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<blockquote data-quote="M80" data-source="post: 1465507" data-attributes="member: 348697"><p>15 years ago I went for a controll at the diabetes centre and my doctor said when I was frustrated with my stuggle to get it down "just take more insulin." I completely had a crying meltdown there, I could not talk i cried so much. He paniced and sent me straight to his specialist nurse. She was amazing.And actually, she said, take a break for a few days, just do not measure at all. I was very surprised and many would say her advice was not safe.But for me it was good just to hear it, and she gave me her phone number to call if I needed to talk. Still now after all these years I struggle but it is fine. And I am fine. Yes, it is frustrating and a constant challenge. For me it is to do with perhaps being just a little holding back on my basal. There could be one tiny detail like that that keeps making it hard to get right. I hope I have it right soon. And I understand the carb issue. I love food. The compromise now is I eat everything, but try to stay under 40 g per meal to make it easier to give insulin for.Then sometimes I take a break, and live with higher bs for a few hours.The Libre is for me a blessing and it is that 100%.Because I have had this for 27 years, it helps me to understand sometimes I have had expectations of when the insulin starts to work that were incorrect. So it helps me to avoid rollercoasters of high/taking extra, then going low. Novorapid if taken with not perfect bs is slower than I thought. So use these trends to understand things-then leave it off and have a break some weeks, or just do not use it. Best of wishes!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="M80, post: 1465507, member: 348697"] 15 years ago I went for a controll at the diabetes centre and my doctor said when I was frustrated with my stuggle to get it down "just take more insulin." I completely had a crying meltdown there, I could not talk i cried so much. He paniced and sent me straight to his specialist nurse. She was amazing.And actually, she said, take a break for a few days, just do not measure at all. I was very surprised and many would say her advice was not safe.But for me it was good just to hear it, and she gave me her phone number to call if I needed to talk. Still now after all these years I struggle but it is fine. And I am fine. Yes, it is frustrating and a constant challenge. For me it is to do with perhaps being just a little holding back on my basal. There could be one tiny detail like that that keeps making it hard to get right. I hope I have it right soon. And I understand the carb issue. I love food. The compromise now is I eat everything, but try to stay under 40 g per meal to make it easier to give insulin for.Then sometimes I take a break, and live with higher bs for a few hours.The Libre is for me a blessing and it is that 100%.Because I have had this for 27 years, it helps me to understand sometimes I have had expectations of when the insulin starts to work that were incorrect. So it helps me to avoid rollercoasters of high/taking extra, then going low. Novorapid if taken with not perfect bs is slower than I thought. So use these trends to understand things-then leave it off and have a break some weeks, or just do not use it. Best of wishes! [/QUOTE]
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