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How To Stop Shooting Yourself in the Foot
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wiflib
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Hello MrsBinns.
There are quite a few of us here that live on far less than that every day. It sound like madness but we don't all have injectable insulin to cover our intake. There are some insulin users here who's daily intake of carbs is very low too.
wiflib
There are quite a few of us here that live on far less than that every day. It sound like madness but we don't all have injectable insulin to cover our intake. There are some insulin users here who's daily intake of carbs is very low too.
wiflib
borofergie
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MrsBinns said:
Like wiflib says, it's really quite easy with the threat of blindness and amputation hanging over your head (to name but two potential complications of many). It doesn't take much reading to work out that grains and sugar are pretty bad for everyone anyway, so once you've eliminated them it's really rather easy: meat and two veg all the way.
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Going back a little to the rememebering to inject.
I find putting the number of needles I need for the day (5 in my case) in the case with my pens helps. I can see at a glance if I have missed a jab. I've also been given a novopen echo, it has a little display on the button which tells you the time you last used it and the dose injected. Again I can check if I missed my breakfast jab in the rush, so far (I've only been using it a few weeks) it's been handy, thought I got it for the half units rather than the memory.
Otherwise for me it's just creating a routine, laying my insulin out on the table with the cutlery and injecting at the same point in the meal. For me that's usually after first course but before a pussing if we are having one. I've had a couple of issues with injecting before the meal then jumping to see to the kids and going hypo.
I find putting the number of needles I need for the day (5 in my case) in the case with my pens helps. I can see at a glance if I have missed a jab. I've also been given a novopen echo, it has a little display on the button which tells you the time you last used it and the dose injected. Again I can check if I missed my breakfast jab in the rush, so far (I've only been using it a few weeks) it's been handy, thought I got it for the half units rather than the memory.
Otherwise for me it's just creating a routine, laying my insulin out on the table with the cutlery and injecting at the same point in the meal. For me that's usually after first course but before a pussing if we are having one. I've had a couple of issues with injecting before the meal then jumping to see to the kids and going hypo.
