Here's my story so far. Due to being a diabetic for only 3 months I have not got the experience like many here.
I'll start from the beginning because I believe that it's all somehow interconnected.
1999- 2003, suffered from very bad stomach pains. When I told the Doc I could eat chillie but black pepper gave me bad pains he laughed and called me a "pervert", jokingly of course.
2003: My first angina attack, many followed and I was in and out of hospital for a long time.
Jan 2004: Got my first stent.
May 2004: Ended up in hospital again this time with pancreatitis and "flying high" on morphin. Spent another two months at home taking morphine.
2005: Was told for the first time that I had a stone in my pancreas and that is what caused the pancreatitis in the first place. It was blasted
to pieces by sound waves but because the pancreatic duct has a narrowing the pieces could not be drained in to the duodenum.
2006
ancreas flared up again and was giving me lots of trouble.
April 2007: Was told that I needed a partial pancreatectomy to remove one third of my pancreas wher ethe stone is. The Doc said about 8 weeks , still waiting.
June 2008: Had to have a second stent inserted into the first one because it was 95% clogged up again. (Have a video on youtube if anyone is interested in seeing it)
April 2009: Diagnosed as diabetic and here I am still alive and kicking controlling my diabetic as well as my life and the best thing about it is that I have bben lucky enough not to have been forced to give up most foods I like eating (ie: bread, potatos, rice, noodles etc.) or change my life style drastically.
My usual daily diet is as follows.
Breakfast: Two slices of bread, toasted or fresh, with something on it. It could be cheese, ham, cold chicken, turkey, beef, lamb or anything that's in the fridge BUT as low a fat as possible.
Lunch: Cooked meal, could be anything, the salad above or with white beans, sometimes with boiled potatos. Could also be chicken and chips. Home made meat balls, low fat, and chips or boiled potatos, or even rice. Pasta is on the table sometimes in different variations. Could be stuffed wine leaves and roast potatos and salad. We eat salad or veggies with nearly every meal. Yesterday we had chicken stew with boiled potatos and veggies. Oh and I always take the skin off the chicken.
Supper/Dinner: See Breakfast.
During the day, some fruits, evenings "wobbly wobbly" as my 18 month old grandson calls it ( I thought him that :lol: ). That's sugar free jelly.
As snacks in front of the TV, nuts or digestive biscuits but 5 at the most.
And about 10 mugs of tea during the day with low fat milk and sweetners that do not contain asparteme.
Meds:
Angina: Rosuvastatin, Aspirin, Clopidogrel, Bisoprolol, GTN.
Diabetics: 1xMetformin SR daily.
Asthma: Fluticasone & Salmeterol
Also take 20mg Esomeprazole and Folic Acid.
My BG results:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key= ... g&hl=en_GB
All in all I am quite happy with my results and life style although there are things that I obviously miss like chocklates and cakes and things people do, especially on a cold winters night to keep warm. :wink: :lol: