One of single greatest things I have ever done was to read the Gretchen Becker book "The First Year
Type 2 Diabetes: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed" right after my dx. If I had followed
what the CDE had told me I think I'd be in some pretty bad shape right now. Well at least not in as
good a shape as I perceive myself to be.
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"Colleen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...
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"Jennifer" <[email hidden]> wrote :
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Seriously... Why is she asking you to change what you're doing?
She is the expert. I was sent to her for "Diabetes Education".
Quoted message said:Did she ask what your latest A1c was? Did she ask what you were currently eating?
She had my records.
Quoted message said:Or did she mindlessly give you the same "lecture" and diet she gives everyone irregardless of
current control, eating preferences or exercise level?
Apparently. She even gave me a calorie amount that was exactly the
same
Quoted message said:as the one she gave someone 30 years older and 100 lbs lighter. A
calorie
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:amount that would be ~60% of my BMR minimum. IOW, a recipe for failure.
The more I think about it the more disgusted I get...
Have you considered writing a complaint? It may not change things immediately but it can make the
powers that be aware that not everyone is satisfied with the care received.
I was lucky. The dietician I saw was pretty good but the hospital has a good diabetes education
center. No way was I told to eat that many carbs. Of course, I had already been eating a fairly
good diet and knew the
basics
Quoted message said:of nutrition so I was able to make my own judgements on the information recieved. Some people in
the class had no concept whatsoever of what constituted even a marginally healthy way of eating.
One woman stated flat out that she wasn't going to "follow no diet." Diabetes was going to kill
her anyway. This dietician was up against a
lot
Quoted message said:of resistance to even the most basic changes in eating. In the classroom setting she explained a
more generic diet. When I met with her one on
one,
Quoted message said:she listened (I know, something rare) to what I was saying and then gave
me
Quoted message said:input on what I was doing. She supported my eating plan because it was working for me. I eat <150
(usually <125) grms per day and try to include lotsa chicken fish and veggies with only occassion
excursions into the
land
Quoted message said:of french fries. My a1c's have consistently been <6 since a diagnosis of
10.8.
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