I had a hard time eating last summer and autumn since I was having some strange stomach problems that no one could figure out the reason for. I recently started to eat normally again, and I've gained some of my lost weight - which is good.
My problem is that my BG has gone wild since that. :?
It was very low when I didn't eat that well, and because of that I lowered my insulin doses (I use an insulinpump). Then, when I ate more I raised them back to normal (but lowered them a little bit again since I had quit growing during this time and I needed less insulin). My problem is that my BG now is high almost all the time, not massively high but enough to irritate me, and when it isn't high, it's way too low. I've also tried to raise the basal dose again temporarily with 10 percent, but then I was low all the time. I can't control it at all. When it's high I try to compensate this by taking some insulin. The problem is that I get low instantly, or stays at the high level. When I'm low I eat, but then it goes way up. I'm concerned by this. I've never had any trouble before controlling my BG, and I feel that my doctor don't really see the problem I see.
I feel like a newbie, though I normally wouldn't consider myself that since I've had diabetes for more than eight years.
I wonder what to do. I've called the hospital to ask them if I could borrow a continuous BG meter for a week or so, to see where I should do something, but I'm thinking if I need to cut out on my "living as a normal person-lifestyle" as well. I mean, I've never cut out on the sweets and other sugary stuff (I have never had an unusually big amount of something, but I've eaten the same stuff as my friends or family when they had something like that. I never buy sugarfree stuff except for liquids)
I have never made my disease such a big deal as some people do - with the carb-counting, cutting out on everything sugary, and all that stuff - since I want to live a normal life, but sometimes I'm afraid that I'm too liberal and need to be more strict.
What do you think? Am I a reckless teenager who need to control myself more, or is it that I'm in a period of my life when I can't do something more than I've already done and I just continue to check my BG, try to correct if it's not within the "normal" range, and try to cope? Or is it that I'm too harsh on myself? (I consider a BG over 9-10 mmol/L something to correct , if it's not something I can explain, as in if I for example just had a meal, or recently ate something sugary or carby that's kinda hard to control). Normally my BG is 9-12 mmol/L.
I don't know, I feel that I just jabber right now, is it understandable at all? Please excuse me for my English, it's hard to speak in a "medical situation" sort of way. :lol:
My problem is that my BG has gone wild since that. :?
It was very low when I didn't eat that well, and because of that I lowered my insulin doses (I use an insulinpump). Then, when I ate more I raised them back to normal (but lowered them a little bit again since I had quit growing during this time and I needed less insulin). My problem is that my BG now is high almost all the time, not massively high but enough to irritate me, and when it isn't high, it's way too low. I've also tried to raise the basal dose again temporarily with 10 percent, but then I was low all the time. I can't control it at all. When it's high I try to compensate this by taking some insulin. The problem is that I get low instantly, or stays at the high level. When I'm low I eat, but then it goes way up. I'm concerned by this. I've never had any trouble before controlling my BG, and I feel that my doctor don't really see the problem I see.
I feel like a newbie, though I normally wouldn't consider myself that since I've had diabetes for more than eight years.
I wonder what to do. I've called the hospital to ask them if I could borrow a continuous BG meter for a week or so, to see where I should do something, but I'm thinking if I need to cut out on my "living as a normal person-lifestyle" as well. I mean, I've never cut out on the sweets and other sugary stuff (I have never had an unusually big amount of something, but I've eaten the same stuff as my friends or family when they had something like that. I never buy sugarfree stuff except for liquids)
I have never made my disease such a big deal as some people do - with the carb-counting, cutting out on everything sugary, and all that stuff - since I want to live a normal life, but sometimes I'm afraid that I'm too liberal and need to be more strict.
What do you think? Am I a reckless teenager who need to control myself more, or is it that I'm in a period of my life when I can't do something more than I've already done and I just continue to check my BG, try to correct if it's not within the "normal" range, and try to cope? Or is it that I'm too harsh on myself? (I consider a BG over 9-10 mmol/L something to correct , if it's not something I can explain, as in if I for example just had a meal, or recently ate something sugary or carby that's kinda hard to control). Normally my BG is 9-12 mmol/L.
I don't know, I feel that I just jabber right now, is it understandable at all? Please excuse me for my English, it's hard to speak in a "medical situation" sort of way. :lol:
