Thanks kimboIt makes a difference and I can pick it up in a improvement in mood, lower levels and feeling much more assured.
Have dropped Guinness completely (substituted it with a few glasses of wine) and feel better for it.
Or a nice dollop of salsa would jazz it up a bit..or grate some parmesan over the whole plate. Or add some ceasar dressing and make it turkey ceasar salad. All virtually carb free.
Oh yes Mike, my energy and mood has lifted so very much too!! I feel much more alive without the carbs - strangely enough a passing comment from my usually pro carb nurse practitioner when I saw him about someone else a couple of weeks ago about that "feeling alive" was "well, carbs do make you sluggish"!!Thanks kimboIt makes a difference and I can pick it up in a improvement in mood, lower levels and feeling much more assured.
Have dropped Guinness completely (substituted it with a few glasses of wine) and feel better for it.
5.3 on waking, 6.00am which of course by our bodies would be 7.00am - and now at 7.20am my tummy says breakfast is late of course! First day of my little holiday from work, banked overtime and untaken holidays all grouped together for a decent paid break!! (Have worked hard for it this year!) I have my DN review this morning- wonder what she will say to the results from Friday??!!
Oh I'm certainly not expecting the "how" to be discussed andbreathe!! I do know I'm going in very much empowered and knowing what is right for me, I also am going in knowing I want the meds for at least the next three months to help me get stable etc and will fight my case for that! It's also very obvious I've lost weight, want to get weighed and find out how much, work colleagues day 2 stone- I don't possess scales now after an obsession years ago. We will see......Kimbo - I don't want to be raining on your BBQ, but if your review is anything like mine, after my first post-diagnosis HbA1c, the reaction will be congratulatory, but muted on the "how" factor.
I didn't, and don't take that approach, at that time, as an insult. I honestly believe many of our healthcare folks must be incredibly frustrated by the position in which they find themselves. In order to comply with NHS and NICE guidelines, they must toe the line on diet etc. If they recommend off-piste overtly, their insurers would probably be unsupportive if a tricky situation arose. I would hate to be working under those constraints. It has to be very stressful.
My nurse's take on stuff was, "Have you lost weight?" I hadn't been weighed at the outset, then went off to the sun for 4 months, so not entirely her fault.
Having confirmed weightloss, my improved BP and other scores, all she could say was, "keep doing what you're doing", but she really, really didn't want to discuss what I had been doing. To be fair to her, she did acknowledge I had done well to reduce 73 to 37.
I know that's painting a rather disappointing picture, but given I had undertaken a 9000 mile round-trip for my review, it's fair to say I didn't immediately pencil the next one into my diary. I had a further blood screen done after a further 3 months, abroad.
However it goes, and I do hope it's more uplifting than mine was, don't lose sight of how well you have done.
Are you taking a copy of Southport GP's synopsis with you?
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