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<blockquote data-quote="jopar" data-source="post: 121187" data-attributes="member: 11712"><p>You may not have to go to a strict low carb diet to regain the control of your diabetes, I certainly don't avoid the carb and eat normal foods...</p><p></p><p>What you need to do, is learn to count the carbs you are eating, what types they are and how they may react with your body.. So that you can effectively use your insulin to do its job..</p><p></p><p>This means being pandantic about testing your BG's before and after meals, bedtime and when you get up.. along side keeping a food diary and carb count + insulin dose you used so that you got the data to use to work out where you may need to make adjustments..</p><p></p><p>Most meters can be downloaded onto computers, and scanlife, Ultrasmart meter that has an electronic logbook, you can enter, insulin dose (other meds you regularly take) carb amount, exercise, whether you were on hols, if you feel ill etc, you can even enter blood preasure etc.. All this information can be downloaded onto your computer, the software is downloadable from there website (free of charge) but you have to order the data cable but this only costs around £11 with p+p, sometimes you can blag one from there customer services if you'll lucky....</p><p></p><p>Handy books, I would recommned is either Think like a pancreas or Using insulin, both easily avaible via the normal internet book shops...</p><p></p><p>Enlist the help of your diabetic nurse, ask if they've got a carb counting course you can attend, such as DAFNE or Bertie... Explain your fears don't worry to what you have or have not done in the past, as they will not mark you on this, they will only be interested in your future</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jopar, post: 121187, member: 11712"] You may not have to go to a strict low carb diet to regain the control of your diabetes, I certainly don't avoid the carb and eat normal foods... What you need to do, is learn to count the carbs you are eating, what types they are and how they may react with your body.. So that you can effectively use your insulin to do its job.. This means being pandantic about testing your BG's before and after meals, bedtime and when you get up.. along side keeping a food diary and carb count + insulin dose you used so that you got the data to use to work out where you may need to make adjustments.. Most meters can be downloaded onto computers, and scanlife, Ultrasmart meter that has an electronic logbook, you can enter, insulin dose (other meds you regularly take) carb amount, exercise, whether you were on hols, if you feel ill etc, you can even enter blood preasure etc.. All this information can be downloaded onto your computer, the software is downloadable from there website (free of charge) but you have to order the data cable but this only costs around £11 with p+p, sometimes you can blag one from there customer services if you'll lucky.... Handy books, I would recommned is either Think like a pancreas or Using insulin, both easily avaible via the normal internet book shops... Enlist the help of your diabetic nurse, ask if they've got a carb counting course you can attend, such as DAFNE or Bertie... Explain your fears don't worry to what you have or have not done in the past, as they will not mark you on this, they will only be interested in your future [/QUOTE]
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