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Non-diabetics telling me how easy it is!

A recent leaflet from my diabetes service for type 2s on insulin says you may need 10-15g snacks between meals to avoid hypos. One of the suggestions is "3 party rings", another is "a small bag of multipack crisps"..
Sounds about right.

From what I remember with T1 also?
Had to google “party rings.”

Back in my day. It was the good ol’ deegestive!

These days I adjust my basal if anticipating a hard graft the following day?
 
I've had some corkers from my support workers.

When I first signed up to use the agency, I was assured that all their staff had decent diabetes / glucose control knowledge, bc I was really struggling (and still am).

My "low glucose" alarm went off on my libre - my worker asked if low blood sugar just meant I was hungry.

On an afternoon when my bg was at about 11 and I was freaking out, one suggested eating an apple to bring it down, or maybe going to hospital.

I get quite a lot of "my mum/dad/neighbour's dog is diabetic and they eat ice cream all the time/don't worry about their sugar levels" and the like. I've given up even trying to talk about it with them.

Sorry, not quite on topic, but I needed to vent.
 
Dieticians phhhhhht they were the ones when I was about 21 decided that rather than treating a hypo with chocolate or quick acting Sugar to have a sandwich that worked ……………NOT ,
At the age of 12 or thereabouts, I was given a b*llocking by my dietician (whom I never saw again) for having sugar on my morning Weetabix and sometimes in my coffee. I'm pretty sure I was also told off for eating chocolate biscuits (which was tricky as Penguins were standard afternoon tea fare at school).

I was curious as to why this was such a problem when my HbA1c had never been above 5.0% (31 mmol/mol) and was at that point ~4.6% (~27mmol/mol) [i.e. too low - it had been suggested by my consultant that I try to run a bit higher] but I was fobbed off and was actually quite upset afterwards as I couldn't really work out how to keep both the medical profession happy, and remain alive.

I obviously ignored what I was told to do (after discussing with my parents) and it did at least teach me a useful lesson that despite being both an adult and having a professional qualification, some people simply don't know what they are talking about. Not a bad life lesson.
 
Interestingly 4 decades back this was the way to treat T1 diabetes (well I'm not quite 40 years in, but only 1 off) - 3 meals with snacks in-between, which probably works out at roughly every 2h. Not sure how a dietician managed to come up with it these days though (even for a T1 on MDI and especially not for a T2 and diet only!), but then dieticians have their own special circle in my Inferno....
That’s how I was treated when I was diagnosed in 1967. It was, we were told, eating to the pattern of insulin ‘peaks’. Hmmm
 
At the age of 12 or thereabouts, I was given a b*llocking by my dietician (whom I never saw again) for having sugar on my morning Weetabix and sometimes in my coffee. I'm pretty sure I was also told off for eating chocolate biscuits (which was tricky as Penguins were standard afternoon tea fare at school).

I was curious as to why this was such a problem when my HbA1c had never been above 5.0% (31 mmol/mol) and was at that point ~4.6% (~27mmol/mol) [i.e. too low - it had been suggested by my consultant that I try to run a bit higher] but I was fobbed off and was actually quite upset afterwards as I couldn't really work out how to keep both the medical profession happy, and remain alive.

I obviously ignored what I was told to do (after discussing with my parents) and it did at least teach me a useful lesson that despite being both an adult and having a professional qualification, some people simply don't know what they are talking about. Not a bad life lesson.
I absolutely agree with your last paragraph especially!
 
T1 for 44 years and I’m use to being T1 its a “ normal “ way of life for me now, but it has made me realise I really wouldn’t like to be T 2 yes I have to inject blah blah blah , but now I can virtually eat what I like it’s taken a good few years to work out what works for me but now I’ve just about sorted it , not and it never will be 100. % but so much easier than years gone by, I know there are a percentage whose lifestyle habits might contribute to T2 but definetly not all, I don’t think I could be disciplined enough at least with T1 my sugar goes high I take insulin blood sugar comes down but it does come down doesn’t seem that easy with T2
Yes, I have often thought that as well. It does give a more positive ring to Type 1, despite everything....!?
 
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