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loretta89480
loretta89480

I saw the podiatrist today. The pain in my feet is due to my diabetes. Even though I Kerp my glucose levels in low single figures I still developed complications.

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  • homo_dieticus
    homo_dieticus loretta89480

    Posted

    Your experience highlights the difficulty that people with  Type2 or Type 1 diabetes have in getting the balance right between avoiding a hypo and avoiding hyper glycaemia. I am very critical of the quality of dietary advice even from organisations like Diabetes UK. Check for the error on page 19 in their booklet, "Eating Well with Diabetes" I emailed them and the error was acknowledged. In balance I think that they do give a lot of good advice. Not so if you trawl the internet for dietary advice. It is a dangerous place. Have you had your diabetes management reviewed by your consultant? What we need is a cookery book written by registered dieticians with recipes that are designed to help with safe blood glucose control, So often one reads advice that simply cannot be converted into really practical advice on the selection and preparation of real food. 
    • loretta89480
      loretta89480 homo_dieticus

      Posted

      I do understand where you are coming from. However I eat what I like and like what I eat as long as I take the correct amount of insulin. Having said that everything must be in moderation. A slice of coffee cake will need 5 units of insulin. Had once a month is no big deal. But to go mad and eat the slice without adjusting insulin is plain crazy. For people on diet control or T2 on medication then restricted diet control is the key. I keep a close eye on my levels and have them between 5.1mmol to 7.9mmol. I know instantly if I go below 5.1 or over 7.9. There have been the odd hickup but on the main in 100% on target. Yet I still develop complications like neuropathy
  • caitlin39841
    caitlin39841 loretta89480

    Posted

    hi Loretta. hope u get ur levels satisfactorly sorted. it might be worth having a ckeck on ur vitamin b12 & folate levels. deficiency in the latter have similar neuropathic symptoms as diabetics. the b12 neuropathy often gets misdiagnosed as medics think it's due to the diabetes. b12 neuropathy left untreated can have dire consequences.

    Caitlin

    • loretta89480
      loretta89480 caitlin39841

      Posted

      According to the Dr I am not aenemic! Even though in the past I have been severely aenemic. Being T1 diabetic gets blamed for everything until I show a printout of my levels and get an oh that's very good control you won't have any comical ions! !! I really did feel like telling him off. As a result of incompetence I nearly died from ketonacidosis and that is where the damage has come from. This was only 3.8 years ago.I get really fed up and really feel like letting rip at some of the "drs". I am 100% in my target range.
    • caitlin39841
      caitlin39841 loretta89480

      Posted

      Hi Loretta. sorry to hear ur getting the 'fob off' response from the medics. i'm very familar with the medical attitude u desribe. they seem to have no understanding, that what's a normal healthy level for one person can be abnormal disease producing for another. and as u say, they pin every symptom on whatever diagnosis is on the notes. they don't seem to get it, that it's not cost effective (whether financially or health wise) to practice in this manner.

      the anaemia that i'm referring to is b12 deficiency - different to iron deficiency anaemia. however, if b12 is left untreated, iron deficiency will eventually ensue and v.v. b12 levels are rarely checked, yet we have a silent epidemic of undiagnosed b12 & folate deficiencies exyant in society. have a look on the website 'health unlocked' Pernicous Anaemia' - PAS for short. it's very accessible. u can do a symptom check & take it along to ur GP if necessary.

      all good luck Loretta.

      Caitlin

    • loretta89480
      loretta89480 caitlin39841

      Posted

      I will do just that and put it on his desk. It's amazing how today's GPs are nothing like the real caring GPs I knew as a child and young woman.
    • caitlin39841
      caitlin39841 loretta89480

      Posted

      indeed, indeed, unfortunately we have become such a less caring society in a short period of time. one has now to be their own advocate when going to the GP these days. good luck with getting ur b12 and folate levels checked. btw these 2 (b12 & folate) are interdependent. the levels of each need to be high normal to work effectively.

      Caitlin

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