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Diane Abbott

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Amigo said:
Just reading some of the vile comments which Diane Abbott and others in the public eye have to endure daily. It's a sad and worrying fact that these hate filled misogynistic racists are allowed to vote and sit on juries. They walk amongst us and sadly contaminate every decent thing they touch...but of course only from the safety of their keyboards. Oh hell, their hate has no real face that dares to be seen and accountable! 😡
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Love every word Amigo.
 
The first female Sikh MP was sworn in today.

Time will tell if she suffers the same racial abuse Diane has had to suffer all these years while we sat here unknowingly, saying - Is she flirting with Michael Portillo? etc No actually - just trying to beat him at his own game - making extra income oozing charm LOL Good for you, gel !
 
Maggiedon said:
Not wishing to make any personal comments about Diane Abbott (I think being an MP is a challenging role for anyone, especially at cabinet level), but I was more concerned about her comments around being 'hypo' and not taking 'her glucose tablets'. This, surely, is more relevant to T1, not T2? I know some T2s can go hypoglycaemic when not eating well, depending on their medication, but I have not heard any T2s regularly taking glucose tablets, nor have I read this as being recommended treatment for T2. In common with many, I am trying to follow a low carb diet (and low GI carbs at that), and also undertake some intermittent light fasting along the lines of 5:2 and the Michael Mosley Blood Sugar diet. I have not yet had any hypo episodes or any cognitive issues as a result......thoughts?
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Many type 2 diabetics are on tablets such as gliclazide which can cause hypos. There are also a lot of people with type 2 diabetes that take insulin, in which case need to be a wary of hypos as any type 1.
 
Maggiedon said:
Not wishing to make any personal comments about Diane Abbott (I think being an MP is a challenging role for anyone, especially at cabinet level), but I was more concerned about her comments around being 'hypo' and not taking 'her glucose tablets'. This, surely, is more relevant to T1, not T2? I know some T2s can go hypoglycaemic when not eating well, depending on their medication, but I have not heard any T2s regularly taking glucose tablets, nor have I read this as being recommended treatment for T2. In common with many, I am trying to follow a low carb diet (and low GI carbs at that), and also undertake some intermittent light fasting along the lines of 5:2 and the Michael Mosley Blood Sugar diet. I have not yet had any hypo episodes or any cognitive issues as a result......thoughts?
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Hi Maggidon, welcome to the forum.
It rather depends on what medication she is on. Gliclazide or similar tablets can cause hypo's and if we're on insulin .......
The stress she was under could have been really messing up her BG levels too.
I'm not making any excuses for her. But as a fellow diabetic I am glad she made the right decision for her own health.
 
She is back in the news today - stating "Stress wasn't an issue, my blood sugar levels was"

Frankly the ridiculousness of this statement has nullified any sympathy I had for her. It sounds like the diabetes is just a convenient excuse!
 
Maggiedon said:
Not wishing to make any personal comments about Diane Abbott (I think being an MP is a challenging role for anyone, especially at cabinet level), but I was more concerned about her comments around being 'hypo' and not taking 'her glucose tablets'. This, surely, is more relevant to T1, not T2? I know some T2s can go hypoglycaemic when not eating well, depending on their medication, but I have not heard any T2s regularly taking glucose tablets, nor have I read this as being recommended treatment for T2. In common with many, I am trying to follow a low carb diet (and low GI carbs at that), and also undertake some intermittent light fasting along the lines of 5:2 and the Michael Mosley Blood Sugar diet. I have not yet had any hypo episodes or any cognitive issues as a result......thoughts?
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I think you nailed it when you said 'depending on their medication'. T2 covers a huge range of treatment options across a wide variety of people. I have no idea how Diane Abbott manages her diabetes, but given that there are more T2s using insulin in the UK than the countries entire T1 population I would suggest it is perfectly possible for Diane to be using medication which could be every bit as likely to cause hypoglycaemia for her as it is for me. Several oral medications are also hypoglycaemic agents, and as we all know diabetes rarely likes to play by the rules.

The human body is pretty keen to avoid hypoglycaemia and has various back-up systems, but depending on your type and duration of diabetes these can become more and more compromised.
 
Those comments make me feel ill. :(
 
Food / drink during election campaigning can be an issue. In the pre PC early 1970s, my parents were keen members of Liberal Party. Some fellow members were a bit younger, hence the speculation that a baby who was in utero during an election campaign would be born with Chinese features to reflect the number of take aways eaten by the parents. Admittedly, Diane Abbott had better range of food available in London 2017 than rural Worcestershire in 1970s, and should have had at least a muesli bar and bag of sweets to hand at all times, but she wouldn't have been able to eat / drink during interviews, just between.
 
Whatever you think of her politics, none of us is in a position to make a judgement, other than to accept that - just like the rest of us - she is a human being and not perfect. Frankly, I thought the real 'idiots' in the campaign were some of the interviewers who concentrated most of their airtime on meaningless mistakes or trying to catch people out, rather than trying to get a genuine understanding of the issues. It's been a pattern in politics for years now and getting worse because everything needs to be a soundbite or something they can replay endlessly in all their bulletins. :(
 
Sprogladite said:
She is back in the news today - stating "Stress wasn't an issue, my blood sugar levels was"

Frankly the ridiculousness of this statement has nullified any sympathy I had for her. It sounds like the diabetes is just a convenient excuse!
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Not sure I can agree with that Sprogladite. I'm not sure she would ever hear the end of it if she were to say "Oooh no... because of my diabetes I really can't cope in difficult or stressful situations". She may as well just resign - people are keen enough to write her off as some sort of simpleton as it is.

I'm not seeing Theresa getting such a hard time for her T1 diagnosis.
 
Northerner said:
Whatever you think of her politics, none of us is in a position to make a judgement, other than to accept that - just like the rest of us - she is a human being and not perfect. Frankly, I thought the real 'idiots' in the campaign were some of the interviewers who concentrated most of their airtime on meaningless mistakes or trying to catch people out, rather than trying to get a genuine understanding of the issues. It's been a pattern in politics for years now and getting worse because everything needs to be a soundbite or something they can replay endlessly in all their bulletins. :(
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Well said . I'm heartily sick of the behaviour of the media.

I know how I feel when my BGs are high or low, putting it mildly I'm certainly not myself , I can easily make the wrong choices when low.
 
The media only concentrate on blaming somebody for something (anything). They think we like hearing it so that we can have a scapegoat for anything and everything that we don't happen to quite like.

They - exactly like 99% of politicians - do not live in the real world. It only used to be the gutter press that did this - now it's the world and his dog. Stop the world - I want to get off!
 
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Ive messed stuff up because Ive been thinking about D rather that the stuff I'm supposed to be doing.
Some days I pick my guitar up and it flows, others I'm wondering about the nurse, or if the bacon will have bumped my numbers or whatever.

Some days it's difficult,,, not sure DA is any different.
 
Everybody is an individual. I may not be a Dianne Abbot fan, but her body does not react the same as mine, or yours, to the pressure. Dealing with the pressurised environment is all about having the mental strength to be able to keep your levels in the back of your mind as you work. I find there are times when I just have to "take 5" in my role, and I do this by delegating tasks to others or simply finding a convenient "gap" in the workload. Incidentally, I advised all my working colleagues of my diabetes when I was diagnosed and talk quite openly with them about it. That also seems to help.
 
With stress, even without D, it's often impossible to identify the actual straw that broke the camel's back - maybe a lot of the straws got very slightly damp and expanded by 0.001g each which then made the load too heavy for the camel?

None of us sees it coming or even if we do, we don't have the wherewithal to stop it.
 
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