Paging the Sugar Mongs

Discussion in 'UK Motorcycles' started by Grimly Curmudgeon, May 5, 2010.

  1. You bunch of cunts.
    I hereby elect myself to this august body of total fuckers.
    Type 2 - eyethingewe.
     
    Grimly Curmudgeon, May 5, 2010
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  2. Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Grimly Curmudgeon
    Welcome, Brother.
     
    Wicked Uncle Nigel, May 5, 2010
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    DR Guest

    Grimly Curmudgeon posted:
    Greetings! You get used to the taste of diet Coke eventually.

    So I was told 7 years ago...
     
    DR, May 5, 2010
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    Catman Guest

    Diet Coke is much nicer than the regular one. And I'm not a sugar mong.

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    Catman, May 5, 2010
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    Derek Turner Guest

    Welcome to the club.

    What regime are you on?
     
    Derek Turner, May 5, 2010
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    Higgins Guest

    Aspartame is the work of the devil. Foul stuff.
     
    Higgins, May 5, 2010
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  7. Nothing yet - just been to an induction course and issued with a
    pinpricker/analyser and to keep a chart for the next month of
    twice-daily sugar levels.
    As far as regimes go - I think I might get away with more exercise,
    eating some balanced vittles and chucking the fags.
    My blood sugar today was 8.1megaloads/fuckwit, so that's not too
    alarming for a totally unprepared sample. Ie, I hadn't been eating
    anything out of the ordinary last night/this morning. They did say it
    would be better lower, but if I kept at that it wouldn't be too bad, so
    plenty of room to improve.

    Amusingly, the bloke demonstrating the device had to prick his fingers a
    few times and he does that for every group - that's a lot of pricks.
     
    Grimly Curmudgeon, May 5, 2010
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    Catman Guest

    Well, it gives me migraines, but other than that, I have nothing against it.

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    116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 GTV TS GT 3.2 V6
    Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see.
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    Catman, May 5, 2010
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    Beav Guest

    By which time you've shit your arse raw and your colon looks like the
    channel tunnel. Sorbitol, innit?
    Fucking scooter riding newbies :)
     
    Beav, May 5, 2010
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    Beav Guest

    Fucking great, and when you ask for regular supplies of strips, so you can
    keep an eye on your BG levels regularly (important), you'll very likely hear
    the words "**** off, you're a T2 and don't need 'em". That's if you're
    lucky.
    Seeing as it should be in the 4 to 5 megaloads region, you're getting on for
    havinng twice as much sugar as you should have circulating around and
    attaching itself to your tubes and such. LOTS of room for improvement.
    A proper diabollock would prick his fingers roughly 200 times per month and
    shoot spuffystuff in 5 or 6 times a day.

    Anyway, good luck getting to grips with what's to come, but make sure you do
    if only for the sake of your dick. **** the eyes, you can still shag if
    you're blind, but it'd be a fucker being able to see something and not be
    able to shag it.
     
    Beav, May 5, 2010
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    Hog Guest

    You haven't posted about an accident so Welcome You Fat Fucker

    Now buy a book.
    Bernstein
    Diabetes Solution
    and ignore what the fuckwits in your hospital tell you (if like the NHS)
     
    Hog, May 5, 2010
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    Mike Barnard Guest

    <Breaks cover and posts>
    Another type 2 here. I was diagnosed about a year and a bit ago and,
    although I know it has consequences, because I can't see anything more
    than the numbers on the meter I find it difficult to take seriously.
    If I have a broken bone, I can see it and feel it. The diabetes is
    insidious. Apart from a paunch I don't seem to have any consequences
    so far.

    My sugars hang at about 6.5. I take Metformin pills (5 a day) but
    sometimes they give me the shits. Also Statins for colesterol. I have
    several books but I've only skimmed them. I know I need to take it
    more seriously, but the tub of Choc ice cream in the freezer is
    teasing me. It doesn't help that at work there is no canteen or shops
    locally, just a choccy vending machine. Which I mostly ignore, but
    sometimes...

    Hog, thanks for the tip on Bernsteins book, the Amazon reviews are all
    ecstatic and a copy is on the way.

    Welcome to the club Grimley.
     
    Mike Barnard, May 6, 2010
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    Derek Turner Guest

    Assuming that you live in England, you'll be better off financially with
    a low dose of some medication (probably metformin). Once on /any/
    diabetic medication /all/ your prescriptions (including the test-strips)
    come free!

    Seriously, Type 2 is progressive and there's nothing you can do to halt
    it. Good diet and exercise can slow it AIUI, but that and chucking the
    fags will also reduce your risk of stroke/heart attack, as will aspirin
    and simvestatin, which you will almost certainly be prescribed.

    It all comes as a bit of a shock at first but the important thing is for
    you to control it, rather than vice versa. Contact me off-list if I can
    be of any help (email is valid).
     
    Derek Turner, May 6, 2010
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    CT Guest

    I used to be able to, but I gave up drinking pop years back and now I
    expect they'll all just taste "sweet". Yes, even the zero sugar ones.
     
    CT, May 6, 2010
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    Hog Guest

    Sorry old bean but even the best private consultant couldn't be that certain
    about T2. They understand surprisingly little about progression.

    Certainly you need to give up fags (if you were ever daft enough), go to a
    low sugar/carb diet (surprisingly easy and pleasant), regulate beer intake
    (fucking disaster) and take some daily exercise. Do all that and if you
    develop it in your 40's a natural death should overtake the diabetes death.

    Beware of the Statins. Some can seriously disagree with you. Muscle pains,
    tiredness (can effect sex life) and generally feel shit.
     
    Hog, May 6, 2010
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    CT Guest

    So unlikely to actually live another 20 years in any case then...

    <d&rfc>
     
    CT, May 6, 2010
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    Hog Guest

    Not drinking any coke even? I probably consume a litre a year in exteremis.
     
    Hog, May 6, 2010
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    DozynSleepy Guest

    I absolutely abhor any drinks with artificial sweeteners in them.

    Dark rum and coke only tastes correct with the full fat fully advertised
    original branded Coca Cola. It tastes even better when coming from the
    contour bottle too.
     
    DozynSleepy, May 6, 2010
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    Beav Guest

    I have a suspicion that your response was to the wrong person Hog.
     
    Beav, May 6, 2010
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    Beav Guest

    That's exactly how a pal of mine feels. 3 years as a diabollock and now he's
    got his first appointment for laser spot welding on both eyes. I've been a
    T1 for 25ish years and not a problem has reared, but I never took anything
    the NHS told me with anything other than a pinch of salt.

    The party line for all diabollocks is to eat more carbs than any other of
    the three food groups. A bit like telling an alcoholic that half of what he
    drinks should be booze. A fucking great idea.
     
    Beav, May 6, 2010
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