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Mondays appointment

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Caroline

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I have only my second appointment with a nurse specialising in Diabetes on Monday in six and a half years. Given I get lots of useful and importent information from here is there anything I need to ask her?

I am planning to ask about refreals to the podiatrist as I need help cutting my toe nails and to a diabetes specialist dietician to help me sort my diet out and give me ammunition to throw at hubby who insist on doing all the cooking. Am also going to talk about flu jabs, I didn't have one last year and had only 1 chest infection instead of 4 +.

ALl ideas welcome and will be noted. Thanks for your help too.
 
The flu jab makes no difference to the number of chest infections you have in a year. All the flu jab consists of is denatured versions of the flu virus strains that are believed to be the most prevalent during the winter. It will not have any effect (positive or negative) on your body's ability to resist infection by completely separate viruses.

I'll be interested to see what the dieticians through your way, but my opinion is there isn't a dietician in the country who can tell you what is good or bad for you to eat. Only your meter and your numbers can do this. The two key numbers are A1c and cholesterol, both of which are adversely affected by a large carbohydrate intake.
 
DeusXM said:
The flu jab makes no difference to the number of chest infections you have in a year. All the flu jab consists of is denatured versions of the flu virus strains that are believed to be the most prevalent during the winter. It will not have any effect (positive or negative) on your body's ability to resist infection by completely separate viruses.

I'll be interested to see what the dieticians through your way, but my opinion is there isn't a dietician in the country who can tell you what is good or bad for you to eat. Only your meter and your numbers can do this. The two key numbers are A1c and cholesterol, both of which are adversely affected by a large carbohydrate intake.
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It just seems a co incidence that I and several other people who didn't have the flu jabs have had less chest infections, and I raely got them before I was told I should be having flu jabs.

With the dietician I need the ammunition to throw at someone else who doesn't believe me unlss an expert tells me this is so.
 
I hope that the appointment goes well. Can you ask her to send you on a structured education programme for Type 2 diabetes?
 
AJLang said:
I hope that the appointment goes well. Can you ask her to send you on a structured education programme for Type 2 diabetes?
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I did the Xpert diabetes course a couple of years ago and recently went on a DESMOND Day, I don't think there is a lot else in my area, but it is worth asking if there is something else.
 
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