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Type 1 and struggling

For what it's worth @Zhnyaka , I would have been horrified if I had been told I would have to be admitted to hospital just for starting insulin. I was 39 at diagnosis and had a life.
What you describe as the best treatment you could get sounds like a very bad nightmare to me, thankfully I was offered more than enough guidance over the phone when I needed it, and I was allowed to work things out for myself, which is the way I learn best.

This kept me motivated to learn as much as I could, as quick as I could.
If there had been someone who told me to eat more than I wanted or who took away my food, I would most likely have become very angry and frustrated about having diabetes.
 
Rokaab said:
I suspect in most adult cases most hospitals wouldn't even think about keeping people in for that long for various reasons including finding any free beds (which afaik are very hard to find for anything) - may be different for kids (I dont remember what it was like when I was diagnosed as I was only two, also MDI didnt exist back then anyway)
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And hospital food for that long! Ugh!
 
Zhnyaka said:
God... I think I'm starting to realize that my doctor was a saint. I remember that she always had problems because she kept newly diagnosed diabetics in the hospital for so long. I also remember that when we ate, she looked at us sternly and forced us to eat another piece of bread if we didn't finish the meal, she took away my food if she found it in my nightstand and she really wasn't too lazy to teach me to count (not only carbs, but counting in principle). She taught me how to count carbs correctly in order to eat sweets and fast food and told (showed) complications. I remember that she said that I could eat whatever I wanted if I learned how to dose insulin correctly and if I counted the dose for a yummy treat correctly, she allowed me to eat it. Oh my God, I really thought that's what doctors do to all newly diagnosed diabetics everywhere. What a pity that she died and I can't thank her!
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Was this in the UK?
 
Antje77 said:
If there had been someone who told me to eat more than I wanted or who took away my food, I would most likely have become very angry and frustrated about having diabetes.
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adults have enough brains to understand the word "forbidden" :hilarious: Although if you had ketoacidosis, I think you wouldn't mind

but I admire your awareness, because I would hardly have taken my diagnosis seriously if my doctor had given it 15 minutes. Diabetes is a lot of information, and if you were able to master it all yourself, it's incredibly cool!
 
I guess we are seeing another example of how we are different. The regime @Zhnyaka describes sounds like a nightmare to me.
I had no time overnight in hospital for which I am very grateful. I started on fixed doses with some assistance injecting first time. But only once.
I soon moved to MDI with the only guidance to take 1 unit for every 15g (yes 15g as 10g would have been way way too much … and I was a fully grown adult). It was 12 years later when I went on a DAFNE like course and was taught formally how to carb count but I didn’t learn anything new.
Spending a month in hospital, withholding food or forcing me to eat more when I was full sounds horrendous for 8 year old me and would have made me hate diabetes and rebel. Amy doctor who tried this regime with me would never be considered a saint.
But, if it worked for you, Zhnyaka, that is great.
 
Diagnosed when I was 2, in DKA and very poorly, but to this day can vividly remember a nightmare time in hospital, and was so relieved to get home after a week. Had managed to 'escape' from the ward twice, so I think they thought I'd be safer at home!!
 
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