So every single overweight person is a liar! Stupid too! Of course slim people would never forget the odd sandwich I suppose? I find this assumption by the media and medical profession to be very insulting. I am keeping a food diary right now and include absolutely everything. I always do. Even down to calories from a Berocca tablet, fish oil supplement or a throat lozenge.
It is ignorance and the media that clumps all T2's as being overeating overweight people with no control on how they eat. We know this is not the case but unfortunately this is the image we have been given. and it will take a lot to change peoples opinion about it we just have to live with it and not let it offend us to muchI get it @Pinkorchid and as I have said their disease, their party but quite a lot of us would not. I just felt really really insulted at the inference of you have T2 you are overweight no doubt you will be chowing down the doughnuts within minutes so we will book another tests for three months to catch you out.
Maybe I am being totally naive or maybe I am just a girl scout but I see no possible reason to cheat my results, what am I gaining? I test every morning once I am up, having had a pee and let the dogs out then religiously before and after meals, and randomly if I do excercise to see how that has effected things.
Different strokes for differant folks I guess and herby this thread goes full circle
Thing is that there is those D.nurses that are really good and helpful and then there is those that can be classified 'ridiculous'...they could not care less, verge of being rude. I've seen plenty of those...though luckily the helpful ones are majority.
"who haven't" ... Do you eat healthily? ".. by what standards?" During these standard questions they are not interested with answers or have conversation..it is just box ticking exercize. ... Statins side effects conversation: "sometimes you just have to put up with little bit discomfort and odd ache.." 
...at that point I didn't hold back and told her 'what's what'. 
It also clumps together all overweight people as having no control. That's what offends me.
Yep I think this is true, as I said earlier I think people react differently some just go "ok lifestyle change" and completly change their diet and mindset and others need to find a way to buck the system.
At the moment I am going down the lifestyle change route and really and sincerely hope that this a path I can stay on.
As we have said before on this thread it is all down to human nature and that is a strange and mysterious thing
Yes it is insulting but unfortunately the media has a big influence on how people see things if they say we have T2 because we are fat overeating slobs this is what is believed
Thing is that there is those D.nurses that are really good and helpful and then there is those that can be classified 'ridiculous'...they could not care less, verge of being rude. I've seen plenty of those...though luckily the helpful ones are majority.
What kind of D.nurse ask long term diabetic (which she would easily find out by just looking at the notes)....have you ever tried dieting?
I could go on and on with similar examples...and not only with conversational but not even able to perform basic tasks correctly resulting false reading! These 'ridiculous' nurses are generally not interested their patients...not even doing their job properly..they are just interested being superior position to make them feel good.
But it is human nature and we get those in any job...but somehow it feels even worst in 'caring profession'...and sometimes it feels that I'm like a magnet and seem to be meeting those sort in regular bases
. But personal choice must be paramount, and accountability. We can only be responsible for ourselves, no matter how much we want others to see the dangers.
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I was perfectly pleasant to her beleive me if a little "oh ok" at the lying cheating comments.
I asked about LCHF and was told no its to difficult, excercise, a little walk will not do any harm, the Newcastle diet oh good heavens no and in the end it came down to brown pasta and bread, take the tablets no need to test, try and cut down on sugar and see you in three months.
I realise that it is the repeated dogma and she is just not up to date with the current thinking I get it. This by the way was the practice nurse not a Diabetic Nurse ( I am waiting for my referral to come through for that) .
Oh an you are lucky indeed I worked in the NHS for many years and came across many "Ridiculous" HCP's a group of consultants having a peeing contest over office space is something to be beleived
Oh I can understand 'personalities'...that is usually good thing. I don't mind nurses and doctors that are blunt with their responses but when they are no up to their job and try to hide it behind fancy language or stuffy attitude... some it is down that they are not really interested as long as it looks that they've done their part..at least on paperwork...that gets me.
A fool who changes their way of thinking is no longer a fool.
