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What was your fasting blood glucose? (with some chat)

Hi there. My nephew attends Year (Grade) 13 school in Toronto. He has learnt no French whatsoever! Most surprising given the supposed bi-lingual status of Canada. I blame the school which is a private crammer, not Ontario state.
 
Hello and welcome to this thread @Adm_Mad , with a handle like that you're half way to fitting right in here, diets change for sure with type 2, but it's not world ending, when I have any fruit now I tend to share so I'm only getting half, but what I really miss is beer and pasties and crisps and mars bars and Belgian buns and beer and chips and pasta and beer and did I mention I really miss having a beer or three. Anyway welcome aboard.
 

How I agree - I really wish I had been a lot more chilled, he would get a bit snappy but I know it was only because he was frustrated with himself for not understanding or remembering. I’d give anything to have one of those days back, irritations and all.
The worst of it is I can feel it happening to me - just couldn’t figure out how to get the bluetooth in my car to pick up my phone. Asked youngest daughter to help and she said I had to try to do it, not just ask her as I’d never learn!
Not sure when our roles reversed.
 
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Hi there. My nephew attends Year (Grade) 13 school in Toronto. He has learnt no French whatsoever! Most surprising given the supposed bi-lingual status of Canada. I blame the school which is a private crammer, not Ontario state.
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It's the same in the publicly funded schools here in Toronto - I've taught in them in recent years. They do teach French but it's done so poorly and the kids (and many teachers!) are far from fluent. Kids even in French immersion and their teachers don't even speak French well. (I have a friend who's mom is French Canadians who says their French isn't competent, although different story in Ottawa or Quebec where there are lots of native French speakers.

Although Canada is officially bilingual (as a result of our history, Quebec agreed to join Confederation because the right to to speak French and practice Roman Catholicism was guaranteed) most English Canadians aren't bilingual. French Canadians are more likely to be bilingual or at least are more likely to have some skill in the other language. Although my first boyfriend was French Canadian, he didn't speak English well and I didn't speak French well (we met a class exchange), neither of us were proficient in the other's language.
 
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@trick60 I’m keeping my diagnosis a secret for now as I don’t want to deal with the shaming and stigma and questions, food policing, etc. I’m a bit worried how I’ll get through Easter without people asking why when I refuse chocolate but I think I’ll just take it but re-gift, or tell people I’ve decided to go keto or something.
 

You’ve made a really good start there, and it sounds like your GP knows a thing or 2 about diabetes so I’m sure she will be a great help ( mine told me to eat a fist size portion of carbs with every meal!)
Well done on getting to grips with blood sugar testing, you’ll soon find out which foods ‘spike’ you and which are safe. It can be very easy to go overboard on the testing as you say. Most people here advise testing immediately before a meal, then 2 hrs later to see what effect it has, you’re looking for a less than 2mmol rise.

I also found fruit very difficult to give up and I still miss a crunchy apple, but on the whole I find the benefits far outweight the negative side of it.
Good luck, stick around and ask if you’re confused about anything.
 

I understand. You are Type 2?

There certainly is a stigma attached to Type 2, especially if you are overweight. In some people's minds, it's your fault you "let yourself get fat so you got diabetes" when that is such a distortion of the relationship between insulin resistance, obesity and Type 2 (for overweight Type 2s insulin resistance predisposes us to weight gain and diabetes eventually). Sadly, I've seen Type 2s who blame themselves. (Type 1 also has a stigma too but it's different.)

I've told most people (although not all right away) although not my elderly parents (in their 90s) directly. because I don't want to worry them However, I think my Dad has figured it out, at the least, he thinks I'm prediabetic (he's still very sharp at almost 92.)

I'd be inclined to tell them that you are '"not hungry right now" "eating healthy' or 'watching what you eat' or something vague as some people are convinced keto is life threatening from the erroneous media reports. (I currently eat at keto levels myself.) There may be people who say "just one bite won't hurt you' which is harder to explain when they don't know your diagnosis but there is the rare person, who will insist anyway even when they know you are diabetic. (Those people get a very firm "I said, no thank you. Don't ask me again".)
 
@Chronicle_Cat Yep type 2. I’m overweight (BMI 27, Australian dress size 12-14) but my GP has set what I feel is a realistic and not scary goal weight. With my body type I’m one of those people that doesn’t “look” quite as heavy as I am, my GP seemed surprised when she weighed me and said “you don’t look it”.

Until I can have a proper assessment with my GP in two weeks I’m weighing myself every day to see what my low carb very low calorie temporary diet does, but after that I won’t as I have an eating disorder history and don’t want to get compulsive with weighing.
 
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I tell people I'm doing keto, or low-carb. I do eat dark chocolate.
 
Good morning all. Early day at work. Blood sugars were 4.4 today.

Welcome to the thread, @Adm_Mad. Great start on your blood sugar management.
@Patrick66 -- Doesn't sound very good that the wound is ouzing again. Have you considered talking to your doctor about this? Please take care of yourself.

Have a great day, folks.
 
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