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<blockquote data-quote="Fairygodmother" data-source="post: 2444023" data-attributes="member: 68789"><p>It gets very much easier doing insulin. I think the more you learn about your own insulin needs, and the way you respond to food, the more you know that to stay feeling well you need to put in some insulin whenever you need it. People generally don’t notice or don’t think it’s anything to worry about. Some may wonder why that odd old woman’s just pushed her top off her shoulder, revealing a bra strap (always a coloured bra strap) and put a pen against her upper arm but they’re too used to people doing odd things in the street to point or comment. And I feel better. Like Antje says, if they’ve got working beta cells, they have insulin on a constant internal trickle.</p><p>It also gets easier to measure carbohydrates, inject more or less the right amount and wait the right amount of time before eating. I always ask friends what the food they put on the table has in it. Most of them get used to it. Some just don’t get the idea of carbs, so that’ll be the next part of your T1 journey.</p><p>I never feel guilty. I didn’t do anything to invite T1, and neither did you. We’re just unfortunate that we have the wrong genes. I do feel very very sympathetic towards those who’ve acquired it because of cancer or Covid. Such bad luck!</p><p>I do sometimes feel angry, especially if I have days when the balancing act doesn’t go well and my blood sugars rise or fall and I can’t explain why. It’s then that I feel horribly envious everyone who has a fully working system.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fairygodmother, post: 2444023, member: 68789"] It gets very much easier doing insulin. I think the more you learn about your own insulin needs, and the way you respond to food, the more you know that to stay feeling well you need to put in some insulin whenever you need it. People generally don’t notice or don’t think it’s anything to worry about. Some may wonder why that odd old woman’s just pushed her top off her shoulder, revealing a bra strap (always a coloured bra strap) and put a pen against her upper arm but they’re too used to people doing odd things in the street to point or comment. And I feel better. Like Antje says, if they’ve got working beta cells, they have insulin on a constant internal trickle. It also gets easier to measure carbohydrates, inject more or less the right amount and wait the right amount of time before eating. I always ask friends what the food they put on the table has in it. Most of them get used to it. Some just don’t get the idea of carbs, so that’ll be the next part of your T1 journey. I never feel guilty. I didn’t do anything to invite T1, and neither did you. We’re just unfortunate that we have the wrong genes. I do feel very very sympathetic towards those who’ve acquired it because of cancer or Covid. Such bad luck! I do sometimes feel angry, especially if I have days when the balancing act doesn’t go well and my blood sugars rise or fall and I can’t explain why. It’s then that I feel horribly envious everyone who has a fully working system. [/QUOTE]
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