Just a remission?

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happydog

happydog

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Had to see the nurse who specialises in Diabetes in our practice yesterday for my "annual review" (Don't know how that can be as I was only diagnosed in Sept.) I had been feeling really pleased as my HbA1c result has gone from 85 to 46. The nurse pricked my bubble by telling me this is just a remission and I will have to go onto medication at some point and that I cannot expect to have a normal life span. She rubbished low-carb eating and wants me to go to the gym rather than working out my own programme. She also wants me to take statins although my cholesterol is well within the normal range. She said that it is obsessive to blood test and that it is totally unnecessary as I will have an annual check up. Diabetes is progressive and there is not much that you can do other than to get short lived remissions She then completed a questionnaire that asked me if I was depressed. I would have liked to have said "No not until a few minutes ago!" Sorry for the rant but feeling a bit fed up. Have decided to just carry on with what I am doing, I have nothing to loose.:confused:
 
Don't give up doing what you're doing. I managed on diet control alone for 8 years, and I firmly believe that it was my loss of control in the last year before Metformin that caused me to need it. Yes, T2 is progressive - but you can probably affect the speed of that progress.
 
Happydog you have everything to gain............... prove the silly t**t wrong, which she obviously is.
You are doing fantastic, keep on doing what you are as it's working.

Word of advice though don't ever discuss your diet with the practice nurse. 🙂
 
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The woman clearly knows absolutely nothing, and is talking utter drivel! 😡 I would ask to see a different nurse next time, or the GP, because that is one of the worst lists of misinformation I have ever read on this forum (although some come close, unfortunately!).

You are doing great - many congratulations on that terrific HbA1c! 🙂 Keep on doing what you are doing, because it is clearly working well!
 
What an absolute load of rubbish! I'd would have been mighty fed up if I'd had that kind of attitude put in front of me! Your obviously doing something right, show her how long your 'remission' can last!
 
Sounds like a typical practice nurse who knows everything about it as they have read some documents. My practice nurse is hugely overweight and I just rolled my eyes when she tried to give me diet advice - she has not tried since seeing as I have lost loads and she could do with going on a diet. That sounds awful but I am not taking diet advice from someone grossly overweight.

Basically, you will get better information from here and these reviews are just something to tolerate!

Based on what she was saying, you could leave there and wonder why you should bother if nothing you do is going to make any difference - how stupid is that?

I wish we were allowed to see a diabetes specialist at least once.
 
Second what everyone has said. Terrible things to say to a person who has made such progress. No wonder they consider diabetes inevitably and rapidly progressive if that's the advice dished out!

See someone else!
 
MargB said:
Sounds like a typical practice nurse who knows everything about it as they have read some documents. My practice nurse is hugely overweight and I just rolled my eyes when she tried to give me diet advice - she has not tried since seeing as I have lost loads and she could do with going on a diet. That sounds awful but I am not taking diet advice from someone grossly overweight.


I wish we were allowed to see a diabetes specialist at least once.
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Thats one of my biggest gripes...!

And I have used the line previously during an appointment... "I wasnt depressed until I saw you today" It was greeted with a chuckle..
 
You can instantly discount everything this practice nurse has said. There is no such thing as a remission in diabetes. It's not like cancer or whatever. At the risk of sounding a bit negative, it's more like HIV. You've either got it or you haven't, and it's on you to control it and its impact on your life.

Thankfully, it's a lot easier to control diabetes than HIV and the way you do that is by doing EXACTLY what you've done. You're on a diet that doesn't interfere with your blood sugar. You've an exercise routine that clearly achieves your blood sugar goals AND is one you've developed for yourself so it fits in with your lifestyle. That means you'll keep doing it! You can ignore the statins too - presumably you're on a low-carb high fat diet so you've already proved your diet doesn't actually damage your cholesterol level at all. There is also something of a prevailing obsession at the moment with getting people with diabetes on statins regardless of whether they have high cholesterol. The fact that a major doner to Diabetes UK is Pfizer, the world's most successful statin manufacturer, has of course no bearing whatsoever on this 🙄

And of course, the only way you can ensure you will keep getting great A1cs is by regular testing.

I'm not surprised this nurse thinks you can't expect a normal lifespan - I wouldn't be surprised if her guidance has sadly pushed many of our compadres into an early grave, unnecessarily.
 
Thanks to all of you for taking the trouble to reply to me. I don't think that I would have survived without this forum. I felt so alone and ignorant in September when I found out that I had this problem. With all the confusing information I'd have just gone along with what they told me. Yes I am certainly going to carry on with my current programme including "obsessive blood testing", how can an annual test be sufficient to know where you are? Thank you all for your patience and support, as you can probably tell I am feeling much better about it all today 🙂 On now to the optical screening on Monday.
 
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Thanks to all of you for taking the trouble to reply to me. I don't think that I would have survived without this forum. I felt so alone and ignorant in September when I found out that I had this problem. With all the confusing information I'd have just gone along with what they told me. Yes I am certainly going to carry on with my current programme including "obsessive blood testing", how can an annual test be sufficient to know where you are? Thank you all for your patience and support, as you can probably tell I am feeling much better about it all today 🙂 On now to the optical screening on Monday.
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Good for you! 🙂 Hope all goes well at the screening 🙂
 
I refer to my previous DN nurse as the grim-reaper; she was awful and within 5 mins of my 1st visit I was in a complete state of panic; I saw my life pass before my eye's and it really upset me. I thought to myself 'what a prat' so proved her wrong; lost weight; got fitter and have reduced both my HbA1c and Cholesterol level by taking control of 'My diabetes'.....

You doing a fantastic job; don't let anyone say otherwise...keep doing what you're doing, we're all here to support you.... Amanda xx 🙂
 
I dont know if its me or not but i love some of names people give themselves. "Happy dog" I can tell off that name your alright type of person. Keep at it ! 🙂
 
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