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Saw my diabetic nurse today!!!!

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Non diabetics who think they know better and people who keep asking me "are you allowed to eat that?"
I had an appointment with my diabetic nurse today, I was looking forward to seeing her following the swap to low carb last week and the subsequent better sugars. The week before my average sugar was 11.9, this week it is down to 7.8.

I went in and explained all to her about the new diet. She said to me that from her professional point of view she should discourage me from following a low carb diet but from her personal point of view she thought it was a great move. She herself follows a low carb diet. She has told me to start trying to get half a teaspoon of cinnamon in my diet everyday as it is apparently good for BG levels and also metabolism. I have got to keep going for another 3 weeks on the low carb then go and have my HBA1C done to see what kind of figures I get as my last one was 8.6.

Also....a big bonus...since my last visit in late june I have lost 4.5kg(9.9lbs) in weight and my BMI has gone down by 1.4!!! All in all I am very happy with my trip today and so was my nurse.
 
Keep a hold of that nurse,Nathan! Yes I take cinnamon every morning on my breakfast.I also take cinnamon tabs ,when I remember,during the day.Excellent news about your levels and weight loss ,keep up the good work.
 
Obviously the BG is great but the weight loss was such a bonus as I had not really been trying to hard on the weight front so hopefully now I am on low carb it will plummet quite a bit more as I weigh 98.5kg. I am just over 6' tall so should be around 75-80kg in an ideal world. Now i just need to start toning up as I'm doing it to get rid of my flabby bits ha ha!
 
I'm thrilled skinny for you, nathansdiary!

Are you listening, Ally?

All the best,

fergus
 
It looks like we could put together a diabete centre if we tried. Dr. Katharine, Nathan's DS nurse, Ally( provided we monitor her) and diabeticgeek to explain it all
 
My nurse is certainly a good one to have on board. My old one before I moved was never happy and everything you did was wrong.
 
Hi Ally,

I'm glad you're still with us.
What does DUK say about carbs, then?

2. At each meal include starchy carbohydrate foods such as bread, pasta, chapattis, potatoes, yam, noodles, rice and cereals. The amount of carbohydrate you eat is important to control your blood glucose levels. All varieties are fine but try to include those that are more slowly absorbed (have a lower glycaemic index) as these won’t affect your blood glucose levels as much. Better choices include:
• Pasta
• Basmati or easy cook rice
• Grainy breads such as granary, pumpernickel and rye
• New potatoes, sweet potato and yam
• Porridge oats, All Bran and natural muesli.


No mention of 'carb control', just a straighforward recommendation to go ahead and eat the very foods that make us ill.

All the best,

fergus
 
Sorry Sue! The advice gave me a migraine and I wanted you all to share my pain.
Went back and gave it a re-spray so it's a bit less hurty.
So that's what the preview butoon's for!

All the best,

fergus
 
The nurse told me that she eats no more than 2 slices of wholemeal bread or equivalent a day. I liked her honesty for saying that she should tell me different but then agreeing with me.
 
sugarless sue said:
Sounds like your nurse is actually a diabetic!
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It certainly does, I have never actually asked her but from the way she talks I am guessing she is. It is refreshing as she always works with you and is always happy to chat. Plus you get 30 minute appointments with her which is nice, you don't have to rush. The best thing is all of this is at my doctors, they have an in house diabetic clinic every monday and also do their own eyes clinic.
 
sometimes do you find posts go into a black hole!

I am intrigued could you say i low carb as i only eat 2 slices of bread a day - who knows what else she is eating cos i am so used to people making statements like that!

Diabetes Uk have a lot of good points but they can only generlise - and they do say i think you need specific advice.

A muzzle - waht a thought!
 
no you would be better giving me typing lessons! I can spell honestly - I am just rubbish at typing.

Excuse me i don't live in the valleys ! I live in Cardiff!

Told you we are superior - who won the first GOLD MEDAL?
 
I am thrilled that the nurse is encouraging your improved diabetes management. One person at a time is what we are doing now. I wouldn't be surprised if she passes on the message when she finds someone crying about their complications or sees a young woman who wants to have a baby but is scared about the blood sugar management problems which are the norm in the NHS.

Meanwhile I'm hoping to get some change to the Scottish Guidelines over the next 15 months via my inclusion in the SIGN guideline revision group.

Ally, I found that a programme called "Magic Type" was very helpful and better than Mavis Beacon for improving my touch typing. Magic Type has a big bunny who helps you. I have also found that my spellling deteriorated as my reliance on typing became more. This is because you can only rely on your visual information / spell checker when you type but when you write your hand has a memory of the word too. I can write perfectly well and spell better with my eyes closed when I use a pen and paper compared to typing.
 
That's interesting Katharine.I have a mild degree of dyslexia(thank God for spell-checkers) but was surprised when I made the same mistakes typing as I do hand writing.Writing certain words instead of others I do the same typing!
 
Both my kids are dyslexic but Steven (Mr Diabetic) has it most severely. He has an auditory spelling strategy which is fine if you are Italian but not so great if you are writing English. He still writes ceas instead of cheese along with many others. It' is sometimes funny to read notes he writes to me but his exam results were not so funny.
 
Try voice recognition software. Inbuilt with my version of Vista but better packages are on the market. A few years ago I had problems at work with typing because tendons were locking some fingers and I had symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome. Had to spend some time to get it working well but contextual voice recognition does work very well.

Dyslexic friend also has coloured background for her screen which seems to address the problem. In her case its an odd shade of green.
 
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