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<blockquote data-quote="Scott-C" data-source="post: 1735903" data-attributes="member: 374531"><p>You're still a trainee. You're still learning. Mistakes are inevitable. Learn from them. Push the boat out a bit on what you eat, escape those damned omelletes (although they're quite good once or twice a week with some capers and chestnut mushrooms), don't sweat it too much on going out of range, it will give you useful information on adjusting dosage and timing so will not be useless as you can use the mistake to adjust/adapt your approach for the next time. </p><p></p><p>I felt like you too in the early days. I'd go to restaurants and ask the waiter to put my insulin in the fridge for fear of it going off. Mad. </p><p></p><p>But I slowly and surely learned that there is a lot more leeway and latitude in this than first appears to be the case and the worries diminished. I put a lot of thought into staying in range but I don't sweat it too much about the occasional flyer as it doesn't mean that much in the bigger picture. I still bear complications in mind, but it's more of a healthy respect than fear.</p><p></p><p>You're an intelligent person, M, but don't overthink it. </p><p></p><p>You expressed an interest in libre/cgm in other threads. Please, please, please pursue that. It gives incredible peace of mind just being able to see the moving target instead of guessing with strips. I'm reasonably upbeat about my T1 these days purely because I can now see in glorious technicolour what I'm dealing with and make small tweaks and nudges to keep in line. It's almost like cheating compared to strips. I think it would give you much more confidence to experiment and get you out of what seems a monotonous diet. </p><p></p><p>Discover food again, with the added security of knowing that if you've overbolused you'll be getting a long heads up on a possible hypo and tail it off before it happens with a few g glucose (or even a Tunnocks!).</p><p></p><p>You'll get there in ways you'll probably not realise at the moment but you need to start taking risks and keep complications in perspective.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scott-C, post: 1735903, member: 374531"] You're still a trainee. You're still learning. Mistakes are inevitable. Learn from them. Push the boat out a bit on what you eat, escape those damned omelletes (although they're quite good once or twice a week with some capers and chestnut mushrooms), don't sweat it too much on going out of range, it will give you useful information on adjusting dosage and timing so will not be useless as you can use the mistake to adjust/adapt your approach for the next time. I felt like you too in the early days. I'd go to restaurants and ask the waiter to put my insulin in the fridge for fear of it going off. Mad. But I slowly and surely learned that there is a lot more leeway and latitude in this than first appears to be the case and the worries diminished. I put a lot of thought into staying in range but I don't sweat it too much about the occasional flyer as it doesn't mean that much in the bigger picture. I still bear complications in mind, but it's more of a healthy respect than fear. You're an intelligent person, M, but don't overthink it. You expressed an interest in libre/cgm in other threads. Please, please, please pursue that. It gives incredible peace of mind just being able to see the moving target instead of guessing with strips. I'm reasonably upbeat about my T1 these days purely because I can now see in glorious technicolour what I'm dealing with and make small tweaks and nudges to keep in line. It's almost like cheating compared to strips. I think it would give you much more confidence to experiment and get you out of what seems a monotonous diet. Discover food again, with the added security of knowing that if you've overbolused you'll be getting a long heads up on a possible hypo and tail it off before it happens with a few g glucose (or even a Tunnocks!). You'll get there in ways you'll probably not realise at the moment but you need to start taking risks and keep complications in perspective. [/QUOTE]
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