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sbettoni

sbettoni

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My Name is Steve and I am new to this forum So hello everyone. I was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes in 2007 mainly due to bad diet and too much drinking beer! I was on 5 needles a day (Lantus SolarStar and Novorapid) and tablets (Statins, Aspirin and blood pressure).

In October 2014 I no longer take any medication whatsoever so just thought I would give back my experiences for anyone worried about their future and what it holds (well T2's anyway).

Steve
 
Welcome to the forum Steve 🙂
 
Wow Steve that is so impressive You must have worked really hard Well done! Lindarose
 
Thanks Lindarose.

I remember sitting in my hospital bed and the nurses (well support staff) were offering me sugar in my coffee and carbs on every menu and my blood sugar was going up not coming down! I wondered how would I get out of here at this rate? So I started doing some research on the Internet from my bed and took it from there really. I read a book by Dr. Bernstein called Dr.Bernsteins Diabetic Solution and this made everything fall into place for me. I guess once you know how to control Type 2 it becomes much easier it is just gaining that understanding and the will power to keep off the naughty foods lol!
 
Hi Steve, Well done for being so positive & doing the right things 🙂
 
Thanks Hobie. I am a real ale lover so it has been very hard lol!
 
Welcome sbettoni.🙂 Congrats on turning things around!
 
Welcome to the forum Steve 🙂
 
Thanks Bloden. I think the NHS need to train diabetic staff a little better so they can advise newly diagnosed patients instead of blindly still promoting the food pyramid i.e. fruit, wheat and carbs!
 
What a great story! Welcome to the forum 🙂
 
Thanks Stephknits 🙂 Its really weird but whenever I talk about this I still feel pain in my finger from the pin pricks yet I haven't actually used my Accu-Chek monitor for about a year!
 
sbettoni said:
Thanks Bloden. I think the NHS need to train diabetic staff a little better so they can advise newly diagnosed patients instead of blindly still promoting the food pyramid i.e. fruit, wheat and carbs!
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We need more diabetic doctors and nurses! 🙄
 
Yes we definitely need more doctors and nurses but to me its all about the training they are getting (or not, in the case of what works for Diabetics) and the support staff should be better trained also. The after care should include some sort of classroom education system to properly train and prepare patients to understand how to change their lifestyle and move forward with the correct information. I'm not sure the diabetic nurses at the doctors surgery who take your bloods afterwards are all that clued up either! Its all about the training on both sides of this story nurse and patient.
 
I meant drs and nurses who are diabetic themselves.😛
 
I agree with all being said My own diabetic nurse is a lovely lady but tells me to just eat a good balanced diet But to keep bg levels down I just can't do that! Of course she doesn't want me to self check so I won't see the spikes just a gradual worsening of hba1c So I'm just doing my own thing - with help from books and of course people on here who are like minded x
 
With so many Diabetics now its imperative that the nurses at the surgeries are trained fully as well because the could be sending people home to eat the wrong things and live the wrong lifestyle which might be good for a none diabetic but one who is trying to keep a good Hba1C should not be eating fruit, wheat and carbs!

I have been on a few American forums and they believe in this even stronger than we do here. Most are convince that the US Giant Pharmaceutical and Agricultural companies are keeping the propaganda going for fear of losing money and they think that if the medical association and government admit they were wrong and actually T2 Diabetes can be reversed with the right foods then the Pharmas and government would lose billions in sales and future business.
 
sbettoni said:
With so many Diabetics now its imperative that the nurses at the surgeries are trained fully as well because the could be sending people home to eat the wrong things and live the wrong lifestyle which might be good for a none diabetic but one who is trying to keep a good Hba1C should not be eating fruit, wheat and carbs!
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Not strictly true.

I think it is better to understand how different foods affect you and to what extent.

I eat fruit, bread (home-made wholegrain usually) and porridge and my last HbA1c was 38mmol/mol which isn't too shabby.

But I know what I can and cannot get away with (for instance, Granola does nasty things to me as well as white bread .... I don't touch them .... ever).

Welcome to the forum from me, by the way!

Andy 🙂
 
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