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<blockquote data-quote="EllieM" data-source="post: 1641426" data-attributes="member: 372717"><p>Eating disorders aren't just suffered by anorexic girls who think they're overweight. It's surprisingly easy for anyone on a restrictive diet to fall into one and once you've got there it's almost impossible to think rationally about food until your BMI has been at normal levels for a while (months). You definitely sound at risk, and in many ways it's a worse illness than diabetes (though it is possible to recover from it). Even if you have type 1 (and it doesn't sound like it) you don't die suddenly from undiagnosed type 1, you need to get to blood sugars of 20 before getting sent to casualty. Once your blood sugars get over 10 you can get your GP to give you a diagnosis and you can run a blood sugar of 10 for years without doing any significant damage to your body. (For my first decade of diabetes, I relied on urine tests for control, and sugar typically only goes into your urine once your blood sugar is 10)</p><p></p><p>If NZ is your home country (dialling 111?) then you're in luck, they have excellent diabetic care (I've had 31 years in UK, 17 in Australia and now 6 months in NZ) and you don't need to go private to get it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EllieM, post: 1641426, member: 372717"] Eating disorders aren't just suffered by anorexic girls who think they're overweight. It's surprisingly easy for anyone on a restrictive diet to fall into one and once you've got there it's almost impossible to think rationally about food until your BMI has been at normal levels for a while (months). You definitely sound at risk, and in many ways it's a worse illness than diabetes (though it is possible to recover from it). Even if you have type 1 (and it doesn't sound like it) you don't die suddenly from undiagnosed type 1, you need to get to blood sugars of 20 before getting sent to casualty. Once your blood sugars get over 10 you can get your GP to give you a diagnosis and you can run a blood sugar of 10 for years without doing any significant damage to your body. (For my first decade of diabetes, I relied on urine tests for control, and sugar typically only goes into your urine once your blood sugar is 10) If NZ is your home country (dialling 111?) then you're in luck, they have excellent diabetic care (I've had 31 years in UK, 17 in Australia and now 6 months in NZ) and you don't need to go private to get it. [/QUOTE]
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