Cheesed Off

[harbottle]

My point is.... do we know for certain that that person you know really is Type 2 or could they have they been misdiagnosed and are actually a slow onset Type 1 or perhaps MODY. Without any testing (and the testing can sometimes be less than conclusive) that Type 2 label is largely just an assumption by a doctor or nurse.

Yes, I got your point.

 

[Drummer]

I was told I had to be good and sensible and eat the starchy brown carbs, avoid fat, avoid sugar - even though starches turn to sugar almost as soon as they are in the mouth.
When diagnosed I was 'bad' because I was almost spherical - the GP and nurses conspired to get me into the clinic once a month to be weighed and harangued about my eating.
Once a HCP has something in their heads it is no use trying to protest innocence.
I had actually stopped weighing myself some 6 months before diagnosis, and stopped registering anything that was said to me at the surgery. Oddly enough there is now no record of my weight on my notes..... so only the good lord knows how much I weighed back in 2016.
I really have got to the point where I just switch off when speaking to a HCP - I do write some things down - recently I was called in for a health check, but when I got there is was just to take blood to see how my diabetes is doing.
I then got a phone call too try (again) to get me on statins.
It really is not worth letting others get you down, though it took an awful lot to make me take that final step and cultivate the raised eyebrow and say 'Really - that's interesting.' rather than 'illogical'.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Welcome to the forum @Anneletoile

Yes I’m sure lots of members will absolutely understand your frustrations!

I have sometimes thought diabetes should really be called “Well it’s a bit more complicated than that…” because no matter what the ‘fascinating news item’ or ‘neighbour’s granny’s second cousin was saying’ happens to be, it’s almost always wrong.

And don’t even get me started on diabetes used as a plotline in films or drama - almost exclusively hilariously and disastrously wrong!

Feel free to rant and offload though - we get it 🙂

 

[Mrs Mimoo]

I completely understand your frustration. I am the only person in my entire family who has Type 2 Diabetes. My GP is baffled. I too hate being judged it's so cruel. You carry on as you are. I am a size 14 and still considered obese by GP.

And nobody in my family has it either but I *was* too fat for myself.... Now I have lost 11kg I am in normal blood glucose ranges. The 'personal fat threshold' varies from person to person according to Prof Roy Taylor. I just ate too much for me. Now I weigh and check what I eat and stick to 50=70g carbs a day max (less if I can).

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

And nobody in my family has it either but I *was* too fat for myself.... Now I have lost 11kg I am in normal blood glucose ranges. The 'personal fat threshold' varies from person to person according to Prof Roy Taylor. I just ate too much for me.

Well done on your amazing weight loss Mrs Mimoo 🙂