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Timmy98

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So I'm new at the forums and I suppose I have to say something about myself. Well, I'm an 18 year old type 1 diabetic who also happens to have celiac disease(**** it genetics), but is fortunately very good looking(thank you genetics). Nah I'm just kidding. Or not.

Anyways, I have had diabetes T1 for over 17 years now, having been diagnosed at 10 months of age. For most of my life I was very passive about my condition, my parents were managing it for the most part, and when I finally hit the years to manage it myself, I didn't really care about it too much. Diabetes was for me just something I had to took care of at times. But now I have decided to nail this ******* and be as healthy as I can possibly get.

The problem is that I just found out how little I know about my condition. I always knew how to manage it, treat the hypos, treat the highs, but now when I'm aiming for some really good results, my body just wont follow. It sucks really. But I know I can learn. I used to know a guy who had BG levels nearly perfect. Always. I don't know what he was eating or what he was taking that I wasn't, but I will find out and I will take it from him.

All in all, I hope I can take something from this forum community, and I would greatly appreciate any advice for a boy who is taking an adult life with diabetes T1 and hopes to control it so that it doesn't limit him in any way with his success.

Also I'm from Slovenia, so if my English ever breaks, yeah, that's why.

Alert! I may ask dumb questions in the future. Thank you.
 
Slovenia! Don't think we've had many members from your area. Are you actually living in Slovenia or are you in the UK.?

Welcome to the forums @Timmy98 , have a good look around and ask about anything that's troubling you.

What are you eating each day and what type of insulin regime do you have?
 
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urbanracer said:
Slovenia! Don't we've had many members from your area. Are you actually living in Slovenia or are you in the UK.?

Welcome to the forums @Timmy98 , have a good look around and ask about anything that's troubling you.

What are you eating each day and what type of insulin regime do you have?
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Yeah I do live in Slovenia, but there aren't really any great diabetes forums in Slovene(we're very small) so I just went with a British one( I like the English language and I believe I'm quite good at it ).

The problem is probably my sleeping regime, I just can't resist being up all night and then waking up at 11 and 12 am and that has affected my bg. I have adjusted my basals, but school time is quick to kick in and I will again have to adjust. The other major problem is my eating. I have had days when I eat alot, and days when I eat very little. I noticed how my blood sugars changed because of it and now I'm thinking of having a more or less fixed number of carbohydrates each day. I also exercise 5 times a week on average, but then again sometimes I just can't(even for a week or two) and I fear that that has an effect on my blood sugars. I'm probably still in puberty, so my blood sugar management is slightly harder probably. I have been using an insulin pump for around 14 years.

I'm now trying a high-carbohydrate low fat diet as someone has advised me in order to better manage my blood sugars.
 
Hi and welcome. Most of us would say that going High-carb/low-fat is the opposite of what you should be doing. All carbs are turned to glucose in the body which means they need to be controlled. So, keep the carbs down and have enough protein, fat and veg/fruit of course to keep you feeling full and to provide all the nutrients you need. Are you on the Basal/Bolus insulin regime i.e. two insulins and if so do you count the carbs at each meal to match the carbs?
 
Hi @Timmy98
welcome to the forum :)

Although we all share this same chronic condition each of us reacts slightly differently depending on our food choices , exercise , other health conditions , etc.

Being on a pump is probably the best regime as you can fine tune basal requirements to suit your body more closely than injections.

do you keep a daily diary of blood tests , carbs consumed , and bolus doses and basal rates
so you can track yourself and see what patterns occur ( doing this is really helpful in making changes to pump settings )

Do you have a diabetes nurse to review with you how you are doing ??

keep posting -- your english is fantastic too !!
 
Timmy98 said:
Yeah I do live in Slovenia, but there aren't really any great diabetes forums in Slovene(we're very small) so I just went with a British one( I like the English language and I believe I'm quite good at it ).

The problem is probably my sleeping regime, I just can't resist being up all night and then waking up at 11 and 12 am and that has affected my bg. I have adjusted my basals, but school time is quick to kick in and I will again have to adjust. The other major problem is my eating. I have had days when I eat alot, and days when I eat very little. I noticed how my blood sugars changed because of it and now I'm thinking of having a more or less fixed number of carbohydrates each day. I also exercise 5 times a week on average, but then again sometimes I just can't(even for a week or two) and I fear that that has an effect on my blood sugars. I'm probably still in puberty, so my blood sugar management is slightly harder probably. I have been using an insulin pump for around 14 years.

I'm now trying a high-carbohydrate low fat diet as someone has advised me in order to better manage my blood sugars.
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Hi again @Timmy98 ,

As Diabell stated above, a high carb intake may well be causing you trouble. I personally am managing pretty well on a moderate carb intake of around 110 to 130g per day. So as you can probably work out, it would equate to about 30g per meal and trying to keep this reasonably stable means I'm injecting the same amount of insulin at the same time each day. For me , regularity has been key and when I change routine I notice it with my BG levels.

If you want to exercise, then I think you'd benefit from more routine with that also. Everyday for a week and then nothing for 2 weeks can't be helping much.
 
himtoo said:
Hi @Timmy98

Do you keep a daily diary of blood tests , carbs consumed , and bolus doses and basal rates
so you can track yourself and see what patterns occur ( doing this is really helpful in making changes to pump settings )

Do you have a diabetes nurse to review with you how you are doing ??

keep posting -- your english is fantastic too !!
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I had a diary but I'm now looking for an app so I can make things even easier. Do you know any great apps or programs, possibly for a computer, on which I could keep track of the things said above?

I have regular checkups every 3 months or so and at the last checkup(which was about 6 months ago due to some unpredictable inconvenience that made me miss the set date) I had HBA1c of 7.1 which my doctor said was great due to my age and stuff(puberty etc.).
 
urbanracer said:
Hi again @Timmy98 ,

As Diabell stated above, a high carb intake may well be causing you trouble. I personally am managing pretty well on a moderate carb intake of around 110 to 130g per day. So as you can probably work out, it would equate to about 30g per meal and trying to keep this reasonably stable means I'm injecting the same amount of insulin at the same time each day. For me , regularity has been key and when I change routine I notice it with my BG levels.

If you want to exercise, then I think you'd benefit from more routine with that also. Everyday for a week and then nothing for 2 weeks can't be helping much.
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I didn't mean high carb as in eating alot of carbs per day. What I meant was eating a moderate amount of carbs and low fat with it. Why? Well it was being said to me that fat and carbs compete to enter the cell as fuel, fat wins every time so carbs aka glucose stays in the blood. That's why its hard to cover for a pizza. Do you think that might be sensible?

As for exercise, Its very hard trying to keep a routine with unpredictable events, school etc., but I'm trying as much as possible :)
 
I think there are a few out there ( apps and such )

I am tagging @tim2000s as he is very knowledgeable on online resource to assist in monitoring
 
Timmy98 said:
I didn't mean high carb as in eating alot of carbs per day. What I meant was eating a moderate amount of carbs and low fat with it. Why? Well it was being said to me that fat and carbs compete to enter the cell as fuel, fat wins every time so carbs aka glucose stays in the blood. That's why its hard to cover for a pizza. Do you think that might be sensible?

As for exercise, Its very hard trying to keep a routine with unpredictable events, school etc., but I'm trying as much as possible :)
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I am not sure about the mechanics, but I think it's generally accepted that fatty foods (like the cheese on your pizza) slow down the absorption of carbs. A lot of people in the forums like peanut butter for this reason - it tends to reduce the magnitude of the glucose spike. However, I've also noted that forum members sometimes report that after eating a pizza, blood glucose levels stay elevated for a longer period, like well into the next day.
 
urbanracer said:
I am not sure about the mechanics, but I think it's generally accepted that fatty foods (like the cheese on your pizza) slow down the absorption of carbs. A lot of people in the forums like peanut butter for this reason - it tends to reduce the magnitude of the glucose spike. However, I've also noted that forum members sometimes report that after eating a pizza, blood glucose levels stay elevated for a longer period, like well into the next day.
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I have a question. I am very worried about the amount of my sugar intake as I must in order to lift my BG eat 8 teaspoons of sugar for 4 mmol/L, 9 teaspoons of sugar for 3 mmol/L and 10 teaspoons for 2 mmol/L. Now things are that sometimes I even have 2,3 or 4 hypos in a day. The amount of sugar I eat that day is enormous. Do you know a way to fix this? I don't mean the hypos, I'm working on fixing them(or the huge amount of them), but how do I avoid the disastrous effects of sugar to my health, my weight, etc. I don't want to be fat!
 
Timmy98 said:
I have a question. I am very worried about the amount of my sugar intake as I must in order to lift my BG eat 8 teaspoons of sugar for 4 mmol/L, 9 teaspoons of sugar for 3 mmol/L and 10 teaspoons for 2 mmol/L. Now things are that sometimes I even have 2,3 or 4 hypos in a day. The amount of sugar I eat that day is enormous. Do you know a way to fix this? I don't mean the hypos, I'm working on fixing them(or the huge amount of them), but how do I avoid the disastrous effects of sugar to my health, my weight, etc. I don't want to be fat!
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Yes, as himtoo suggests, I think you need to be speaking to the quack or DSN about your insulin dosage.
 
Timmy98 said:
I had a diary but I'm now looking for an app so I can make things even easier. Do you know any great apps or programs, possibly for a computer, on which I could keep track of the things said above?

I have regular checkups every 3 months or so and at the last checkup(which was about 6 months ago due to some unpredictable inconvenience that made me miss the set date) I had HBA1c of 7.1 which my doctor said was great due to my age and stuff(puberty etc.).
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Being in Slovenia you may have different access to apps, but I use a combination of MyFitnessPal for counting carbs, and One Drop to monitor carbs (worked out in MyFitnessPal) bg and exercise as wel as the anount of insulin (bolus and basal) taken in a day.

I believe One Drop is iPhone only currently with an Android app in the works. MySugr is another similar app which I think is on both platforms.
 
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