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<blockquote data-quote="JenniferW" data-source="post: 2095960" data-attributes="member: 191472"><p>I've struggled since being diagnosed T2 in 2015, but only recently have started to see the whole carbs issue as more like an allergy in what it's demanding of me. In other words, having to accept that my body just can't process carbs in the way someone without this condition can. And that like most things, it's a mixture of drawing a short straw on the genes and the lifestyle I have of way less exercise than decades ago (I'm now in my 70s), and loads more food around than there certainly was in my family then. The food issues are way more difficult for some of us to get our heads around than it seems to be for some people. But then I always suspect those of us who struggle and often fail don't come here too often shouting out about that.</p><p></p><p>Do you know about the X-PERT courses? You're entitled to go on one of them and it's a self-referral system. You contact them direct to get your place. You need to have blood tests done for it - they'll tell you what - but you can get those done without seeing a GP.</p><p></p><p>My GP is as dire as yours sounds. I'd be lost without my X-PERT course, which made me understand just what I was facing, a local Diabetes-UK group with a lovely secretary who I can ring up about problems, this forum, plus the LOWCARBPROGRAM app, which I got onto via Diabetes UK posts on Facebook.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JenniferW, post: 2095960, member: 191472"] I've struggled since being diagnosed T2 in 2015, but only recently have started to see the whole carbs issue as more like an allergy in what it's demanding of me. In other words, having to accept that my body just can't process carbs in the way someone without this condition can. And that like most things, it's a mixture of drawing a short straw on the genes and the lifestyle I have of way less exercise than decades ago (I'm now in my 70s), and loads more food around than there certainly was in my family then. The food issues are way more difficult for some of us to get our heads around than it seems to be for some people. But then I always suspect those of us who struggle and often fail don't come here too often shouting out about that. Do you know about the X-PERT courses? You're entitled to go on one of them and it's a self-referral system. You contact them direct to get your place. You need to have blood tests done for it - they'll tell you what - but you can get those done without seeing a GP. My GP is as dire as yours sounds. I'd be lost without my X-PERT course, which made me understand just what I was facing, a local Diabetes-UK group with a lovely secretary who I can ring up about problems, this forum, plus the LOWCARBPROGRAM app, which I got onto via Diabetes UK posts on Facebook. [/QUOTE]
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