Hello, I don't know if people have had read my previous post about a month ago, but I just wanted to update my story and hopefully inspire some other people.
I am 20 years old, pretty slim and healthy, but on the 12th I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes and my sugar levels were reaching 28 mmol/L. I was in hospital for a few days, then they let me go and told me I needed to see a specialist nurse every week who would tell me what to eat do etc. I was on 2 injections a day at the start and was told that by mid may I would be using 4 injections of insulin a day.
From day one I knew i could get off the injections, and even metformin tablets. As soon as I got out of hospital, I started eating non processed foods and low carbs.
For about two weeks, whilst i was on injections my food was just boiled eggs in the morning, grilled chicken or fish during lunch and just something light in the evening, chicken soup or something. My sugar levels came down major! With the insulin injections I was reaching 2.3 mmol/L till 4 mmol/L.
I went to see my doctor and he told me to get off the injections and i started taking metformin tablets, i think 500 mg with every meal, I did that for about aother 2/3 weeks and my sugar levels were normal again! reaching 4-6 mmol/L before meal and then around 7-6 mmol/L after meals. By this time i was eating pretty much normal stuff again. Had burgers and chips, and other home made stuff which had some sugar in it and stuff. In the morning I started having brown bread with a little jam and stuff. you know just about normal things.
Now I went to see my doctor again and he told me to get off the metformin tablets and has given me Repaglinide Accord tablets, now i am not sure what the big difference between the two is, but I did notice that these tablets were just 2mg instead of 500 mg. I have been doing some research and found out these tablets were just for type 2, but I was officialy type 1 according to the hospital and 'special diabetes consultants'
Now the thing is, I think it's all down to the person. A positive attitude, some care when it comes to food and exercising correctly every day can help .
Good luck to every one else!
I am 20 years old, pretty slim and healthy, but on the 12th I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes and my sugar levels were reaching 28 mmol/L. I was in hospital for a few days, then they let me go and told me I needed to see a specialist nurse every week who would tell me what to eat do etc. I was on 2 injections a day at the start and was told that by mid may I would be using 4 injections of insulin a day.
From day one I knew i could get off the injections, and even metformin tablets. As soon as I got out of hospital, I started eating non processed foods and low carbs.
For about two weeks, whilst i was on injections my food was just boiled eggs in the morning, grilled chicken or fish during lunch and just something light in the evening, chicken soup or something. My sugar levels came down major! With the insulin injections I was reaching 2.3 mmol/L till 4 mmol/L.
I went to see my doctor and he told me to get off the injections and i started taking metformin tablets, i think 500 mg with every meal, I did that for about aother 2/3 weeks and my sugar levels were normal again! reaching 4-6 mmol/L before meal and then around 7-6 mmol/L after meals. By this time i was eating pretty much normal stuff again. Had burgers and chips, and other home made stuff which had some sugar in it and stuff. In the morning I started having brown bread with a little jam and stuff. you know just about normal things.
Now I went to see my doctor again and he told me to get off the metformin tablets and has given me Repaglinide Accord tablets, now i am not sure what the big difference between the two is, but I did notice that these tablets were just 2mg instead of 500 mg. I have been doing some research and found out these tablets were just for type 2, but I was officialy type 1 according to the hospital and 'special diabetes consultants'
Now the thing is, I think it's all down to the person. A positive attitude, some care when it comes to food and exercising correctly every day can help .
Good luck to every one else!
