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<blockquote data-quote="Glink" data-source="post: 1556629" data-attributes="member: 254742"><p>It's so true--I had NO idea how diverse diabetes was until I entered this world myself! I work at a hospital (as a non-clinician) so I'm pretty well educated on health stuff, but I still had no clue about how complicated diagnosing or having diabetes could be. </p><p></p><p>I often feel like I still have no clue about what's going on with my own situation, over 2 years post-diagnosis, but your words make me realize that I have actually come a long way. When diagnosed I already did everything you're "supposed" to do (i.e., be thin, exercise, eat whole grains and veggies, etc.) and it was really hard wrapping my head around the weird-sounding dietary changes I had to make (eating meat--because I have allergies to a lot of things--was necessary for me, a former vegan!). Unfortunately, my diabetes consultants were not much help either (parroting the "party line" advice that I already knew and then giving a shrug when my situation didn't follow that conventional wisdom) but thanks to my metre and the support on this forum and my own reading of the research I've really learned a lot and gained much better control over my health.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Glink, post: 1556629, member: 254742"] It's so true--I had NO idea how diverse diabetes was until I entered this world myself! I work at a hospital (as a non-clinician) so I'm pretty well educated on health stuff, but I still had no clue about how complicated diagnosing or having diabetes could be. I often feel like I still have no clue about what's going on with my own situation, over 2 years post-diagnosis, but your words make me realize that I have actually come a long way. When diagnosed I already did everything you're "supposed" to do (i.e., be thin, exercise, eat whole grains and veggies, etc.) and it was really hard wrapping my head around the weird-sounding dietary changes I had to make (eating meat--because I have allergies to a lot of things--was necessary for me, a former vegan!). Unfortunately, my diabetes consultants were not much help either (parroting the "party line" advice that I already knew and then giving a shrug when my situation didn't follow that conventional wisdom) but thanks to my metre and the support on this forum and my own reading of the research I've really learned a lot and gained much better control over my health. [/QUOTE]
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