Hi everyone,
A few weeks ago I posted for the first time, having effectively received a 'wake-up call' with regard to my diabetes care (see the post here). Well, I'd just like to say that my care has improved massively in the last few weeks, and I now feel on top of things. It still needs further improvement, but I'm confident now that I can achieve this. Most of the time now my blood glucose is below 10, and more often than not between 5 and 8. I am very pleased with this result, because previously my control had been frighteningly lax: a morning reading of 16 was not uncommon, for example. I still get the occasional high and low, but these have become rare occurrences, and I feel that eventually I will be able to get things much tighter (virtually eliminate them altogether? Dare I even hope for that??!). But I'm carb counting properly now, and it's become virtually second nature - and it's far less intrusive or burdensome than I imagined it would be. I'm going to contact my clinic with regard to going on a carb counting course that was mentioned to me last year, but which I couldn't be bothered to look into at the time (the acronym is DAFYDD, I think - I'm in Wales. Not sure what it actually stands for).
I'd just like to say a huuuuuuuuuuuuuge 'thank you' to everyone here who's been so helpful replying to some of the posts I've made so far, and just to everyone, really, for being here. And let's keep it that way, because clearly we need each other.
Chris
A few weeks ago I posted for the first time, having effectively received a 'wake-up call' with regard to my diabetes care (see the post here). Well, I'd just like to say that my care has improved massively in the last few weeks, and I now feel on top of things. It still needs further improvement, but I'm confident now that I can achieve this. Most of the time now my blood glucose is below 10, and more often than not between 5 and 8. I am very pleased with this result, because previously my control had been frighteningly lax: a morning reading of 16 was not uncommon, for example. I still get the occasional high and low, but these have become rare occurrences, and I feel that eventually I will be able to get things much tighter (virtually eliminate them altogether? Dare I even hope for that??!). But I'm carb counting properly now, and it's become virtually second nature - and it's far less intrusive or burdensome than I imagined it would be. I'm going to contact my clinic with regard to going on a carb counting course that was mentioned to me last year, but which I couldn't be bothered to look into at the time (the acronym is DAFYDD, I think - I'm in Wales. Not sure what it actually stands for).
I'd just like to say a huuuuuuuuuuuuuge 'thank you' to everyone here who's been so helpful replying to some of the posts I've made so far, and just to everyone, really, for being here. And let's keep it that way, because clearly we need each other.
Chris
