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<blockquote data-quote="Antje77" data-source="post: 2476094" data-attributes="member: 372207"><p>I'm sorry you're having such a hard time!</p><p></p><p>It takes time to get used to a diagnosis like this, and it takes time to work out how to manage diabetes. This is a marathon, not a sprint!</p><p></p><p>As a T1 (or LADA, which is a variety of T1) you'll need to learn how to adjust your insulin to your food. It's very different from T2, which sometimes can be managed by diet.</p><p>What insulin(s) are you on for now?</p><p>If you're on mealtime insulin already, you can start with logging your meals, your doses, and the numbers you see in the hours after your meal. This will help you and your diabetic nurse to work out the right dose for you.</p><p>It helps a lot if you start getting a bit of feeling for the amount of carbs in your meals to, so check packages and ingredients, and see if you can spot patterns between what you eat, the amount of insulin you took and your numbers.</p><p></p><p>Seeing as your nurse said you're doing very well, you likely are!</p><p>Don't compare your numbers to those of well controlled T2's on the forum, T1 is a different condition!</p><p></p><p>Please keep eating! Not eating won't help you, and if your meal makes you go high, it only means more information to base your doses on, it's alright.</p><p></p><p>Take a deep breath and go to bed!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Antje77, post: 2476094, member: 372207"] I'm sorry you're having such a hard time! It takes time to get used to a diagnosis like this, and it takes time to work out how to manage diabetes. This is a marathon, not a sprint! As a T1 (or LADA, which is a variety of T1) you'll need to learn how to adjust your insulin to your food. It's very different from T2, which sometimes can be managed by diet. What insulin(s) are you on for now? If you're on mealtime insulin already, you can start with logging your meals, your doses, and the numbers you see in the hours after your meal. This will help you and your diabetic nurse to work out the right dose for you. It helps a lot if you start getting a bit of feeling for the amount of carbs in your meals to, so check packages and ingredients, and see if you can spot patterns between what you eat, the amount of insulin you took and your numbers. Seeing as your nurse said you're doing very well, you likely are! Don't compare your numbers to those of well controlled T2's on the forum, T1 is a different condition! Please keep eating! Not eating won't help you, and if your meal makes you go high, it only means more information to base your doses on, it's alright. Take a deep breath and go to bed! [/QUOTE]
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