I cried myself to sleep every night for 6 weeks. My mum also went to my home whilst I was in hospital and removed all food she thought I shouldn't eat anymore!! That 30 years ago when they told you to eat a square of diabetic chocolate and always snack on digestive or rich tea biscuits!!
Thank goodness things have changed!!! You will be able to find your balances of food and meds. Bdec website (bournemohth hospital) do a good on line carb counting course and some hospitals may give you a carb n cal n fat book free of charge.. If not Amazon sell them.
Those two things are so worth doing/getting then just tweaking your meds...
Shame hospitals dont take you in for a few days as they did 30 years ago, you'd be ready to do it all by discharge..
However, check your bloods and record down everyday what activitys you do and what food you are eating...and the doses of meds.. This will give you and your hcp's patterns to work on...
It honestly does become easier, just dont necessarily follow nhs guidelines of eating large amounts of carbs.
The more carbs you eat, the more meds you need, if on insulin- that could mean more chance of going hypo. People generally do find that the more carbs they eat the more weight they out on...
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