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2 sugars in tea is shocking advcie, if you were to drink 6-7 cups a day (as I do) that is a lot of sugar for the body to deal with.

Cath, if he does have other complications such as diabetic retinopathy then he will indeed need to bring his Hba1c down slowly as sudden tightening of bg control can escalate the problem, perhaps getting him to join this forum might be a step in the right direction for him.
 
Thommothebear said:
I attended an Xpert course back in July, there was a large group of newly diagnosed patients from 10 different surgeries. The course leader was from the local PCT specialist diabetes care team and very knowledgable.

While we were comparing the differing bits of advice we had each received from our practice DN's and Doctors it became very clear that the advice given varied widely and basically some of it was totally wrong. The leader said this is not uncommon and was clearly quite frustrated by it. Sadly the specialist team only deals with referred patients and does not handle routine care, they only get involved when things go wrong and even then only until the situation is normalised at which point it goes back to the local practice again.

It became quite apparent to me that the general knowledge relating to diabetes (type 2 in particular) in general practice surgeries is pretty appalling. i consider myself to be very lucky in that at least my surgery does not argue with my approach to managing my condition (unless I see the wrong doctor that is).




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my dn is one of the appauling ones haha she told me at xmas to have some choclate dont feel like i hav to deny myself . i did think is she trying to tip me over the edge .. thankyou xx
 
noblehead said:
2 sugars in tea is shocking advcie, if you were to drink 6-7 cups a day (as I do) that is a lot of sugar for the body to deal with.

Cath, if he does have other complications such as diabetic retinopathy then he will indeed need to bring his Hba1c down slowly as sudden tightening of bg control can escalate the problem, perhaps getting him to join this forum might be a step in the right direction for him.
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i have tried ,, oringinally it was me who told or thought he had diabeties because of his symptoms, were diagnosed 2 weeks apart , i sent the link but sadly he in denial by looks, the suger worrys me alot tho but im not a quitter i will continue to convert him as long as im alive ahahah xx
 
Actually chocolate isn't that bad, provided you have the 75% cocoa dark chocolate and not too much in one go. The Xpert trainers feel denying yourself things that you really like is one of the factors that cause people to fail in lifestyle changes, the trick is to just make sure you don't overdo it and test,test,test.


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