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Giving up again.

nessa1970

Well-Known Member
Messages
386
Location
New Zealand
Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
Hay guys and gals...
Got my hba1c down to 52 from 72. Having hypos tho and LDL cholesterol is 4.4 so now on some pill called statins. So low carb an low fat diet. Gees may as well eat nothing. So over it all... last 7 mornings I'm waking up to 10 11 12 13 bs readings with no food or drink for 10 hours. *** is wrong now. I'll up my lantus again to 9 an 9 at night from 8 an 8. Really want too just ... who gives especially a **** mood an take nothing. Besides the fact of 9kg weight hike to top of that gorgeous cake I can't touch with a ****** cherry.
Sorry felt like a rant... have a great night. I'm having a wine least that'll drop me.
 
Hey @nessa1970 don't be so hard on yourself, looking at your BG readings you've made massive improvements and it's early days, good type 1 control takes a while to fall into place,. Your nurse may of told you about the honeymoon period and there is no time limit on how long that lasts, your requirements will increase over time that's inevitable but knowing how to respond and when is down to you. Have you thought about reading up more on this, not sure if it's been suggested to you but 'think like a pancreas' is a good one to read, the more you know the better you can respond to changes in your requirements. Also don't stress about your LDL reading, my last one was 4.6 no one jumped at me for this, so not too worried at all. Rant away !!
 
Thank you. You just feel so out of control of it all. Even tho your in control. It's goes well then boom. It's discouraging... I put lantus up. But each time I do I seem to eat more somehow. I'm getting close to taking nothing. But trying to keep focused. I'll give it a week see how it pans out.
 
Like I said don't be so hard on yourself, confidence comes with time, so knowing what works and what doesn't, it took me ages to get my head round everything, still throws me now, but I take each day as it comes and do what I feel is right, shout me a PM if you need some support, around here alot so happy to help
 
Thanks so much. New day tomorrow will try be more positively focused... thanks for the pm offer too.
 
@nessa1970 Dont blame yourself - we all have **** days. None of us are perfect, and it's simply not possible to be perfect all the time with Type 1. Concentrate on your successes.

Firstly, change your long acting insulin pen/vial in case it's lost effectiveness.

If the highs persist even with new insulin, could they be anything to do with your evening meal?

Are you under extra stress or ill or got something hormonal going on?
 
Could it be too low fat? Carbs and protein will spike me higher Andy faster than if I have a decent amount of fat in the meal, like some avocado chunks an drew olive oil.

It has been discussed that many who have higher cholesterol can lower it by changing their fat sources to more mono/plant fats like avocado, olive oil, salmon, nuts, olives rather than saturated fats found in butter, dairy, fatty red meats, chicken skin etc.
Doing low carb and low fat only leaves protein an Dover eating protein will turn to bs as well.
How about trying some more balanced meals with mono fats. Like lettuce wraps or salads with some protein and olive oil and some avocado ? Nuts or olive for snacks?

There are many on this forum who have to limit saturated fats due to cholesterol. I am one of them but I still eat an 80% fat diet.

Feel better. We all have our bad days. Very frustrating I know...
 
Hi. I assume you are on Basal/Bolus and hence have a meal-time insulin as well as the Lantus? What sort of diet are you having? It is important that you keep the carbs down but don't worry about the fats too much and have good fats where you can such as omega 3 ones as in fish etc. The NHS tells people to keep fats down when you have high cholesterol but it's the liver that determines what your cholesterol is and carbs can be the culprit. Proteins are fine of course.
 
Thank you I will do this.

 
Thanks
 
I have just replaced the vial for the lantus an it's fine. Will see how it goes over next few days . Thanks
nessa1970 said:
Thank you I will do this.
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