Can others share what they do? I am a type 1.5 female and have been for about 2 yrs. I am now on lantus twice a day (on advice from hospital as once a day didn't work for me) and novorapid and having done a carb counting course have a carb insulin ratio. It was also confirmed a few months ago by blood tests that at long last my pancreas had stopped which was good as suddenly I started to get some stability. Before, despite weighing everything my bgs were v unpredictable. However that stability hasn't lasted and once again I am all over the place. Slight adjustments suggested by the hospital with my long acting help for a few days then its back to being all over the place. I am very sensitive to any physical activity and underweight. I do eat healthily but not low carb as such as I cannot lose more weight and would prefer to adjust insulin to what I eat. I also have a stoma so that affects what I can eat as well. What I am really struggling with is snacking for pleasure and to help weight gain. Eg last night having done decorating during the day, I had my evening meal, underdosed my quick acting insulin by about .7 as usually the affect of physical activity on my bgs continues for a few hrs after and I wanted to have a few doritos as an evening snack. Yet my BG was 13 at bedtime and 19 this morning. It is really getting me down. I don't want to snack all the time nor am I wanting to eat rubbish but I do want to feel I don't just have to eat at meal times and also I get hungry and need to gain weight. The hospital are supportive but even they say I am complex. We have no idea how much my stoma, affects my digestion and bgs and whether this adds to the unpredictability. I can still go from 2.6 to 19 and yet we weigh out everything we poss can and I am diligent with working out my insulin. Can I /should I in inject separately for snacks? Not being able to live and eat normally, bgs being so up and down despite all I do to stop this and my weight is really getting me down. Even the diabetes centre I am under are wary of me doing any exercise as my bgs are so sensitive to physical stuff so I can't even feel I can get fit. Sorry for the long post but I am so fed up. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
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