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HOBIE said:
Its mile easier for a T2 to go for a walk & burn of there chocolate cake , A T1 pancreas does not work at all yours might work 60% who knows ?
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Despite a long association with diabetes Hobie, you appear to know very little about the complexities of Type 2 diabetes :(
 
HOBIE said:
Its mile easier for a T2 to go for a walk & burn of there chocolate cake , A T1 pancreas does not work at all yours might work 60% who knows ?
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Does walking have something to do with the pancreas? And why would the walking be easier for a T2?
 
I am going to stick my neck out here and probably get some abuse for doing so, but what I will say is that I don't believe it is a competition as too which type of diabetes is worse. I have known people with all different types and none did I feel envious of !! I have nursed people with complications from having type two and they are not pretty ... I have nursed people with double amputations and people that had to have dialysis three times a week ...my own father was in denial of his type two and ended up in a coma before he passed away. This is why I find this forum so important because it is supportive of all types.
 
HOBIE said:
Its mile easier for a T2 to go for a walk & burn of there chocolate cake , A T1 pancreas does not work at all yours might work 60% who knows ?
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Has anyone explained to you how injectable insulin works @HOBIE ?
 
Manda1 said:
I am going to stick my neck out here and probably get some abuse for doing so, but what I will say is that I don't believe it is a competition as too which type of diabetes is worse. I have known people with all different types and none did I feel envious of !! I have nursed people with complications from having type two and they are not pretty ... I have nursed people with double amputations and people that had to have dialysis three times a week ...my own father was in denial of his type two and ended up in a coma before he passed away. This is why I find this forum so important because it is supportive of all types.
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You are absolutely right @Manda1. All types of diabetes bring their challenges and we are here to help everyone, whatever their circumstances. That's why it's called a support forum! 🙂
 
Northerner said:
...and we are here to help everyone, whatever their circumstances. That's why it's called a support forum! 🙂
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WHAT! NO we're not we're ... hang on! Hold it for ... Errr that's the other forum! Quite right Notherner, we are here to help each other. {* goes to my corner of the forum and sits on the couch quietly*}
 
HOBIE said:
Its mile easier for a T2 to go for a walk & burn of there chocolate cake , A T1 pancreas does not work at all yours might work 60% who knows ?
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... Whereas a T1 has the benefit of injected insulin to help them deal with their food, not all T2s do, and the insulin their pancreases might still make isn't used properly by the body. Neither type is easy to deal with, and it's very individual, we all have to find what works for us, which may be completely different from what works for others, and we will all make mistakes sometimes! The point of this forum is to help each other, not criticise!

And by the way exercise does help your body to use insulin more efficiently, and therefore keep the blood sugars down, regardless of what type you are or where your insulin comes from. Maybe you should try it sometime 🙂 I reckon that's why we didn't get a massive spike after the pancakes, because we were walking around and not sat on our bums at home o_O
 
Currently I have problems; my low kidney function (I started dialysis on the 24th) means that my body isn't clearing insulin the way it used to, so I have been taken off insulin for the time being; and I cannot go for a walk (I try to get in a bit of walking with my rolly when attending hospital, as this is the only chance I get) and although I have had an exercise bike since January 2015, I have nowhere to install it. :( All I can do is hope that my hypers aren't too bad...

Please, let us get back to the "judge not, lest you be slapped about the head with a large trout" approach for which this forum is justly famed.
 
That's a rum piece of luck Robert. I hope it all gets sorted for you without too much bother and things get back to normal soon. I presume that is what they are trying to do, and that this is not a permanent situation. I always thought one got slapped with a wet kipper, but then each to their own :D
 
It's actually much more likely to happen if you catch a sturgeon, to be honest, both of you.

They are extremely well-known for slapping the angler around their heads with a very wet back end and tail as they attempt to heft it aloft for the compulsory photo before releasing back into the swim! (Still have the video running in my head of our sin on law's brother catching one when we were all on holiday on a lake in France nearly 10 years ago. Frankly, we'd all have liked to be that fish, at the time ....)
 
It's all getting rather silly. And now for something completely different.

 
Thanks Matt
A good chuckle.
 
Hobie, please, put the shovel down.

Every form of diabetes sucks.

No form of diabetes is worse or better than another because they've all got bits that suck in varying proportions

Different people react to different foods differently

Different people judge successful diabetes management according to different criteria - for some it's all about the A1C, for others it's more about the quality of life, and everyone falls somewhere on the spectrum

Bearing in mind points 3 and 4, that means there's no one-size fits all dietary advice and that means that yes, some people will be eating things that you would never touch. That doesn't necessarily mean they're doing diabetes wrong.

We can always suggest alternative methods or diets to other people but they're always just suggestions. Unless that person is wildly letting their A1C run amok we've no right to judge and even then, instead of telling them 'you're doing it wrong', I'd hope that we'd all say "it looks like that's not working for you. This worked for me - maybe it might help you?"
 
I'm still none the wiser where all the references to eating sugar sugar sugar are on the forum - must have missed the 'who can drink the most coke competition'.
DAFNE certainly advocates eating whatever you like and now that she is one of my BFFs, I have tended to follow her advice more. I still think she is kidding herself if she wants to eat loads of carbs late in the evening every night - personally I can't be bothered with the hassle of wondering whether I guessed the carbs right and having lots of NovoRapid doing its thing when I want to go to sleep. I still do have a pudding and all the rest on a night out, but for me, I would rather not do this on an average evening. However, Dafne can do as she likes and I'll still support her every step of the way. 🙂
 
stephknits said:
I'm still none the wiser where all the references to eating sugar sugar sugar are on the forum - must have missed the 'who can drink the most coke competition'.
DAFNE certainly advocates eating whatever you like and now that she is one of my BFFs, I have tended to follow her advice more. I still think she is kidding herself if she wants to eat loads of carbs late in the evening every night - personally I can't be bothered with the hassle of wondering whether I guessed the carbs right and having lots of NovoRapid doing its thing when I want to go to sleep. I still do have a pudding and all the rest on a night out, but for me, I would rather not do this on an average evening. However, Dafne can do as she likes and I'll still support her every step of the way. 🙂
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Nope no missed coke competition, just missed my seemingly offensive posts about chocolate, Mcvities biscuits and whatever else I might have mentioned that was bad :( x
 
Kaylz said:
Nope no missed coke competition, just missed my seemingly offensive posts about chocolate, Mcvities biscuits and whatever else I might have mentioned that was bad :( x
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Take no notice, or if feeling generous feel sorry for @HOBIE having a bee in his bonnet and a pain in his at*se must be extremely painful.
 
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