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<blockquote data-quote="cally" data-source="post: 421014" data-attributes="member: 116"><p>Hi Lizzie...</p><p>Its not easy to be a nurse on a busy ward with type 1 diabetes. I did it for 20 years on injections and found that I had to run my blood sugars a bit high because I couldn't afford to go hypo. I also put on weight and felt exhausted all the time.</p><p>The turning point for me was getting a pump. </p><p>It was a lot of work to begin with but I now have different basal profiles for shifts and days off and life is much better most of the time. </p><p>I also try to keep my carb intake down. Not low carb by any means but about 80 -100g carbs a day.</p><p>The other thing I do is work a fixed shift pattern. Don't be afraid to ask your employer to modify your shift pattern to suit you as mine were not even aware I was diabetic. Somewhere along the way of the different places I had worked that piece of information had got lost! but once I told them they were most helpful.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cally, post: 421014, member: 116"] Hi Lizzie... Its not easy to be a nurse on a busy ward with type 1 diabetes. I did it for 20 years on injections and found that I had to run my blood sugars a bit high because I couldn't afford to go hypo. I also put on weight and felt exhausted all the time. The turning point for me was getting a pump. It was a lot of work to begin with but I now have different basal profiles for shifts and days off and life is much better most of the time. I also try to keep my carb intake down. Not low carb by any means but about 80 -100g carbs a day. The other thing I do is work a fixed shift pattern. Don't be afraid to ask your employer to modify your shift pattern to suit you as mine were not even aware I was diabetic. Somewhere along the way of the different places I had worked that piece of information had got lost! but once I told them they were most helpful. [/QUOTE]
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