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Hello all! Just wanted to introduce myself! Here is my story:
I was diagnosed on October 22, 2008 with diabetes at the age of 35. My fasting blood glucose was 305, A1c was 9, cholesterol was bad. Since diabetes runs in my family, I am fairly well educated on what it is and how to manage it. I will try to make this as short as possible...lol!
After diagnosis, I was very shocked when I was called in to see the PA (my doc was out) who never took the time to explain what diabetes is, she said nothing! She said that it would always get worse and I would alwyas need more and more medicine! I asked her if I could have just one month to turn it around with diet and excercise. IN that month I did a ton of research. It only made sense to me to cut carbs way out of my diet, since my body could not use carbs properly. I kept a detailed notebook about what I ate, what time I ate, and what my sugars were (like 10 times a day) and took that back to my doc a month later. She was shocked but I noticed that she didn't notice that I limited my carb intake. She said she was fine with me not taking meds but insisted that I see a dietician to fine tune my diet. Oh, did I forget to mention that I was at this point following a low carb Atkins style diet. Anyhoo, dietician tells me that I am need to eat 150-200 grams of carbs per day. I tell her she is nuts, my blood sugars would be through the roof. She tells me the solution to that is to take metformin. I argue with her on this and ask her to explain how on earth she can justify telling me to eat more carbs???? More carbs equals higher sugars equals long term "cooking" of my eyes, kidneys, etc.
What is wrong with these people? And what is wrong with the ADA? Their guidelines are literally killing diabetics!!! I am also so sick of people bashing low carb lifestyles! It works for me! As a matter of fact, it took no time at all for me to turn my stats around! As of August, my fasting glucose was 96, my A1c was 5.8%, and cholesterol was GREAT!!! Despite the fact that I ate steak and hotdogs all summer doc!!! HAHHA.
I joined this forum so that I could interact with other diabetics in my situation because I really can't get advice from my doctor. At my most recent visit, I asked her if I could sustain a low carb diet while I was pregnant (wondering if it was developmentally safe for the baby). And she said I don't need to worry, I lost weight and my diabetes went away. I was FLOORED!!! I said "No, I eat low carbs and it keeps me in check. If I ate a pizza right now, my sugar would go up to 200ish". She clearly doesn't get it. It just really amazes me!!!!
Sorry this was sooooo long!!!!
I was diagnosed on October 22, 2008 with diabetes at the age of 35. My fasting blood glucose was 305, A1c was 9, cholesterol was bad. Since diabetes runs in my family, I am fairly well educated on what it is and how to manage it. I will try to make this as short as possible...lol!
After diagnosis, I was very shocked when I was called in to see the PA (my doc was out) who never took the time to explain what diabetes is, she said nothing! She said that it would always get worse and I would alwyas need more and more medicine! I asked her if I could have just one month to turn it around with diet and excercise. IN that month I did a ton of research. It only made sense to me to cut carbs way out of my diet, since my body could not use carbs properly. I kept a detailed notebook about what I ate, what time I ate, and what my sugars were (like 10 times a day) and took that back to my doc a month later. She was shocked but I noticed that she didn't notice that I limited my carb intake. She said she was fine with me not taking meds but insisted that I see a dietician to fine tune my diet. Oh, did I forget to mention that I was at this point following a low carb Atkins style diet. Anyhoo, dietician tells me that I am need to eat 150-200 grams of carbs per day. I tell her she is nuts, my blood sugars would be through the roof. She tells me the solution to that is to take metformin. I argue with her on this and ask her to explain how on earth she can justify telling me to eat more carbs???? More carbs equals higher sugars equals long term "cooking" of my eyes, kidneys, etc.
What is wrong with these people? And what is wrong with the ADA? Their guidelines are literally killing diabetics!!! I am also so sick of people bashing low carb lifestyles! It works for me! As a matter of fact, it took no time at all for me to turn my stats around! As of August, my fasting glucose was 96, my A1c was 5.8%, and cholesterol was GREAT!!! Despite the fact that I ate steak and hotdogs all summer doc!!! HAHHA.
I joined this forum so that I could interact with other diabetics in my situation because I really can't get advice from my doctor. At my most recent visit, I asked her if I could sustain a low carb diet while I was pregnant (wondering if it was developmentally safe for the baby). And she said I don't need to worry, I lost weight and my diabetes went away. I was FLOORED!!! I said "No, I eat low carbs and it keeps me in check. If I ate a pizza right now, my sugar would go up to 200ish". She clearly doesn't get it. It just really amazes me!!!!
Sorry this was sooooo long!!!!
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