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<blockquote data-quote="DCUKMod" data-source="post: 1544625" data-attributes="member: 345386"><p>[USER=358175]@kaylz91[/USER] Firstly, let me say that I'm not T1, so con't comment on your drugs regime at all, however, I can empathise with your nerves about making changes without too much certainty of what the impacts might be.</p><p></p><p>In terms of a CGM/Libre; have you considered asking your nurse or Consultant if you could have a trial of something; probably the Libre? </p><p></p><p>Utilising the Libre gives you so much more feedback than finger prick testing ever can, and could be very useful in bolstering your confidence in what you are or aren't doing.</p><p></p><p>Aside from being terminally curious, I firstly tried the Libre to garner some insight into those times when er simply can't be pricking our fingers. I wanted to know that I wasn't going off-track, over time.</p><p></p><p>If you were using one, you could experiment with your eating regimes and be able to see exactly what the impact of upping your fats/proteins, in real time.</p><p></p><p>After surgery, almost 2 years ago now, I lost weight, from a starting point of xxkg (BMI xx), and like you I really needed to add it back, but was worried about increasing my intake too much. It's not a load of fun eating more than we want to, but having to accept it as a daily/weekly task just to be done. However, using the Libre, I could see there was nothing too scary going on in the background.</p><p></p><p>It took me a couple of months to regain the couple of kilos I had lost, as my body was recovering from the surgery too, but it worked in the end. Just for completeness, what I did was just eat a bit more at every meal, then a few evenings a week, I'd have some berries and cream during the evening, where I never usually would, as I'm not a pudding person</p><p></p><p>Again, I wholly appreciate I'm not T1, but for me it was all about building and maintaining confidence levels both in what I was actually doing and the impacts on my whole body, not just on the readings on the scales.</p><p></p><p>I really hope you find something that will allow you to edge forward Kaylz. I know how annoying it can be when people say things like "Just eat a bit more. Boy, I'd love to be able to eat whatever I like, and try to put weight on". There were times when I could have throttled them!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DCUKMod, post: 1544625, member: 345386"] [USER=358175]@kaylz91[/USER] Firstly, let me say that I'm not T1, so con't comment on your drugs regime at all, however, I can empathise with your nerves about making changes without too much certainty of what the impacts might be. In terms of a CGM/Libre; have you considered asking your nurse or Consultant if you could have a trial of something; probably the Libre? Utilising the Libre gives you so much more feedback than finger prick testing ever can, and could be very useful in bolstering your confidence in what you are or aren't doing. Aside from being terminally curious, I firstly tried the Libre to garner some insight into those times when er simply can't be pricking our fingers. I wanted to know that I wasn't going off-track, over time. If you were using one, you could experiment with your eating regimes and be able to see exactly what the impact of upping your fats/proteins, in real time. After surgery, almost 2 years ago now, I lost weight, from a starting point of xxkg (BMI xx), and like you I really needed to add it back, but was worried about increasing my intake too much. It's not a load of fun eating more than we want to, but having to accept it as a daily/weekly task just to be done. However, using the Libre, I could see there was nothing too scary going on in the background. It took me a couple of months to regain the couple of kilos I had lost, as my body was recovering from the surgery too, but it worked in the end. Just for completeness, what I did was just eat a bit more at every meal, then a few evenings a week, I'd have some berries and cream during the evening, where I never usually would, as I'm not a pudding person Again, I wholly appreciate I'm not T1, but for me it was all about building and maintaining confidence levels both in what I was actually doing and the impacts on my whole body, not just on the readings on the scales. I really hope you find something that will allow you to edge forward Kaylz. I know how annoying it can be when people say things like "Just eat a bit more. Boy, I'd love to be able to eat whatever I like, and try to put weight on". There were times when I could have throttled them! [/QUOTE]
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