I’ve been told several times I have prediabetes, which is a weird term. Obviously the HbA1c was worse in the period including Christmas. Have started going to a 9-month course through the NHS, not actually very helpful and I do know a lot of the science, in fact more than the woman running the course. Apart from this, I am impressed by the Freshwell Low Carb Project, which was set up by two GPs in Essex before lockdown. It contains huge amounts of information and an app, all free of charge, meal plans and recipes, all can be downloaded as PDFs. https://lowcarbfreshwell.com/ I have put in the link, but it’s easy to find online if the link is removed by moderators. I am not connected in any way and no money is involved. Of course things are different if you are diabetic, but still I think there are good ideas there.
How do you manage to look after people when you have arthritis? My Mum is 2 years older than you and can’t do a thing with her arthritis. Her wrists, elbows and ankles are all swollen. She’s not had an arthritis clinic appointment in forever. I know the last time we went, they said she was fine (whatever!) and closed her case down.
I didn’t think to talk to my diabetes nurse about caring. To be honest, other than mentioning it on here, I hide away from it and hardly mention it to anyone else. Most people just roll their eyes or take no notice anyway (work).
How many mg Metformin are you on? I’m on 2 x 1000mg, hoping they will drop down to much less soon.
I take 4 x 500mg slow release per day, when I remember. Before or during meals.
My son is 15 miles away, I was very ill when he was 16, after 16 years without a child free day my health was ruined forever, but We speak every day and I’m always doing things for him. I’m now in constant pain, life horribly restricted, when I write here in the middle of the night I’ve woken in pain, made a cuppa and rubbing in Voltarol! Arthritis affects everything, so frustrating when I used to be Action Woman, everyone was in awe of how much I could do. Now I choose meals that don’t involve much work, cut carrots in the Magimix, use a Kenwood Chef, dishwash as much as possible. Worst of all I can only drive very short distances, when I used to regularly drive a Range Rover towing a large caravan hundreds of miles every weekend, often having a stall selling lorry spares.Now my ankles need an x Ray! Sewing was my only real hobby, now I’m struggling with that too.
Good grief, I hope you have someone to help you. Sounds like an awful lot to do.
When I am having a long covid suffering day, I am completely out of action and can’t get out of bed. I know arthritis is an absolute bummer though!
When I looked up causes of diabetes I found that stress can greatly affect blood sugar levels. I’m currently having huge battles with Social Services and know it’s affecting everything else. In many ways I’m lucky, I live in a cottage restored from a total wreck in 1976, not even a flush toilet when we bought it, and it has everything I could ever want (3 flush toilets now!) apart from true peace. I’ve recently received the result of a Subject Access Request from SSD, it’s clear that I’m disliked, I’ve asked 10 times over a 3 year period for an updated Carers Assessment because of my arthritis and other health issues, and it could be done by one of two teams and each think the other team should do it! Furthermore, one officer dislikes me so much that rather than refer to me by the shortened version of my first name I am repeatedly referred to as “she”. The initial response was emailed but I’ve now asked for a printed version as it hurts too much to scroll through 850 pages!!