Sat, Nov-10-01, 19:58
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Senior Member
Posts: 1,625
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 287.4/255/155
BF:
Progress: 24%
Location: Vancouver
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Hi Deb,
If dh is only on glucophage, not glyberide, I see no problem in waiting to see the doctor. He's not likely to get hypoglycemic on glucophage alone and that's the greatest concern for diabetics who do LC. I hope you can persuade him to do some reading; if not, you may want to do a 'cheat sheet' for him that lists foods he can eat, carb content & what his daily limit is. Post it on the fridge & give him another one to put in his wallet, briefcase or truck (whatever applies).
It's great that he had blood work done 2 wks ago, he'll have a benchmark to compare his progress against. And proof for the Dr eventually!
Once you get Bernsteins's book, dh may surprise you: I'll bet he starts reading it and finds it fascinating because it makes sense. He'll wonder why no one told him this stuff before. My dad is a Type 2, now on insulin because his beta cells finally wore out. You can't tell him much, but he'll read a book. *LOL* I loaned him mine and he hardly put it down for 3 days! All I did was suggest he would find it very interesting and that it made sense. Since I'd already lost about 18 lbs at that point, he was intrigued. He doesn't do a LC program but he has reduced his carbs & really notices it with his bedtime BG test. He gets proud when he doesn't need much insulin to keep him until morning. Anyhoo,
good luck finding the book locally. Or order it from Amazon, I think there is a link thru Bernstein's site.
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