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<blockquote data-quote="Lucie75" data-source="post: 533159" data-attributes="member: 23580"><p>Hi Lisbet, I agree totally with everything you've touched on. I've been T1 for 30 years and neither my parents nor me had any sort of instruction on how to count carbs except for a poster that the clinic gave my mum with about 15 different foods on it, giving their 'exchange' value. My mum took care of it all until I was old enough to take over and to this day I cannot imagine the worry that she must have felt. When I started to look after my own diabetes as a teenager, and for the two decades since then, I was, without knowing it, totally naive about most things diabetes-related. My consultant thought I was well controlled but like you, I think I've just been fortunate and managed to muddle on through. It was only when I got my pump that I began to learn anything about carbs, complex carbs, insulin ratios etc etc and even though I've only been on a pump a few short months I have no idea how I managed to survive the last 30 years. My knowledge today is all down to this forum and the wisdom of the people on it. I think myself very lucky not just to have found this website, but to have made it through the last 3 decades relatively unscathed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucie75, post: 533159, member: 23580"] Hi Lisbet, I agree totally with everything you've touched on. I've been T1 for 30 years and neither my parents nor me had any sort of instruction on how to count carbs except for a poster that the clinic gave my mum with about 15 different foods on it, giving their 'exchange' value. My mum took care of it all until I was old enough to take over and to this day I cannot imagine the worry that she must have felt. When I started to look after my own diabetes as a teenager, and for the two decades since then, I was, without knowing it, totally naive about most things diabetes-related. My consultant thought I was well controlled but like you, I think I've just been fortunate and managed to muddle on through. It was only when I got my pump that I began to learn anything about carbs, complex carbs, insulin ratios etc etc and even though I've only been on a pump a few short months I have no idea how I managed to survive the last 30 years. My knowledge today is all down to this forum and the wisdom of the people on it. I think myself very lucky not just to have found this website, but to have made it through the last 3 decades relatively unscathed. [/QUOTE]
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