Hi, right, i'm 46 been type 1 for 22 years and to be honest I havn't been that brilliant at controling my diabetes.
My main problem is eating. I've never been a big eater - more picking bits 'n' pieces throughtout the day. Anyway......for the past 3 months, i've regulary been seeing the diabetic specialist nurse every 3 weeks or so due to changing my insulin doses and just keeping an eye on my blood sugars.
My problem is, regardless what i say to the nurse regarding meals etc he doesn't seem to listen to me.
I simply can't eat every few hours. I can't do it.......breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner, snack. Apart from the cost of all this I cannot eat that amount of times in a day, every day etc etc. I've tried to follow the correct way with meals but i'm now having hypo's all the time, I feel tired, worn out and fretting about what i'm supposed to do.
I'm sorry about this post cos I don't even know what i'm trying to say. Maybe i'm just letting off a bit of steam and maybe get some feedback on my predicament. . . .
.....so, what do i do ? Having breakfast is a trial even though its just a bowl on cereal, it takes all the will in the world to finish it. Then I can probably look forward to feeling horrible a few hours later so its 'more food' time...toast. More struggling to get it down...........then i have the inpending doom of lunch time........beens on (more) toast......things are getting harder now and i'm only half way though the day..........
Can you see what i'm trying to say. I simply can't do this. But back to the diabetic nurse. No matter what I say he's maid his mind up regarding what he's saying and what I must do and the mantra 'You must eat and take your insulin' . . I know that but I can't !
I'm not joking but I genuinely felt better when my bloods were a little high and its so (Expletive deleted) tempting to have my insulin when I need to..IE when i want to eat or feel hungry.....
This all sounds like i'm moaning and I do appologize for it but I just seem to be in a catch 22 situation. . .
Well that my rant...
Any wise words would be most appreciated.
Thanx for reading and all the best
Dean H
My main problem is eating. I've never been a big eater - more picking bits 'n' pieces throughtout the day. Anyway......for the past 3 months, i've regulary been seeing the diabetic specialist nurse every 3 weeks or so due to changing my insulin doses and just keeping an eye on my blood sugars.
My problem is, regardless what i say to the nurse regarding meals etc he doesn't seem to listen to me.
I simply can't eat every few hours. I can't do it.......breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner, snack. Apart from the cost of all this I cannot eat that amount of times in a day, every day etc etc. I've tried to follow the correct way with meals but i'm now having hypo's all the time, I feel tired, worn out and fretting about what i'm supposed to do.
I'm sorry about this post cos I don't even know what i'm trying to say. Maybe i'm just letting off a bit of steam and maybe get some feedback on my predicament. . . .
.....so, what do i do ? Having breakfast is a trial even though its just a bowl on cereal, it takes all the will in the world to finish it. Then I can probably look forward to feeling horrible a few hours later so its 'more food' time...toast. More struggling to get it down...........then i have the inpending doom of lunch time........beens on (more) toast......things are getting harder now and i'm only half way though the day..........
Can you see what i'm trying to say. I simply can't do this. But back to the diabetic nurse. No matter what I say he's maid his mind up regarding what he's saying and what I must do and the mantra 'You must eat and take your insulin' . . I know that but I can't !
I'm not joking but I genuinely felt better when my bloods were a little high and its so (Expletive deleted) tempting to have my insulin when I need to..IE when i want to eat or feel hungry.....
This all sounds like i'm moaning and I do appologize for it but I just seem to be in a catch 22 situation. . .
Well that my rant...
Any wise words would be most appreciated.
Thanx for reading and all the best
Dean H