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Diabetes Management
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catapillar
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honestly speaking. i am not managing my diabetes because im fed up
Lordy100
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What are the problems you are experiencing? There is lots of really useful advice on this forum, a quick search will bring up a lot of answers. The site provides a huge amount of support if you provide a bit more information.
thanx n i have no idea about diabetes courses at all. i was afraid of everything abt diabetes. Basically, in the year 2012, i was diagnosed as a pancreatic patient. had pancreatitis. i was hospitalized for almost3 months n had to go through 4 time E.R.C.P than had an operation because my food vein or duck ( whatever it is called) was blocked. E.R.C.P was unsuccessful thats y i had an operation. The dr, kind of washed my blocked duck/ vein which was blocked. But the operation wasn't successful because they didnt remove or changed the vein. they just washed that out.
Than, Dr told me that i will become a diabetic patient. n i had to follow a proper diet after operation
Than, Dr told me that i will become a diabetic patient. n i had to follow a proper diet after operation
catapillar
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You don't have type 1 diabetes. Type 1 is not caused by pancreatitis. You have type 3c diabetes, which I understand has some slightly different considerations to management than type 1, you might find it useful to check out the type 3c section of the forum - http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/category/type-3c-pancreatic-diabetes.73/
However, broadly, type 1 and type 3c are managed very similarly (although someone with type 3c is going to have to be more careful to avoid hypos as they wont have alpha cell function and will likely have to avoid a high fat diet due to creon) with a basal bolus regime. This would be where you take a background insulin and when you eat you take insulin to cover your food, adjusting the dose according to what you are eating -ie carb counting. Most diabetic courses are in carb counting, the main one being called DAFNE (dose adjustment for normal eating).
You seem to be on a mixed insulin regime if you are only on two shots a day? Is your insulin called novamix? With mixed insulin fixed doses that insulin will only be able to deal with a certain quantity of carbs. So you still need to count carbs with mixed insulin to make sure you are taking in the right amount of carbs. Have you had advice from your medical team on how many carbs your insulin dose is designed to cover?
High blood sugar can contribute to depression and cause low mood.
High blood sugar can also cause neuropathy.
What do your blood sugars look like when you test? Are you testing?
Diabetes is a vascular disease, high blood sugar makes the blood thicker and so this damages veins when thick blood tries to force its way through tiny delicate veins. Smoking has an adverse impact on the vascular system, narrowing veins. You have clearly already had problems with blocked veins. Well done on trying to quit smoking to hell avoid more problems.
However, broadly, type 1 and type 3c are managed very similarly (although someone with type 3c is going to have to be more careful to avoid hypos as they wont have alpha cell function and will likely have to avoid a high fat diet due to creon) with a basal bolus regime. This would be where you take a background insulin and when you eat you take insulin to cover your food, adjusting the dose according to what you are eating -ie carb counting. Most diabetic courses are in carb counting, the main one being called DAFNE (dose adjustment for normal eating).
You seem to be on a mixed insulin regime if you are only on two shots a day? Is your insulin called novamix? With mixed insulin fixed doses that insulin will only be able to deal with a certain quantity of carbs. So you still need to count carbs with mixed insulin to make sure you are taking in the right amount of carbs. Have you had advice from your medical team on how many carbs your insulin dose is designed to cover?
High blood sugar can contribute to depression and cause low mood.
High blood sugar can also cause neuropathy.
What do your blood sugars look like when you test? Are you testing?
Diabetes is a vascular disease, high blood sugar makes the blood thicker and so this damages veins when thick blood tries to force its way through tiny delicate veins. Smoking has an adverse impact on the vascular system, narrowing veins. You have clearly already had problems with blocked veins. Well done on trying to quit smoking to hell avoid more problems.
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First of all, Thanks alot Catterpiller for informing me about type3. I didnt know that Im T3 .
I take 2 shots a day before breakfast n before dinner. yes, its Novomix 30penflex. i take 22 or 24 units at morning and after 5 minutes I eat bread or rusks wid milk or paratha with tea. As im always in a hurry to reach my office, Thats y i dont eat properly in the morning. I eat biscuits or ruit bun in the office too. and at lunch i eat pakistani food or fast food. My routine is tough n i dont take insulin with me. that's y i take insulin when i get back to home n just eat food n sleep. this is the main BAD habit of mine which im trying to change. actually im always too tired so i just take insulin n dinner n just sleep. Smoking is another habit which im trying to get rid off.
I smoke 5 to 7 cig or 3 cig a day n sometimes smokes more. this is the routine of mine since 2 years.
I check my sugar levels once in a blue moon. now they happens around 300. (which is less than the prevoius ones, when i used to check sugar levels often n they were around 450, 355 etc) .
I just dont know how to fix these things. I feel like im stuck n depressed all the time.
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I take 2 shots a day before breakfast n before dinner. yes, its Novomix 30penflex. i take 22 or 24 units at morning and after 5 minutes I eat bread or rusks wid milk or paratha with tea. As im always in a hurry to reach my office, Thats y i dont eat properly in the morning. I eat biscuits or ruit bun in the office too. and at lunch i eat pakistani food or fast food. My routine is tough n i dont take insulin with me. that's y i take insulin when i get back to home n just eat food n sleep. this is the main BAD habit of mine which im trying to change. actually im always too tired so i just take insulin n dinner n just sleep. Smoking is another habit which im trying to get rid off.
I smoke 5 to 7 cig or 3 cig a day n sometimes smokes more. this is the routine of mine since 2 years.
I check my sugar levels once in a blue moon. now they happens around 300. (which is less than the prevoius ones, when i used to check sugar levels often n they were around 450, 355 etc) .
I just dont know how to fix these things. I feel like im stuck n depressed all the time.
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I live in Pakistan and unfortunately, there are no teams here to guide my type of diabetes patients. Infact, Nobody knows that I have T1 or T3 diabetes except my family.
Thats y i feel isolated and depressed almost all the time. N have become short tempered too.
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Thats y i feel isolated and depressed almost all the time. N have become short tempered too.
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catapillar
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The OP is on a fixed dose mixed insulin regime. Reducing carbs without understanding how many carbs their mixed insulin is dealing with will put them at hypo risk.
