DCUK Noblehead was he spoofing us all along ?

Anyone reading Nobleheads posts over the last six years know he is a stalwart member of the antl low carb high fat clique. Never missing an opportunity to vilify healthy saturated fats and giving dire warnings about low carbing. On insulin with adequate test strips and a good medical team, he failed to appreciate many others had none of these benefits and low carb was their only option. That being said, he must be fully aware many with all the benefits and who did low carb, reported vastly improved BG and weight control on the forum.

Noblehead always gave everyone the impression his diabetes was under control and his BG numbers excellent, he had diabetes licked due to his wonderful healthcare team, no need for him to low carb, or has he been spoofing us all along ? Yesterday on the forum he started a new thread and posted this here.

"Been provisionally told that I may be eligible to go on a pump, I'm a little apprehensive but excited at the same time, been injecting insulin for 33 years so won't miss the injections one little bit."

So, he may be eligible for an insulin pump on the NHS. What qualifies an adult for a pump on the NHS.

"Attempts to reach target haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels with multiple daily injections (MDI) result in the person having "disabling hypoglycaemia". For the purpose of this guidance, disabling hypoglycaemia is defined as the repeated and unpredictable occurrence of hypoglycaemia that results in persistent anxiety about recurrence and is associated with a significant adverse effect on quality of life.

HbA1c levels have remained high (8.5% or above) with multiple daily injections (including using long-acting insulin analogues if appropriate) despite the person and/or their carer carefully trying to manage their diabetes." Info from here.

The above criteria clearly does not describe a person with good control of their diabetes, it is a very long way from good diabetes control. This raises several questions. 1. Has Noblehead been spoofing us re. his control of diabetes? 2. Has his regime suddenly let him down and a pump is the only way to improve his poor control? 3. Is he spoofing the NHS?

The $64000 question for me is, would Noblehead be needing a pump if he had used a correct diet for a diabetic over the years, i.e. a low carb diet? A diet he has vilified for so long. He has constantly meddled in type two threads and together with a few other low carb antis, had countless low carb threads locked, and countless type two diabetics and low carbers banned.

For years I have asked myself the question. Why would a few forum anti's spend years and post countless times against low carb, when they can clearly see so many others posting fantastic success with a low carb diet. In fact almost all the success. Could it be they could not change their diet, they are far too addicted to carbs they defend so hard. Could it be they have been jealous of the success of others, who have the self discipline and dedication to radically change their lifestyle and not carry on as before and use nil/minimal medication to really control their diabetes.

Time will tell it always does, as we have seen so many times with the antis, they have so often contradicted themselves, so many times they have proved to be less than honest. I hope Noblehead gets his pump and he gains good control of his blood glucose. Maybe, just maybe he might reflect one day on the damage he has done and the fear he has spread to so many on the forum, especially to the diabetics that cannot even get a prescription test strip to enable good control. The sort of people who are working and ultimately will pick up the tab, the very expensive tab for his pump and consumables.

Eddie