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<blockquote data-quote="KK123" data-source="post: 2171053" data-attributes="member: 451727"><p>Hi there Mandedog, it is hard to begin with because you are trying to find a balance between food/insulin and everything else. I just wanted to add that in a few months you will most definitely be able to go on your holidays and live what sounds like a wonderful life! In the first few months I found it chaotic, seemingly endless conversations with Doctors & Consultants, differing advice and opinions and on and on. Would you mind telling us a typical days food (I know you are low carb) and because you mentioned it, your doses? Obviously we are ALL very different and it is not so much the amount of the dose that's important but whether it is the right dose to keep your numbers in range. I decided (after I had become more confident and knowledgeable) to start with lower carb meals and tested before and after over many weeks to give me an idea of how different foods affected me. Once I had an idea, I upped the carbs to include other food that I wanted to eat (no obvious 'rubbish') but extra veg including///gulp///horror....root veg). I found my balance if you like and sometimes I will have a meal out that may be more carbs than I usually eat but I know roughly how to dose for it. My take is that FOOD is the other half of the medicine if you like, the medics go on and on about insulin as that is keeping us alive but the food we eat is crucial too. Once you get your levels within range you will feel much better. x</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KK123, post: 2171053, member: 451727"] Hi there Mandedog, it is hard to begin with because you are trying to find a balance between food/insulin and everything else. I just wanted to add that in a few months you will most definitely be able to go on your holidays and live what sounds like a wonderful life! In the first few months I found it chaotic, seemingly endless conversations with Doctors & Consultants, differing advice and opinions and on and on. Would you mind telling us a typical days food (I know you are low carb) and because you mentioned it, your doses? Obviously we are ALL very different and it is not so much the amount of the dose that's important but whether it is the right dose to keep your numbers in range. I decided (after I had become more confident and knowledgeable) to start with lower carb meals and tested before and after over many weeks to give me an idea of how different foods affected me. Once I had an idea, I upped the carbs to include other food that I wanted to eat (no obvious 'rubbish') but extra veg including///gulp///horror....root veg). I found my balance if you like and sometimes I will have a meal out that may be more carbs than I usually eat but I know roughly how to dose for it. My take is that FOOD is the other half of the medicine if you like, the medics go on and on about insulin as that is keeping us alive but the food we eat is crucial too. Once you get your levels within range you will feel much better. x [/QUOTE]
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