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- Diet drinks - the artificial sweeteners taste vile.
Having to forswear foods I have loved all my life.
Trying to find low carb meals when eating out.
I was going to post this in the Newly Diagnosed forum but wasn't allowed anywhere near it, for some reason.
[ :twisted: This is probably the reason :twisted: (mouseover will reveal all)]
So, anyway.
A friend has just had a finger prick which gave a reading between 16 and 18 (slight variation in the tale depending on who was told but then again I can't remember my latest reading for more than a couple of minutes so it is just as well I load all the results onto the computer).
Doctor said - diabetes.
We said the same.
Only proviso is that he has other endocrine complications; realistically diabetes is about the best diagnosis he can get after that test result.
Anyway he went for the fasting blood test this morning and the results usually take a couple of weeks to come back.
Assuming that the diabetes is confirmed, then I will be the (self proclaimed) expert with 3 years experience so I will try and support him through this.
I am pondering on the best advice to give, and so far I am considering this:
(1) Encourage him to join this forum (no brainer) and read all the good advice for the newly diagnosed.
(2) Encourage him to go into his meeting with the doctor and diabetic nurse with the aim of getting a tester (one which will download results to a computer) and some initial testing supplies. If there are any problems with this then to buy a matching tester to mine and I will share supplies.
(3) Go "cold turkey" on carbs for a week just to see how low he can get his blood glucose.
This is based on my experience of starting off with the "just cut back on stuff and have a little" followed by three years of slowly cutting more and more things out of my diet until I am reluctantly considering that I must eschew nearly all carbs to keep my levels under control.
Basically I would be encouraging him to "cut to the chase".
This would at least give a marker for what kind of improvements might be possible although I recognise that it may take more than a week for a newly diagnosed diabetic to come down off the highs.
At the minimum, it would give a baseline for comparison with other dietary options.
I will be encouraging him to up his exercise as well but I don't think he will be joining me for a run anytime soon. Perhaps encouraging him to walk more by keeping him company.
So (assuming that you are beginning to think that carbs may not be quite as good as they are portrayed) is this the kind of strategy you might adopt?
Any other suggestions?
Cheers
LGC
[ :twisted: This is probably the reason :twisted: (mouseover will reveal all)]
So, anyway.
A friend has just had a finger prick which gave a reading between 16 and 18 (slight variation in the tale depending on who was told but then again I can't remember my latest reading for more than a couple of minutes so it is just as well I load all the results onto the computer).
Doctor said - diabetes.
We said the same.
Only proviso is that he has other endocrine complications; realistically diabetes is about the best diagnosis he can get after that test result.
Anyway he went for the fasting blood test this morning and the results usually take a couple of weeks to come back.
Assuming that the diabetes is confirmed, then I will be the (self proclaimed) expert with 3 years experience so I will try and support him through this.
I am pondering on the best advice to give, and so far I am considering this:
(1) Encourage him to join this forum (no brainer) and read all the good advice for the newly diagnosed.
(2) Encourage him to go into his meeting with the doctor and diabetic nurse with the aim of getting a tester (one which will download results to a computer) and some initial testing supplies. If there are any problems with this then to buy a matching tester to mine and I will share supplies.
(3) Go "cold turkey" on carbs for a week just to see how low he can get his blood glucose.
This is based on my experience of starting off with the "just cut back on stuff and have a little" followed by three years of slowly cutting more and more things out of my diet until I am reluctantly considering that I must eschew nearly all carbs to keep my levels under control.
Basically I would be encouraging him to "cut to the chase".
This would at least give a marker for what kind of improvements might be possible although I recognise that it may take more than a week for a newly diagnosed diabetic to come down off the highs.
At the minimum, it would give a baseline for comparison with other dietary options.
I will be encouraging him to up his exercise as well but I don't think he will be joining me for a run anytime soon. Perhaps encouraging him to walk more by keeping him company.
So (assuming that you are beginning to think that carbs may not be quite as good as they are portrayed) is this the kind of strategy you might adopt?
Any other suggestions?
Cheers
LGC
