Hello all

[J-Jo]

New to the forum, but not to Diabetes! Both my husband & I are type 2 diabetics, tablet controlled, for many years now, I reckon I caught it off him! 😉 To cut a very long story short, my husbands diabetes has always been poorly controlled & back in Nov '19 he was told he would have to commence Insulin by the Consultant in the local Diabetic Clinic. He was referred to the Community Diabetic Specialist Nurse, the waiting list was 3 months! In that period his health & feet rapidly deteriorated, he is currently in hospital after having 3 toes amputated. My question is, is this 3 month wait normal?

 

[ianf0ster]

I think 2 months is more normal.
Have you considered being active about getting your T2D into remission rather than relying on medication to minimise the complications?

Many people find that they can control their Blood Sugar by testing and using a suitable 'Way Of Eating'.
The Low Carbohydrate High(er) Fat way of eating that I use is endorsed by the NHS and the CEO of the American Diabetes Association, and is now being used by the USA Veterans association for its member.
Success rates for Type 2 remission (i.e. non-Diabetic Blood Glucose levels) is as high as 60%for Vita Health, 50% for Dr David Unwin's patients.

If your husband is now on Insulin or Gliclazide then he would have to monitor his BG closely since Low Carb reduces BG drastically and thus when combined with injecting or generating too much Insulin it can result in Hypos.
But it would be the medication that should be adjusted to the food eaten (on Low Carb) - not the other way around.

 

[Josh DUK]

New to the forum, but not to Diabetes! Both my husband & I are type 2 diabetics, tablet controlled, for many years now, I reckon I caught it off him! 😉 To cut a very long story short, my husbands diabetes has always been poorly controlled & back in Nov '19 he was told he would have to commence Insulin by the Consultant in the local Diabetic Clinic. He was referred to the Community Diabetic Specialist Nurse, the waiting list was 3 months! In that period his health & feet rapidly deteriorated, he is currently in hospital after having 3 toes amputated. My question is, is this 3 month wait normal?

Hello J-Jo,

Thank you so much for joining our online community forum and sharing your story with us. I am so sorry to hear about your partners feet and I can only imagine how difficult it must be for the both of you. You may find it helpful to speak to one of our helpline advisers for additional information.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Welcome to the forum @J-Jo

Feel free to ask any questions or just have a good old moan about the frustrations of living with diabetes among people who instinctively ‘get it’.

Sorry to hear about your husband’s toes. its important that you don’t feel any blame or stigma connected to his experiences. No one chooses diabetes, and certainly no one chooses to face complications. There are risks to living with diabetes, and while we can all try our best with the resources we have at the time, sometimes tough stuff happens.

Hopefully with the support of the forum you can consider making some tweaks and changes to your diabetes management to try to reduce future risks or slow the progress of any existing complications.

 

[rebrascora]

Hi and welcome from me too.
I am so sorry to hear that your husband has had to have toes removed. That must be pretty traumatic. I hope he heals well. I cannot comment on the waiting time but like @ianf0ster I too would advocate a low carb higher fat way of eating to better manage your own and his diabetes, rather than rely on medication. Sadly the NHS has not given diabetics the best dietary advice in the past and is still terrified to suggest people eat more fat as they have spent the past 50+ years telling us fat is bad. If you follow a low carb diet, you will struggle to maintain it long term without increasing your fat intake, because the fat takes longer to digest, so it keeps you feeling fuller for longer, provides slower release energy and it tastes good, so you don't feel deprived and you don't want to eat so much.
Learning how to eat low carb takes a bit of getting your head around because we have spent our whole lives filling our plates up with them at every meal (breakfast cereal, bread, pasta, potatoes, rice and pastry as well as all the sweet stuff including fruit), but once you get your head around what to buy and how to cook it, it is so much easier.
There are plenty of people on the forum who have pushed their diabetes into remission and keep it there by following a low carb higher fat (LCHF) way of eating, so if you are interested in knowing more we will be happy to help you. It certainly doesn't have to be all sack cloth and ashes as regards what you eat.... you just have to learn which foods to have small portions or steer clear of and/or find tasty alternatives, like cauliflower mash instead of potato. A cooked breakfast instead of toast or cereal etc. a chunk of cheese or a handful of nuts instead of a packet of crisps.