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<blockquote data-quote="Nicole T" data-source="post: 2300766" data-attributes="member: 527609"><p>Call out of the blue from the hospital diabetes nurse. First contact (I've been dealing with my surgery's nurse so far) and the whole referral sounds a bit confused. She's got me down as "improperly controlled diabetes", and seemed to be expecting someone with a long standing diagnosis, rather than just a few weeks.</p><p></p><p>She asked if I was testing with a meter, and I told her I was. Contrary to some others' experiences, she was pleased that I was . She asked me how much Metformin I was taking, and I told her I wasn't and was trying low carb instead. Given my figures, she was perfectly happy with that, too.</p><p></p><p>She asked me when I was testing, and I told her "first thing in the morning, then before and after a meal with carbs", and she was happy with that, too. She had my BMI down as 36 for some reason (it hasn't been that for years, and was about 32 at diagnosis) so I corrected that to 30.2 (my Bluetooth scales tell me, every morning.)</p><p></p><p>She reckons I don't need to speak to her again, but will book me in for a follow up HbA1c in a couple of months (something I was going to ask my GP about anyway.) I should be 4 months into low carb by then, so it should give a fairly good indication of how well it's working.</p><p></p><p>She offered me a telephone consultation with a dietitian, and I've taken it. It'll be interesting to see what they have to say. If they try to steer me back onto 'good carbs', I'll be having none of it <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nicole T, post: 2300766, member: 527609"] Call out of the blue from the hospital diabetes nurse. First contact (I've been dealing with my surgery's nurse so far) and the whole referral sounds a bit confused. She's got me down as "improperly controlled diabetes", and seemed to be expecting someone with a long standing diagnosis, rather than just a few weeks. She asked if I was testing with a meter, and I told her I was. Contrary to some others' experiences, she was pleased that I was . She asked me how much Metformin I was taking, and I told her I wasn't and was trying low carb instead. Given my figures, she was perfectly happy with that, too. She asked me when I was testing, and I told her "first thing in the morning, then before and after a meal with carbs", and she was happy with that, too. She had my BMI down as 36 for some reason (it hasn't been that for years, and was about 32 at diagnosis) so I corrected that to 30.2 (my Bluetooth scales tell me, every morning.) She reckons I don't need to speak to her again, but will book me in for a follow up HbA1c in a couple of months (something I was going to ask my GP about anyway.) I should be 4 months into low carb by then, so it should give a fairly good indication of how well it's working. She offered me a telephone consultation with a dietitian, and I've taken it. It'll be interesting to see what they have to say. If they try to steer me back onto 'good carbs', I'll be having none of it :). [/QUOTE]
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