Hi crazybabe
Sounds like you're in a place not too dissimilar to where I was at the turn of the year.
- * Blood sugars were a lot of highs with some big lows as well.
* My type 1 wasn't a priority. I would put work and friends and family first.
* Injections would be up to 2 hours late and some weren't being done because I was trying to get so much other stuff done.
I think a few basic things could help
Do you have anyone you feel you can rely on to check how your type 1 is doing?
I didn't have anyone in my family who knew enough about diabetes to help. However, I have a friend who I can rely on to just keep an eye on me. I actually put my results on the internet so my friend could see. It's made me much more aware of... well
myself really. I'm now interested in looking after myself.
Do you write/ type your sugar levels up?
I didn't use to. I would just go from one day to the next checking blood sugars only when I didn't feel well to check if I was really high or low.
One of the best changes I made was to write my levels down. This little change had a really positive effect on my motivation and self esteem.
I only write up my levels about once or twice a week but it helps a lot. It makes me think about what I'm doing and that makes a really big difference. Writing the results once a week only takes about 10 minutes. The benefits of this will be really surprising. This will help reduce some stress and anxiety, I promise.
This one's more rhetorical, but do you put your diabetes first?
I wasn't doing this. Like I say above, I was doing injections after eating and then doing some work or chore and completely forgetting about my injection.
Recently I've made a conscious effort to do my injections before eating. It doesn't take any more time and again, the benefits on how you feel about yourself will be really noticable after only a few days.
Three ways to feel better
1. find someone you can trust to talk about your type 1 with - if you don't feel you have anyone suitable, you could use this forum to talk things thru. the people here have been really helpful.
2. write your results down - find a method that's right for you. you can use a diary (just a normal diary will do) or you could write them on the computer. see what works best for you.
3. put your diabetes first when it comes to injections - inject before eating. it's a small task but has big benefits for how you feel.
Give yourself 30 days
Say to yourself, "I'm going to see if I can do the points above and i'm going to try to do it for 30 days."
"I may have some difficulties and I may make mistakes but i'm going to stick it out for 30 days."
I did this and my levels got a lot better, but in my second week my levels started to get worse again. in the past i would always give up at this point and think it's not working and i'd go back to how i was.
but this time, i told myself, "i'm going to at least try to make the 30 days. i'll keep going and at 30 days we'll see if anything's got better."
after that 2nd week things did get a bit better and i felt like i'd just got over a big step - I hadn't given up!
See how you go and just give us a note at some point to let us know how you're doing. the guys here have been a real comfort to me lately.
best wishes
Alaska