Tukella
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How is yours controlled? I'm on the Omnipod x
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Feeling Lost & Hopeless
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As your on a pump look no further than the book Pumping Insulin by John Walsh & Ruth Roberts, it comes highly recommended on the forum.
btw, I'm using the Omnipod pump too
Greenman834
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Hi Tukella
I can empathise as I am diabetic and suffered from depression after the death of my wife.
My best advice would be to keep things as simple as you can to take some of the stress off yourself. Set goals that you can achieve. In that way you start to feel better about yourself. That becomes a self-reinforcing cycle. Incremental steps that sitck are better than large ones that don't. Improve, consolidate and improve again. Life is a bit like dancing; take it one step at a time.
I've been given a couple of British Heart Foundation publications about diet and healthy eating. They are; Eating Well (Healthy eating for you and your heart) and So You Want To Lose Weight ... For Good. They contain some good information to use as a baseline. I firmly believe it's about eating well generally rather than sticking to one diet or another. They seldom work, or if they do the effects are short-lived.
If you are looking for a good way to record your diet, including sugars, take a look at Myfitnesspal. It's simple to use and gets easier the more you use it. The book, Life and How To Survive It, by John Cleese and Robin Skynner is a good read if you like self-help books.
Hope this helps.
Ray
I can empathise as I am diabetic and suffered from depression after the death of my wife.
My best advice would be to keep things as simple as you can to take some of the stress off yourself. Set goals that you can achieve. In that way you start to feel better about yourself. That becomes a self-reinforcing cycle. Incremental steps that sitck are better than large ones that don't. Improve, consolidate and improve again. Life is a bit like dancing; take it one step at a time.
I've been given a couple of British Heart Foundation publications about diet and healthy eating. They are; Eating Well (Healthy eating for you and your heart) and So You Want To Lose Weight ... For Good. They contain some good information to use as a baseline. I firmly believe it's about eating well generally rather than sticking to one diet or another. They seldom work, or if they do the effects are short-lived.
If you are looking for a good way to record your diet, including sugars, take a look at Myfitnesspal. It's simple to use and gets easier the more you use it. The book, Life and How To Survive It, by John Cleese and Robin Skynner is a good read if you like self-help books.
Hope this helps.
Ray
Tukella
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Thanks Ray I will look at them books and publications!
Noblehead have you any tips for the Omnipod x
Noblehead have you any tips for the Omnipod x
Tukella
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Just in general x do u have different settings or just the same x
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Well much like on MDI (basal/bolus) its important to get your basal rates right, as you know you can have 7 different basal rates going on the Omnipod and I've currently got 5 running, if your unsure how to do a basal test have a look at the following:
http://www.salforddiabetescare.co.uk/index2.php?nav_id=1007
If your struggling with your bg control in general Tukella book an appointment with your pump nurse, they'll go through things like basal testing and will work with you to get the best out of your insulin pump.
Tukella
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Thanks noblehead I will print this off and try testing the basal x
Tukella, the main thing is to do something. You've already done that, well done. You've already spotted a problem and you're doing things about it. That's really good. Some folk don't even get that far.
Testing and tinkering with insulin, talking to your DSN (they've got a phone number ;-)). After the first couple of steps (you've already done) pat yourself on the back. The next ones are no harder to take.
Testing and tinkering with insulin, talking to your DSN (they've got a phone number ;-)). After the first couple of steps (you've already done) pat yourself on the back. The next ones are no harder to take.
