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<blockquote data-quote="ReadyCrowd" data-source="post: 2456097" data-attributes="member: 550171"><p>Hi [USER=264425]@becca59[/USER], [USER=461597]@PenguinMum[/USER], [USER=520533]@Fazzy[/USER], [USER=550186]@nicki92[/USER] and [USER=71170]@Soplewis12[/USER] - thank you for dropping in and saying hello!</p><p></p><p>I'm doing the best I can to keep up with it all - I've recently been given my insulin-to-carb ratio of 1 unit per 18. Is that a high number? I've been given a target of 8 as of last week but I'm consistently finding that I'm dropping to numbers below that, so my healthcare team have offered to switch me to a half unit pen as they don't want me coming down so quickly from the 19 and 20 range I was at a couple of weeks ago. Is this something I should be concerned with? I've only just gotten used to taking the NovaRapid so for the meantime I've said I would think about it.</p><p></p><p>I know that when I start dropping below 6 my vision goes blurry and I begin to feel irritable, tired and lightheaded but I'm not sure whether that's related to the diabetes. After a bit of Googling online, it looks as though blood glucose readings above 4 should be too high for me to be feeling the effects of low blood sugar - so I'm starting to wonder whether it's all in my head.</p><p></p><p>I appreciate your concern - I've let my DN know about my situation and I'm hoping she'll point me in the direction of some support groups in the near future. Unfortunately (like many people I'm sure) I've lost contact with most of my friends over the COVID period and done a pretty good job of alienating myself. I do live with my brother, but apart from him the rest of my family lives in the United States so talking with them isn't easy. I think the timezone differences, distances between us and their lack of knowledge of type 1 has made the whole thing a bit more complicated than it normally would be. The general attitude towards my diagnosis has been disbelief (I'll be the first type 1 in the family) due to my age and how healthy I am in general - something I think is made more difficult by the fact I'm still waiting on the results of my GAD test.</p><p></p><p>If I'm being honest, even if I could speak to them I'm sick of the platitudes. They don't want to believe the specialists are right so any conversation on the subject is shut down with a "don't worry, when you get the test results back you'll see you're type 2" and it's driving me crazy. While I appreciate the sentiment behind the words, it's what I want to hear and it's preventing me from accepting the true reality of my situation. Apart from that, I don't know how much it matters - diabetes is diabetes at the end of the day and we're all on the same boat regardless of the type. I would much rather believe the specialists who diagnoised me and move forward under the assumption that I'm type 1 if only to avoid being dissapointed down the road.</p><p></p><p>[USER=71170]@Soplewis12[/USER] I'm with NHS Tayside. So far my healthcare team have been brilliant! How have they been where you are?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ReadyCrowd, post: 2456097, member: 550171"] Hi [USER=264425]@becca59[/USER], [USER=461597]@PenguinMum[/USER], [USER=520533]@Fazzy[/USER], [USER=550186]@nicki92[/USER] and [USER=71170]@Soplewis12[/USER] - thank you for dropping in and saying hello! I'm doing the best I can to keep up with it all - I've recently been given my insulin-to-carb ratio of 1 unit per 18. Is that a high number? I've been given a target of 8 as of last week but I'm consistently finding that I'm dropping to numbers below that, so my healthcare team have offered to switch me to a half unit pen as they don't want me coming down so quickly from the 19 and 20 range I was at a couple of weeks ago. Is this something I should be concerned with? I've only just gotten used to taking the NovaRapid so for the meantime I've said I would think about it. I know that when I start dropping below 6 my vision goes blurry and I begin to feel irritable, tired and lightheaded but I'm not sure whether that's related to the diabetes. After a bit of Googling online, it looks as though blood glucose readings above 4 should be too high for me to be feeling the effects of low blood sugar - so I'm starting to wonder whether it's all in my head. I appreciate your concern - I've let my DN know about my situation and I'm hoping she'll point me in the direction of some support groups in the near future. Unfortunately (like many people I'm sure) I've lost contact with most of my friends over the COVID period and done a pretty good job of alienating myself. I do live with my brother, but apart from him the rest of my family lives in the United States so talking with them isn't easy. I think the timezone differences, distances between us and their lack of knowledge of type 1 has made the whole thing a bit more complicated than it normally would be. The general attitude towards my diagnosis has been disbelief (I'll be the first type 1 in the family) due to my age and how healthy I am in general - something I think is made more difficult by the fact I'm still waiting on the results of my GAD test. If I'm being honest, even if I could speak to them I'm sick of the platitudes. They don't want to believe the specialists are right so any conversation on the subject is shut down with a "don't worry, when you get the test results back you'll see you're type 2" and it's driving me crazy. While I appreciate the sentiment behind the words, it's what I want to hear and it's preventing me from accepting the true reality of my situation. Apart from that, I don't know how much it matters - diabetes is diabetes at the end of the day and we're all on the same boat regardless of the type. I would much rather believe the specialists who diagnoised me and move forward under the assumption that I'm type 1 if only to avoid being dissapointed down the road. [USER=71170]@Soplewis12[/USER] I'm with NHS Tayside. So far my healthcare team have been brilliant! How have they been where you are? [/QUOTE]
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