A dramatic question I know, but I cant ask my diabetic nurse, because I would feel just too stupid, so this is the scenario..
Was diagnosed over 2 years ago, been insulin dependent nearly 18 months, average 42 twice per day + 2 glucophage twice a day, the thing is I dont do anything I should really, half the time I forget to do the morning insulin altho generally remember the tablets, but am on a type of insulin that is supposed to be done 30 mins before eating, and for the last 30 odd years of my life I have never eaten breakfast, seems a hard habit to break, so the day creeps on, then at some point I go a bit hypo, grab something ridiculous and try to remember to do my insulin 30 mins before my evening meal. Bearing in mind that I am cooking for 2 hungry, bolshy teenagers, and keeping the peace is more on my mind than slipping off and stabbling myself with a needle :roll:
So the evening injection is sometimes after dinner (eg when I remember it) and the tablets during the course of the evening sometime, resulting in me waking in a sweat about 2am with a very low bg
The thing is, I really dont care, I already have Lupus and arthritis, have put on 5stone while waiting 10 years for a hip replacement, eventually done in my late 40's, that went disasterously wrong, meaning that 3 years on walking is still a struggle, so diabetes was to me like the final straw. Mentally I just dont seem able to deal with it, I ate a piece of coffee cake while I was typing this
which I know means at some point my bg will go right up, resulting in a thumping headache, but why should I have to give up every **** pleasure in life (one of which was walking) why me I want to ask, stamp my feet and say its not fair, yet the sensible intelligent side of me says I should be researching a low carb diet, getting my bg down, losing weight (I have a gym membership I havent used for months) and generally making my life better....but you know something....I really cant be bothered
Was diagnosed over 2 years ago, been insulin dependent nearly 18 months, average 42 twice per day + 2 glucophage twice a day, the thing is I dont do anything I should really, half the time I forget to do the morning insulin altho generally remember the tablets, but am on a type of insulin that is supposed to be done 30 mins before eating, and for the last 30 odd years of my life I have never eaten breakfast, seems a hard habit to break, so the day creeps on, then at some point I go a bit hypo, grab something ridiculous and try to remember to do my insulin 30 mins before my evening meal. Bearing in mind that I am cooking for 2 hungry, bolshy teenagers, and keeping the peace is more on my mind than slipping off and stabbling myself with a needle :roll:
So the evening injection is sometimes after dinner (eg when I remember it) and the tablets during the course of the evening sometime, resulting in me waking in a sweat about 2am with a very low bg
The thing is, I really dont care, I already have Lupus and arthritis, have put on 5stone while waiting 10 years for a hip replacement, eventually done in my late 40's, that went disasterously wrong, meaning that 3 years on walking is still a struggle, so diabetes was to me like the final straw. Mentally I just dont seem able to deal with it, I ate a piece of coffee cake while I was typing this
which I know means at some point my bg will go right up, resulting in a thumping headache, but why should I have to give up every **** pleasure in life (one of which was walking) why me I want to ask, stamp my feet and say its not fair, yet the sensible intelligent side of me says I should be researching a low carb diet, getting my bg down, losing weight (I have a gym membership I havent used for months) and generally making my life better....but you know something....I really cant be bothered 
