i was just diagnosed with type 1 and the doctors told me that if i hadnt gone in sooner that i would be in the hospitol. its pretty bad. so now im taking my shots and counting my carbs... my question is: once i get my blood regulated and at the right amount will i be able to eat without being so caucious? will things get easier? will i still have to count carbs? and for those of you who have type 1 can you help me out and inform me a little bit and give me tips... im really knew to it and am not liking the food limitations and shots at all.....:(Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Diabetes Question...............?
i was just diagnosed with type 1 and the doctors told me that if i hadnt gone in sooner that i would be in the hospitol. its pretty bad. so now im taking my shots and counting my carbs... my question is: once i get my blood regulated and at the right amount will i be able to eat without being so caucious? will things get easier? will i still have to count carbs? and for those of you who have type 1 can you help me out and inform me a little bit and give me tips... im really knew to it and am not liking the food limitations and shots at all.....:(
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Nana Lamb - Try South Beach Diet phase 2 for menus and recipes for low carb food plan. It works for me. I used the Atkins Carb Counter booklet for a while til I memorized the values of most everything I eat. That way it gets easier to deal with.
ReplyDeleteMy Endo told me that we must have a "cheat treat" occasionally. Or we would go nutz and not follow our food plans and have cravings. He said cravings are to be avoided, so have a half serving of something you wouldn't ordinarily eat very occasionally. Like a piece of chocolate!! One, not two!!
Yes, you will still have to be very cautious about your grams of carb. Main reason is the more insulin you have to bolus to cover the carbs you eat or drink, the more fat you will put on! Insulin is the fat packer hormone of the body. It turns all excess carbs not needed to fuel the bod into fat and packs it on our butts! or tummys!!
You will get used to checking your glucose level and doing the shots!
If the insulin is cold it will burn. warm it to room or near body temp before injecting.
If it burns still, move the needle over a bit, you are hitting either muscle, a nerve or if you bruise you are hitting a blood vessel.
Counting carbs becomes a way of life!! You will soon be able to do it without consciously thinking about it!!
I really hate that you have to join our little exclusive club! Much good luck to you!
Antara Johnson - You were lucky to be diagnosed so early, as I was one of those who were not so lucky and found myself in hospital. Okay.... so being a diabetic is hectic at first, you have so much to learn and remember (all of it being very important) and I understand that it can seem very overwhelming, but trust me when I say this.... It DOES get easier. After at least two weeks, you will find that counting carbs, doing your injections and the rest of it is just like breathing. You will start having a better knowledge of how certain foods effect your levels, and the insulin needed to correct it.
ReplyDeleteNo... you will not have to be so cautious with your eating habit's, as you will soon be able to just look at a plate of food and immediately know how many carbs is it.
A lot of your new life will be a trial and error, but it will get easier and you soon will fine everything back to normal. Good luck and feel free to message me if you want to know anything else.
Felex Fff - Unfortunately it does not get easier. Some things you will get used to so in that sense it will get easier. Make sure you are rotating your sites and don't inject at the same point of each site. Make sure you are using the shortest needle and the thinnest gauge (31 gauge, short). If you have insurance get the pens (unless you have a limit). The pens are easier to use away from home but cost $350 as compared to $130 for the vial. Make sure you are rotating your fingers when testing and switching sides of the fingers. You also can get a 33 gauge lancet (the higher the gauge the thinner the lancet). If you have a different copay for brand and generic don't buy the One Touch Delica. You will have to pay your brand name copay and you can get the Wavesense lancets, also 33 gauge for $5. You have to have a standard lancing device for Wavesense. As far as eating sweets or foods you are told to avoid, you can do this with out a problem once you learn how much each food will raise your sugar and increase to the appropriate amount of fast acting. You should always avoid drinks with sugar as they have no benefits and shoot your sugar up quickly. That being said you should always have juice with you as well as glucose tabs, in your possession or a few steps away. Hypoglycemia happens fast. Any other questions feel free, I've done it since I was 11.
ReplyDeletemicksmixxx - I'm afraid, my young friend, that you're always going to have to count your carbs.
ReplyDeleteI don't know whether you've been taught how to do it yet, but you can adjust the amount of insulin that you inject based on the number of carbs that you take in.
Sadly, things do NOT get easier. You'll find that estimating the amount of carbs that you imbibe WILL become easier, and adjusting the amount of insulin that you inject WILL become easier, but if you allow things to not be in control, there's a very real danger that complications will set in. This is NOT easy. Some of the complications can be a real pain ... literally, some can be embarrassing, and some can be downright lethal. I trust you'll do the right thing and ensure that your blood sugar (glucose) levels are always well controlled.
Be well.
Tabea - I was diagnosed with Type 1 last June. I am doing more than OK, with HBA1C of 4.9%.
ReplyDeleteI understand very well how confusing and distressing the first weeks after diagnosis are. Do you want the good news or the bad news? The bad news is that the routine never lets up. It's with you for life. The blood sugar testing, the carb counting, the constant vigilance. But, it does get easier in the sense that the more that you test, the more that you know about the foods around you, the more information and patterns you will have, and the more empowered you will be.
The most important thing is to keep motivated and always control diabetes rather than letting it control you. Because the consequences of losing control are terrible.