We’re hearing a lot in the news at the moment about the spreading and deepening economic crisis and how it is going to effect us all and like most people, I’m not really looking forward experiencing any more food price increases or petrol price hikes. Mind you, there is something that scares me more than all that, which keeps a diabetic like me in his house at 9:30pm on a Saturday night and it’s name……….is Christmas!
I thought that easter was bad enough and remember being the eight year old secretly stuffing down a cadbury cream egg but as an adult, it seems harder to shovel down all the delights of the festive season on December 25 and not have someone notice with a “so how is the diabetes going Aaron?” and half expecting me to drop on the floor infront of them to dutifly start convulsing. Upon being posed such a question I politely reply with,“yeah, really good eh”, and quickly move on. In my head however, it goes something like “how do you think it’s going today given that you can see the soft drinks, trifle, icecream, ambrosia, Christmas cake, caramel sauce, rum balls, beer, after dinner mints, lollies, wine, sweetened custard, jellies and other life threatening dietary choices that are currently gracing the dinner table?!?!”.
This being the case and in preparation for the onslaught of the abovementioned festive temptations, I decided that I would undertake a ‘run-through’ of Xmas lunch which was offered by my grandfather at 12pm this afternoon . So the alarm was sreaming at 8am, we’re on the road at 10:30am and arrive in Hamilton just in time for my dad to offer me a slice of lollie cake (he’s all about inclusion you see). Now, while I’d like to say thatI diligently calculated the CHO content of everything if I’m honest I had absolutely no idea whatsoever past a well educated guess. The main meal was fine cos I just stuck with veges and meat but then came DESSERT *insert horror movie sound effet* and I thought to myself – stuff it and with that, I was into it with a tablespoon.
My motto for this Christmas is everything in moderation – including moderation!
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Nic wrote
I totally hear this point Aaron but I have to say I find the most difficult part of the silly season the silliness itself… Read: all the parties and booze. I am less of a drinker these days than in past but especially working in the service industry, there seem to be dozens of events where you are obliged to drink booze. Add to that the fact that the non alcoholic beverages on offer are almost always sugary juices and it makes it ever more tricky to get through. Of course, people will say that you should just get on with it and tell others what you need… I agree with this in principle but also am nver really that keen to draw undue attention to my diabetes, so it can be tricky.
Aaron wrote
I hear ya! It’s happened to me plenty of times at events where it is just easier not to cos you can’t be bothered. I suppose that that is the point you get to when that bowlful of sweets just isn’t as enticing as it was when you were 12 cos a 21.9mmol/L isn’t an attractive prospect…