Struggling and confused

[AlisonM]

No-one is disputing that, we've all come up against it as you'd know if you bothered to read some of the tales and experiences we've all posted here. But the one size fits all you seem to espouse doesn't work either, LCHF is just one methodology among many. We prefer to look at the whole person rather than just the disease and help the individual find a way that works for them.

 

[Robin]

How would a distressed newbie know to search for LCHF diets if no one tells them? For the rest read my last post.

I was suggesting YOU did that, not a distressed newbie! Usually people ask a specific question about diet, or they have a browse of the forum, in which case they will come across it, or be told about it fairly quickly.
I read your last post, and I agree with you about there being a lot of places still spouting outmoded dogma. I just don't think this forum is one of them. But neither are we peddling a'one size fits all' dogma of our own,

 

[robert@fm]

From what I've heard, the Red Forum tends to push (sometimes quite aggressively) the One True Path to controlling D — which many people find off-putting. 🙄 The latter include many DSNs, who instead promote this, the Blue Forum. 🙂 (Although the main colour is actually cyan, which looks like blue but isn't quite, but that's beside the point...)

 

[Cowboy Bob]

The latter include many DSNs, who instead promote this, the Blue Forum.

Very true, it was my DSN that gave me all the DUK literature and told me to come here

 

[Elle321]

Can I just say that on a personal level as a 'newbie' I haven't felt pressured into anything instead feel I've been given useful advice and lots of support. I'm grateful to everyone who has told me how they deal with it. I did look on another forum and read a thread with someone like myself struggling with it and there was a pretty aggressive reply pretty much saying it was up to them if they wanted to go blind or lose a limb. That's aggressive ! It put me off completely.,I'm well aware of the implications and risks of having this damn disease but it helps me to hear how others cope with living with it because is where I'm struggling. My future felt very bleak a few days ago ( I'm not trying to sound melodramatic ) and now I have some hope. So all info/advice is very much appreciated.

 

[Northerner]

Can I just say that on a personal level as a 'newbie' I haven't felt pressured into anything instead feel I've been given useful advice and lots of support. I'm grateful to everyone who has told me how they deal with it. I did look on another forum and read a thread with someone like myself struggling with it and there was a pretty aggressive reply pretty much saying it was up to them if they wanted to go blind or lose a limb. That's aggressive ! It put me off completely.,I'm well aware of the implications and risks of having this damn disease but it helps me to hear how others cope with living with it because is where I'm struggling. My future felt very bleak a few days ago ( I'm not trying to sound melodramatic ) and now I have some hope. So all info/advice is very much appreciated.

Good to hear Elle 🙂 We are complex beings, with complex needs and feelings - I personally think it is only when you get diagnosed with something like this that you begin to realise just how complex and individual we are! This is why it can be so overwhelming to begin with, but things do get easier as your knowledge and experience builds 🙂 Keep asking questions 🙂

 

[silentsquirrel]

I think this may be one of the downsides of the last forum update, that the "separateness" of this forum from Diabetes UK has been lost, and many new members see the forum as DUK itself, hence questions about Balance and subscriptions. But as Northerner, Alison M and Robin have made clear, those who trouble to read threads should be aware that few are pushing the "official" DUK line, which does seem to be changing slowly.
Personally I find the "red" (looks more orange to me!) forum much more aggressive and at times unpleasant in the tone of many postings. I value the moderation on this forum.

 

[Maz2]

Elle 321 - I feel exactly the same. I have found this Forum very helpful and supportive. The last thing people want is a Forum where they get aggression back as you have mentioned.

 

[Elle321]

When I got the meter just under a week ago, my readings were 17 -21 at its highest. Since using it and adapting my diet accordingly, it's down to 10-13 at the highest. Started full dose of metformin today too. Hope it continues this way

 

[Mark Parrott]

That's great Elle. Going in the right direction.🙂

 

[Pine Marten]

Sounds good, Elle - persevere with it and it should continue. All the best to you 🙂

 

[Elle321]

Thanks to all your advice. Can't say how much you've all helped

 

[Northerner]

When I got the meter just under a week ago, my readings were 17 -21 at its highest. Since using it and adapting my diet accordingly, it's down to 10-13 at the highest. Started full dose of metformin today too. Hope it continues this way

Already moving nicely in the right direction Elle - well done! 🙂

 

[Martin Canty]

Awesome Elle, that's a great start

 

[Elle321]

Did anyone else experience muscle pain when doing the simplest things when first diagnosed ? Even chopping a load of veg makes my shoulders and arms sore and weak. I've never had this before. I'm hoping it's because my blood sugar isn't under control yet but it's so debilitating and frustrating.

 

[Ljc]

That's a great start Elle

Did anyone else experience muscle pain when doing the simplest things when first diagnosed ? Even chopping a load of veg makes my shoulders and arms sore and weak. I've never had this before. I'm hoping it's because my blood sugar isn't under control yet but it's so debilitating and frustrating.

It would be best if you made a GP appointment, we can be prone to frozen shoulders. The GP will soon find out if this is what you have . One of my shoulders is slowly thawing out the other one is still a work in progress.

 

[Elle321]

It's not frozen shoulder, I've had that before. It's just my muscles get so weak then painful.

 

[trophywench]

Elle - they didn't, perchance, prescribe you with Statins at the same time as telling you that you had Diabetes, did they?

 

[Elle321]

Yes he did but it was an issue before. He blamed it on high blood sugar. It's so debilitating and makes exercise hard.

 

[weemosey]

Take everything you have been told re diet and testing, put it in a mental box marked 'Bullsh1t', and wait for the nice people on here to give you the links/advice you actually need...

I agree, Annette. I saw a dietician a few weeks after I was diagnosed and she did not give me a diet sheet. She told me stuff I already knew, like reduce the portion sizes, eat more fruit, drink at least 2 litres of water a day (like who can really do that?) and exercise. All the usual stuff a person is told if they want to lose weight. I wish they would tell us something we do not know.