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<blockquote data-quote="cusally" data-source="post: 1249225" data-attributes="member: 328168"><p>blimey Lindasar, your surgery sounds like a tough place to visit ! My GP has been seeing me every week since the diagnosis, and he has also referred me to the Nurse to have other blood tests and referral to hospital for something called a Desmond course to tell you all about the illness (quite a long wait for that one), he says he will test regulalry till he is happy I am stable, and I am very releived he is being so supportive as i felt very low initially</p><p>I agree with urbanracer that you can push for GP appt as a new diabetic, but to be honest I have learnt more here than from the GP or nurse, </p><p></p><p>Like you, I have blurred vision, i went to optician thinking I needed new glasses, instead I ended up being told not to drive till I bring my blood glucose levels down by diet and 500mg per day Metformin, he gave me slow release which has meant i didnt get any digestion problems </p><p></p><p>The optician told me the eyeball takes 1 - 6 months to get rid of the glucose depending on my success at avoiding sugar plus my own body's rate of renewal as the fluid in the eye is a slowly renewed thing, so some people get their sight back faster than others. So my own motivation to avoid sugar and carbs has been very strong as my vision is very important to me.</p><p></p><p>You need protein and fat to have enough energy, you need enough calories to live on, I started checking calories and nutrition levels in food online, its amazing how much carbs and sugar is hidden in things.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cusally, post: 1249225, member: 328168"] blimey Lindasar, your surgery sounds like a tough place to visit ! My GP has been seeing me every week since the diagnosis, and he has also referred me to the Nurse to have other blood tests and referral to hospital for something called a Desmond course to tell you all about the illness (quite a long wait for that one), he says he will test regulalry till he is happy I am stable, and I am very releived he is being so supportive as i felt very low initially I agree with urbanracer that you can push for GP appt as a new diabetic, but to be honest I have learnt more here than from the GP or nurse, Like you, I have blurred vision, i went to optician thinking I needed new glasses, instead I ended up being told not to drive till I bring my blood glucose levels down by diet and 500mg per day Metformin, he gave me slow release which has meant i didnt get any digestion problems The optician told me the eyeball takes 1 - 6 months to get rid of the glucose depending on my success at avoiding sugar plus my own body's rate of renewal as the fluid in the eye is a slowly renewed thing, so some people get their sight back faster than others. So my own motivation to avoid sugar and carbs has been very strong as my vision is very important to me. You need protein and fat to have enough energy, you need enough calories to live on, I started checking calories and nutrition levels in food online, its amazing how much carbs and sugar is hidden in things. [/QUOTE]
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