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The two blisters

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Blooming 'eck! It never rains but it pours 🙄

I have everything crossed for a speedy recovery xx
 
Really sorry I missed this yesterday! 😱 Very sorry to hear about the predicament you have found yourself in :( I am keeping everything crossed that things will work out well and the antibiotics will do their job 🙂 Take care, and please get well soon - fully intact! {{{HUGS}}}
 
Carolg,Thank you.
how's your blisters , I hope they are ok and healing well
 
Lynn Davies. Thank you.
 
Northener, Thank you I needed that hug. I'm doing my best to get well- fully intact and so are the staff here.
 
I don't believe it, well I do really.
Because I queried did they have a list of carbs in the meals they provide, someone arranged for a dietitian to come and see me today .
Thought that was a bit of an overkill but hey ho.
Anyway she is going to have a chat with the catering dept.
so we'll wait n see .
She asked if I would like to be referred to the diabetic dietitian, I politely but swiftly replied , no thanks, I didn't tell her that me And dietitians don't mix well at all sorry but it's true, last time I saw one I gained weight.

The real reaso for this post is, she left me a leaflet with the number of the community dietitians , the title of the leaflet was , Healthy eating with diabetes.
Their was some blurb about healthy eating controll BG , it went on to say things like,
1)Eat high fibre starchy foods at each meal. These include all types of bread .
2) potatoes good choices are new potatoes, Sweet potatoes potatoes and yams.
3) Rice all types 😱
4) Pasta all types 😱
5) Porridge. For me this is 🙂
That you only need to reduce carbs if you are over weight.
Their was a lot more but I'm sure you get the drift.
 
Oh my giddy aunt! 😱 Had the leaflet been hand-written by 12th century monks? The advice sounds like it is that much out of date! 😱
 
Northerner said:
Oh my giddy aunt! 😱 Had the leaflet been hand-written by 12th century monks? The advice sounds like it is that much out of date! 😱
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It was illuminated Lol
Do you think they will ever start giving out better info.
 
Ljc said:
It was illuminated Lol
Just looked at the date of last review April 2015
Do you think they will ever start giving out better info.
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Sounds like they are beyond hope 😱 It doesn't seem to have dawned on them that that sort of advice doesn't actually work! 🙄 Hopefully it gave you a bit of a chuckle 🙂
 
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Best wishes for healthy tootsies very soon Ljc. Hospitals really don't get carbs at all. When I was in recently even the menu cards suggested sweet rice pudding etc. was a good diabetic choice. Well who was I to disagree?

Take care x
 
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Amigo said:
Best wishes for healthy tootsies very soon Ljc. Hospitals really don't get carbs at all. When I was in recently even the menu cards suggested sweet rice pudding etc. was a good diabetic choice. Well who was I to disagree?

Take care x
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When I was in the only item 'not suitable for diabetics' was treacle pudding and custard! 😱 Given that at least 90% of the people in the wards I was in had diabetes of one form or another, you'd think they would get a bit more clued-up, wouldn't you? Particularly given the effect that high or swinging levels might have on recovery. Mind you, they probably believe their leaflets! 😱
 
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I got fingers, toes and everything else crossed for you. I hope you make a full recovery and are out of there really soon. The dieticians food recommendations sound divine. Perhaps you might do us all a favour and tell them the way it really should be for us 😉. It might drag them kicking and screaming out of the Dark Ages but I won't hold my breath. As a matter of personal taste I would rather eat wet toilet paper than porridge. As a matter of fact are they not the same thing? Just one more thing:


🙂 GET WELL SOON 🙂
 
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Hope you get well soon and toes improve, it's scary how quickly things can go downhill with d involved, take care
Jo x
 
Northerner said:
Sounds like they are beyond hope 😱 It doesn't seem to have dawned on them that that sort of advice doesn't actually work! 🙄 Hopefully it gave you a bit of a chuckle 🙂
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It sure did especially this morning, the nice catering lady popped her head round my door around half seven and asked, would you like scrambled egg, bacon and sausage or egg, bacon sausage and tomato ? the dietitian has ordered this for you 🙂
So it seems they are more up to date than their leaflets 🙂
I had a grand brekky this morning and not a bit of bread in sight :D
 
Amigo said:
Best wishes for healthy tootsies very soon Ljc. Hospitals really don't get carbs at all. When I was in recently even the menu cards suggested sweet rice pudding etc. was a good diabetic choice. Well who was I to disagree?

Take care x
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OMG ,mind you nothing supprises me nowadays.
I had to go to for rehab after surgery last year, they believed that their beautiful home made cake often with a nice dollop of jam was suitable for me even though my BG was up in the 20s 😱
 
My you were lucky, where I worked they stopped cooked breakfast back in 80's.
 
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Diabeticliberty said:
I got fingers, toes and everything else crossed for you. I hope you make a full recovery and are out of there really soon. The dieticians food recommendations sound divine. Perhaps you might do us all a favour and tell them the way it really should be for us 😉. It might drag them kicking and screaming out of the Dark Ages but I won't hold my breath. As a matter of personal taste I would rather eat wet toilet paper than porridge. As a matter of fact are they not the same thing? Just one more thing:


🙂 GET WELL SOON 🙂
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Thank you, I'd be happy to eat your porridge for you, I love it and it doesn't seem to spike me🙂
 
jocat said:
Hope you get well soon and toes improve, it's scary how quickly things can go downhill with d involved,
take care
Jo x
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Thank you, yes it sure is scary how things can deteriorate so quickly.
 
grovesy said:
My you were lucky, where I worked they stopped cooked breakfast back in 80's.
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Here too! When I was in recently you got toast OR cereal though some wards were more generous and the tea was a vile brew! Gone are the days of cooked breakfasts there!
 
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My you were lucky, where I worked they stopped cooked breakfast back in 80's.
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Here it's normally, porridge, cornflakes bread your lucky if you can get wholemeal, marge/butter jam.
Good job I'm in a single room as I would have made the others so jealous.
 
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