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Hi folks
I've been type 1 for 37 of my 38 years and I've recently gone to my GP (I've only been with them a couple of years) and asked for a referral to the diabetic specialist and also to look at pump therapy.
I'm self employed...about 5 weeks ago I gave myself a kick up the backside and started really looking after myself, 7 blood tests a day, regular meals, snacks and so on. I felt pretty good, my readings were getting better, I was exercising, dropping weight etc...you're wondering why I need help?! Then work got cranked up about ten gears; I have a tough physical job, it's my company, all the stress, organisation lands on my shoulders and as it hit this mad phase I stop sleeping, I crave sugar, I crave caffeine and I don't really know what to do...how do I keep my energy levels up and be able to work 12 days on the go for 12 to 16 hour days. The rubbish that I've eaten is terrible, the weight goes back on (which makes me incredibly unhappy when i'm battling to lose a load) and my sugar levels are obviously swinging like a yoyo.
Changing the job is the obvious answer but that's not going to happen!
The GP has suggested I need education (I'm guessing something like the DAFNE thing) but is there anything obvious that springs to anyone's mind....some great high energy snack that's going to help me without making the sugar levels go mad like the packets of Jaffa Cakes I neck?
In the meantime I'm trying to get motivated to get back on the 7 blood tests, getting the food scales out and the trainers back on in the evening..,
Michelle x
I've been type 1 for 37 of my 38 years and I've recently gone to my GP (I've only been with them a couple of years) and asked for a referral to the diabetic specialist and also to look at pump therapy.
I'm self employed...about 5 weeks ago I gave myself a kick up the backside and started really looking after myself, 7 blood tests a day, regular meals, snacks and so on. I felt pretty good, my readings were getting better, I was exercising, dropping weight etc...you're wondering why I need help?! Then work got cranked up about ten gears; I have a tough physical job, it's my company, all the stress, organisation lands on my shoulders and as it hit this mad phase I stop sleeping, I crave sugar, I crave caffeine and I don't really know what to do...how do I keep my energy levels up and be able to work 12 days on the go for 12 to 16 hour days. The rubbish that I've eaten is terrible, the weight goes back on (which makes me incredibly unhappy when i'm battling to lose a load) and my sugar levels are obviously swinging like a yoyo.
Changing the job is the obvious answer but that's not going to happen!
The GP has suggested I need education (I'm guessing something like the DAFNE thing) but is there anything obvious that springs to anyone's mind....some great high energy snack that's going to help me without making the sugar levels go mad like the packets of Jaffa Cakes I neck?
In the meantime I'm trying to get motivated to get back on the 7 blood tests, getting the food scales out and the trainers back on in the evening..,
Michelle x