Great rant @Knikki !! And I admire your strength in not responding as a reflex action.OK.
First off lay out stall.
I like this Forum it has lots of info, plenty of experience and lots of shoulders to cry on if need be. I fully get 'needle phobia' plus other mental health issues, not that I have had any, but it is "interesting" dealing with a friend back at work after being on suicide watch for 4 weeks, BUT, that is another story.
I, if you have not guessed, have grown up with T1D, which over the years it has certainly kept me 'entertained' should we say, plus I think I would probably scare some of you with the way I treat things, like hypo's, hypers and also what I eat. I'm also sceptical, cynical and a PITA. However I do like to help people out if and when I can.
So, it does make me wonder how some people on the forum would deal with things if they had have become Diabetic in 1971? With the advice of "1 slice of white bread is 10 grams of carbs, stay off anything thats has sugar in it and look for diabetic foods". Seriously it was like that.
The almost fanatical quest for the holy grail of LCHF that some seem to pursue.
Some of the questions that get asked make me scratch my head and ask "which queue were you in when they were giving out common sense?".
The belief that some medics are almost God's and do no wrong where as the response to others "must have got their qualifications off the side of a cereal packet" Really?? and how many qualifications do you have?.....oh hang on wait a minute...... Again related to one of the many diet/food threads on here. (no, they are human and have an opinion like everyone else, go to 4 doctors with the same symptoms and odds on your will get at least 3 different diagnosis)
The linking of offsite threads "to be discussed" knowing that it will no doubt get the heckles up of many, its like "have you heard yourself? wind your neck in and get a life".
The sometime almost "dismissal" of peoples opinions if does not fit in with the "fashion for the diet of the day".
Oh and one of my favourite subjects accuracy of blood test/libre/dexcom devices and the hilarious response of some with "how are we expected to control our blood sugar with this kind of getup?" hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha try dropping 10 drops of water + 5 drops of urine in a tube add tablet that reacts and you get a colour:
Blue means your LOW Brick at the other end means HIGH, accuracy like 6 hours if your lucky, Green was the ideal colour you wanted.
Anyway......there you go,,,, now I'm off for wine and curry.
@smc4761 and @Knikki Thanks for both posts. My grandmother and aunt were both T1 as was my Cuban friend so I was very aware of what they had to do to manage the disease. I do realise how lucky I am. When first diagnosed, the only thing I kept thinking was I couldn't deal with the syringes etc etc. Relief was immense when then showed me the dinky 4mm needles. I think I do get a bit prissy about low carb eating. I know I've mentioned not drinking cider anymore but heyho, there are 4 bottles in the pantry and I feel a curry coming on. Thanks all for getting my head from out of the part down below which I can't writeI was actually thinking about this the other day and how the hell I made it to where I am today. Diagnosed in 1981, it was case of these foods are worth 10g of carbs, slice bread, apple, banana, biscuit. You can eat as much cheese, fish and meat as you like as no carbs. Pee in the test tube to see if you have sugar in urine, see you in 6 months. That was it.
6 months later, wait in clinic for 4 hours, as we were all given same appointment time. How are you coping? Fine. Ok see you in six months. That was it
Type 1's now dont know they are born and how lucky they are
100% with you on this one. I do come on the forum a lot during the working day and have a look around and my blood boils at some of the threads.....I start to type a response and end up deleting before posting and causing upset (I can be very outspoken lol). 1975 for me and can remember the 10 drops water and 5 drops of urine.....if I knew I had been "naughty" and not kept to my VERY strict diet then I would only put 2 drops of urine in and 13 drops of water to fool my mam.....it NEVER worked. The only person I was fooling was myself!OK.
First off lay out stall.
I like this Forum it has lots of info, plenty of experience and lots of shoulders to cry on if need be. I fully get 'needle phobia' plus other mental health issues, not that I have had any, but it is "interesting" dealing with a friend back at work after being on suicide watch for 4 weeks, BUT, that is another story.
I, if you have not guessed, have grown up with T1D, which over the years it has certainly kept me 'entertained' should we say, plus I think I would probably scare some of you with the way I treat things, like hypo's, hypers and also what I eat. I'm also sceptical, cynical and a PITA. However I do like to help people out if and when I can.
So, it does make me wonder how some people on the forum would deal with things if they had have become Diabetic in 1971? With the advice of "1 slice of white bread is 10 grams of carbs, stay off anything thats has sugar in it and look for diabetic foods". Seriously it was like that.
The almost fanatical quest for the holy grail of LCHF that some seem to pursue.
Some of the questions that get asked make me scratch my head and ask "which queue were you in when they were giving out common sense?".
The belief that some medics are almost God's and do no wrong where as the response to others "must have got their qualifications off the side of a cereal packet" Really?? and how many qualifications do you have?.....oh hang on wait a minute...... Again related to one of the many diet/food threads on here. (no, they are human and have an opinion like everyone else, go to 4 doctors with the same symptoms and odds on your will get at least 3 different diagnosis)
The linking of offsite threads "to be discussed" knowing that it will no doubt get the heckles up of many, its like "have you heard yourself? wind your neck in and get a life".
The sometime almost "dismissal" of peoples opinions if does not fit in with the "fashion for the diet of the day".
Oh and one of my favourite subjects accuracy of blood test/libre/dexcom devices and the hilarious response of some with "how are we expected to control our blood sugar with this kind of getup?" hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha try dropping 10 drops of water + 5 drops of urine in a tube add tablet that reacts and you get a colour:
Blue means your LOW Brick at the other end means HIGH, accuracy like 6 hours if your lucky, Green was the ideal colour you wanted.
Anyway......there you go,,,, now I'm off for wine and curry.
Well done you for going for a run! I really need to get out and about again as I haven't been since the 29th of December eek!Very cold here, still getting overnight highs at 13.6 and a poorly tum and my Dexcom sensor ended this morning, I decided to so a run but as the new one takes 2 hours warm up I carried on and went for my first run in 2 weeks testing on the meter before I went at a pretty safe 7.4, turned pump down to 50% temp basal, started out ok then up the hill, came down and lost my puff ! I managed 5km which was ok in my book, got home tested at 5.2, so walked the dog came back and dropped to 3.3. New sensor is working now and have bounced up to 10.4, so all in all a yo yo day on the tightrope for me, hope others have a more balanced one
Well done you for going for a run! I really need to get out and about again as I haven't been since the 29th of December eek!
Its perfect running weather today so maybe this evening.......(perhaps)
I'm always intrigued by the notion of 'normal eating'... would love to see it defined somewhere!DAFNE still refers to “carbohydrate portions” with 10g = 1CP.