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<blockquote data-quote="Marie 2" data-source="post: 2089633" data-attributes="member: 475037"><p>There will be day off and on where you "goof", but overall getting the hang of it is pretty easy and then it just becomes a normal way of life.</p><p></p><p>What you need to do is learn how to dose for what you eat. Really most important. Because then you dose to what you ate, so if you splurged or didn't eat right you can dose appropriately. We type 1's are not the same as a type 2, almost all type 1's are not insulin resistant, we just don't make insulin. They start you out with a easy dosing regimen to get you used to it. Plus at the beginning you are in what we call a honeymoon phase, which means you are still making some insulin until you don't completely any more. So the dosing is a little trickier.</p><p></p><p>And while eating healthy is important, if we want the cookie off and on we usually can have a cookie, if we want pasta, we can usually have pasta, we just have to dose for it. I say usually because splurging to me means a controlled blood sugar before I would splurge. So contact your doctor/dietician etc to learn how to dose it will change how you deal with this disease enormously!</p><p></p><p>But one thing will always be important, checking your blood sugars. Some days you can get away with not checking that much and some days require more attention. This also becomes critical if you dose for what you eat. Higher blood sugars, higher doses, lower blood sugars, lower doses. Unfortunately this isn't a disease we can escape from, it's with us 24/7.</p><p></p><p>A lot of us don't have type 1's around us, that's what make sites like this very valuable! And the good news is you can change how you're doing as soon as the next test and the next dose! Also getting a CGM makes life even easier. (constant glucose monitor)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marie 2, post: 2089633, member: 475037"] There will be day off and on where you "goof", but overall getting the hang of it is pretty easy and then it just becomes a normal way of life. What you need to do is learn how to dose for what you eat. Really most important. Because then you dose to what you ate, so if you splurged or didn't eat right you can dose appropriately. We type 1's are not the same as a type 2, almost all type 1's are not insulin resistant, we just don't make insulin. They start you out with a easy dosing regimen to get you used to it. Plus at the beginning you are in what we call a honeymoon phase, which means you are still making some insulin until you don't completely any more. So the dosing is a little trickier. And while eating healthy is important, if we want the cookie off and on we usually can have a cookie, if we want pasta, we can usually have pasta, we just have to dose for it. I say usually because splurging to me means a controlled blood sugar before I would splurge. So contact your doctor/dietician etc to learn how to dose it will change how you deal with this disease enormously! But one thing will always be important, checking your blood sugars. Some days you can get away with not checking that much and some days require more attention. This also becomes critical if you dose for what you eat. Higher blood sugars, higher doses, lower blood sugars, lower doses. Unfortunately this isn't a disease we can escape from, it's with us 24/7. A lot of us don't have type 1's around us, that's what make sites like this very valuable! And the good news is you can change how you're doing as soon as the next test and the next dose! Also getting a CGM makes life even easier. (constant glucose monitor) [/QUOTE]
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