Hello! I am only on 4 units of NovoRapid with meals at the moment and I'm yet to meet with a consultant so I'm a bit nervous about altering my insulin doses as I don't want to give too much/too little! With carb counting, can you give yourself insulin if you wanted to eat something carby and it wasn't a meal time? I wouldn't do this all the time obviously but I definitely used to have the occassional snack when it wasn't a meal time before Type 1 struck!
That makes sense - it's wise to be cautious in the early days. But even then, you should find opportunities to fit in some chocolate eg before a walk, when shopping, etc.
This is more advice for the future as you're not carb counting yet, but certainly you can eat snacks. I eat two snacks a day. If they're carby snacks, I simply bolus for them (unless I'm out on a walk or whatever and my BS needs the carb boost).
Basically, as the book says you need to Think Like A Pancreas. Your own pancreas can't control your blood sugar any more so you have to take over its job. Yes, it does seem like a full time job sometimes (in fact the author of that book says that early on - that he's working two jobs) but as the months go by, you'll gradually learn how to manage it and although it will always be in your head, it won't take up so much brain power
Type 1 isn't a punishment. If you're not overweight and your BS is in range, you can eat normally with a bit of thought. Don't feel guilty about the idea of having a snack. I recognise that horrible feeling of thinking you'll never be able to eat normally again. I stood and cried in the supermarket when I was first diagnosed. But it's not true. You can eat - you just need to think more than non-diabetics before you do, as you need to think about your insulin,,etc.
