Happy with myself, made my T2 aunt a present for her 72nd birthday and mailed it. She's losing her vision (not diabetes related macula problems inherited from her mother) so instead of a postcard I chose to write big letters on white paper, which I'm almost sure she can still read
The text reads:
"Dear Charlotte,
Happy birthday! A box of SUPER TASTY DIABETES FRIENDLY CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES to celebrate.
(I hope you like dark chocolate, if not they are horrible)
Have fun, give Pablo a hug from me and watch out he doesn't steal any truffles. (Pablo is her dog)
Love, Antje.
Ingredients:
Chocolate, cream, butter, cocoa.
Carbs:
+/- 11gr/100gr = 1gr per truffle.
The whole box is the same amount of carbs as 1 slice of bread.
May contain traces of nuts and dog's hair."
I don't think she really counts carbs but she tries to keep an eye on them. She loves cakes and stuff though. Last 2 years were very hard for her, with breast cancer twice and a lung embolism, and the eyes that have forced her to stop driving and reading, and her diabetes has been pretty uncontrolled during that period. She's been on the mend for the last 6 months and going to the gym.
Her last hba1c came back as 47, which gave her confidence a big boost, very happy about that