking mew meter. He asked me how many strips I use a day, and I told him, he will cover all my strips as long as I promise to cut down the testing in a couple of months if my next HbA1c is below 6, I agreed. No change in medication, and no clinic visits for two months - YIPEE!! [/QUOTE]
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