mother of 18yr old type1 and need help

Aaaah... That is fantastic news.

Allow some treats...I was pht on such strict control when I was diagnosed.. And mum ckearing out my cupboards it made me feel so different to everyone else. In those days I was told the only biscuits I could have was divestives ( after a hypo and 1 before bed) or 2 rich tea..
Now with progress I know I can eat same as everynody else, providing I have the insulin. HOWEVER, I was given such limitations initially that it has stayed with me.. So my diet is pretty plain.. Chicken and 5 or 6 veg with a yogurt for dinner.. But if I want a treat I will.

He just needs to know how to get D to live with him at a balanced level... Its not easy for anyone.. Patient or parent or siblings or friends.

I would give yourself and son a big slap on your back and really be proud of yourselves... I know my earlier posting was quite plain speaking... Just well done.. Your son and your family will reap the rewards..

Can I just say..

I've been type 1 for only 9 months so I'm not as experienced as others on this site.. But do stick around on here as many are so helpful and so supportive!

I have been waiting a long time to go on the Dafne course.. And I am still waiting.. I was told by my GP and my diabetic nurse that I need to go on the Dafne course 1 month after diagnosis.. Still 9 months down the line I'm still waiting so I hope you get somewhere with you sons GP and diabetic nurses..

On the weight and food front.. It will take time and it will be hard but I found after a few months of being on insulin I was putting weight on and this was die to me becoming insulin resistant I was also told this is also because my insulin levels where way to high and needed to be lowered.. I started loosing more weight with my insulin being lowered and eating a low carb diet also I was put on Metformin to help which has helped the weight come off slowly..

But like many have said on here avoid big heavy carbs and eat little and often.. Also ifind snackinnon carrot, cucumber and pepper sticks noce to snack on in my lunchbox as it is healthy and i can snack kn the all day during work.. This diet has done me and my partner good he isn't diabetic but he has trimmed up by eating the same diet as me.. And he wont eat bad things infront of me and is so supportive!!! We have a treat every so often maybe a small takeaway or something with friends but that is very rare.. But it's a treat once in a while

This will help your son alot if you as a family support and encourage each other to eat healthy and you will see a dramatic change in your son..

I hope this helps..

Best wishes

Kerry xx

Waking with double figures happens to many of us. It will involve tweaking insulin, but I can't offer any advice on this.
Yes, the higher your levels the more food you may want.. But this also applies to a great many people nowadays that aren't diabetic as well!! Stomachs expand with the quantity of food shoved in them, and our brains react to constant food.. As much a problem as anorexics but in reverse.... So basically diabetes and raised levels can get your body asking for more food, but it does also happen in undiabetic people too.
Now, afraid of hypos and carrying lucozade and being reason to stay higher.... I myself work in reverse to this...
I actually love Thursdays.... Reason.. At this particular customers garden I would always go low. Now onthe way I pick up a bag of jam doughnuts....i know my levels (used) to drop... They don't now... And I have my treat and just once a week I don't have to have any insulin for it either... It is a real, real treat.. I actually feel nondiabetic. My levels on this day are perfect.
I hate lucozade.... By the side of my bed at present I have roses chocs as hypo stoppers.. For me I can eat 2... And love having them and take them easily and enjoy them.
In my car I have some melty mints from m&s that I also love and dolly mixtures everywhere, but I find it hard to limit myself to 7 of them...

I am a bit different to othes as I was told 27 yrs ago tio have milk n sugar and a digestive as a hypostopper.. ( not always convenient) and always mars bars were mentioned.
2+ years ago got told by DSN I must have jelly babies as hypostoppers or lucozade. I went for jb's. Recently I have had stomach troubles and investigations done.. And I totally stopped jellybabies..... My results came back abnormal transit time in my colon..... I out this down to jb's as since totally stopping tbem, my stomach has started to behave better... But this is not proven against jb 's ... Just what has happened to me.

Just trying to say in a long winded way, it is still possible to become more at ease in the longterm... There are ways and means to get that doughnut!!! - 4 hours digging.. But I get my treat!!! Well worth it.

You and your son are just really starting another of life's journeys. Which paths you take are up to the individual.. But I take the one that still allows a bit of normality...
Welldone though Alice2380.. You should all be proud and a lot, lot happier.. And yes highs and (lows) can make you grumpy!! I guess you may be aware that hypo's can make us argumentative and aggressive??
Well done really....

I was diagnosed Type 2 about a couple of years ago. I’m 50 but thirty years ago recognise exactly the lifestyle your son wants to live. I’m controlling things with diet and initially went through the food cupboard looking at labels.

Many of the initial cookbooks I was shown were full of meals for entertaining or special occasions but not what I needed for everyday. I have found the following three cookbooks really good for the reasons that I state afterwards:

The Everyday Diabetic Cookbook by Stella Bowling
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Everyday-Diabetic-Cookbook-Stella-Bowling/dp/1898697256/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1358990692&sr=1-1

Quick Cooking for Diabetes by Louise Blair and Norma McGough
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Quick-Cooking-Diabetes-Pyramid-Paperbacks/dp/0600619125/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1358990802&sr=1-1

Packed Lunches & Snacks: Delicious recipes for the diabetics Lunch Box by Sue Hall
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Packed-Lunches-Snacks-Delicious-Diabetics/dp/072251283X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1358990909&sr=1-1

All 3 were published in conjunction with the British Diabetec Association/Diabetes UK and I like them because:
a) they assume that you have to go to work and eat around that
b) they assume that you buy food at supermarkets, perhaps once a week
c) you often want food that is easy and quick to cook
d) you only want to spend time making one meal for all of the family.

Note that there are prices for used copies on Amazon – if its cookbook and going to be used in a kitchen then a used copy helps save the pennies.

alice2380 said:

thankyou for all your replies and fantastic advice.i have downloaded the call and carbs book to help us.Yet again a even better day today.BS was 12 when he woke up then after brekkie 3.1 before lunch 7.6 ,5.4 after lunch and 4.6 before dinner.I am so pleased.I can't believe just following your advice as given such an improvement and so fast.He says he feels better being normal levels and is not as hungry(I never even knew the insulin and being high made him hungry).The last three days he has been going to sleep with Bg of 5,6 or 7 and waking up in double figures?Is this possible.

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Alice ... regarding what insulin to change and by how much is an ongoing learning process, and here is a useful document that should help, but which I forgot to mention previously.

What to do if your results are too high or too low:
An excellent detailed document, with plenty of examples, to assist you in making required insulin adjustments. Download it and print it out so it is readily at hand after blood sugars have been made & recorded.

http://www.diabetes-scotland.org/ggc/do ... Change.pdf

I assume your son is on a basal (slow acting e.g. Lantus)/bolus (fast acting for carbs and correction e.g. Humalog) insulin regime? Then the critical starting point is to establish that the basal dose he is on is correct, and this can be done by a controlled fasting test over several hours after no carbs and no bolus. If the BG drops too much, then he has too much basal, and conversely if the BG continues to rise then the basal will need increasing. But never make adjustments just on one test, but repeat a few days later to confirm before making any basal dose changes.

Please keep us informed on how things progress, but it sounds that already you are progressing well up the learning curve ... very well done posting.php?mode=quote&f=20&p=344197#

Jonty