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- People that feel just because diabates is a life-threatening "illness" it should be treated with kid gloves and nobody is allowed to have a laugh. My humour got me through abuse, near death experiences, serious and debilitating illnesses and lifelong pain and deformity - why give up the thing that works??
Hellooo all - wish you all a great day and thanks for having me
Just got diagnosed Type 2 on Friday and spent the weekend sleeping. Have since realised that trillions of other people have this and manage quite well thank you and now it's time to stop being such a total wuss and get on with things
Current treatment is Metformin (oh my god my poor poor bum - will it ever recover?) hahahaha
Been vegetarian for over 20 years and due to work and family commitments virtually living on sugar free red bull (or store's own equivialent) for the last 2.5 years /// hmmmm ... wonder if that has anything to do with being diabetic now? a little light research has hinted perhaps less caffeine would have been sensible.
Oh well, such is life
Anyhow, I have yet to be seen by the diabetic nurse and have a fasting blood test tomorrow - so we'll see. The diet advice I've had so far???
"stop eating sugar"
Hmmmm ... useful, I think not ...
I was diabetic in my pregnancy (for three months I pushed a LOT of insulin) and my diabetic contact then said I was "allergic to all food" as really simple things she'd suggested I eat sent my bloods sky high. Like cottage cheese for instance. 14mmol ... seriously???
Anyway, obviously I am rather concerned now as I had such a problem last time around, I DO have a rather large (backside? belly? thigh?) weight problem so I'm trying hard to address that as much as possible ...
Did you want a potted history? Probably not - feel free to skim !!!
Hopefully at some point somebody will give me a blood monitor and I can actually start working out what kind of things I CAN eat ... right now I am really bored of eating fruit for breakfast, and have had enough eggs or egg white omelette's to kill a horse.
Just found some bread at tesco which is OAT high and seems to have a way lower carb count than all the other breads I've seen, so have snuck some toast and honey for brekkie today - hence the good mood lol
ANY suggestions for starting out, especially as I'm vegetarian (not vegan, obviously, as I've eaten about 6 eggs since Friday haha) would be REALLY gratefully received!
Many thanks,
Jem
Just got diagnosed Type 2 on Friday and spent the weekend sleeping. Have since realised that trillions of other people have this and manage quite well thank you and now it's time to stop being such a total wuss and get on with things
Current treatment is Metformin (oh my god my poor poor bum - will it ever recover?) hahahaha
Been vegetarian for over 20 years and due to work and family commitments virtually living on sugar free red bull (or store's own equivialent) for the last 2.5 years /// hmmmm ... wonder if that has anything to do with being diabetic now? a little light research has hinted perhaps less caffeine would have been sensible.
Oh well, such is life
Anyhow, I have yet to be seen by the diabetic nurse and have a fasting blood test tomorrow - so we'll see. The diet advice I've had so far???
"stop eating sugar"
Hmmmm ... useful, I think not ...
I was diabetic in my pregnancy (for three months I pushed a LOT of insulin) and my diabetic contact then said I was "allergic to all food" as really simple things she'd suggested I eat sent my bloods sky high. Like cottage cheese for instance. 14mmol ... seriously???
Anyway, obviously I am rather concerned now as I had such a problem last time around, I DO have a rather large (backside? belly? thigh?) weight problem so I'm trying hard to address that as much as possible ...
Did you want a potted history? Probably not - feel free to skim !!!
Hopefully at some point somebody will give me a blood monitor and I can actually start working out what kind of things I CAN eat ... right now I am really bored of eating fruit for breakfast, and have had enough eggs or egg white omelette's to kill a horse.
Just found some bread at tesco which is OAT high and seems to have a way lower carb count than all the other breads I've seen, so have snuck some toast and honey for brekkie today - hence the good mood lol
ANY suggestions for starting out, especially as I'm vegetarian (not vegan, obviously, as I've eaten about 6 eggs since Friday haha) would be REALLY gratefully received!
Many thanks,
Jem