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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fairygodmother" data-source="post: 1641987" data-attributes="member: 68789">NoKindOfSusie, don't despair.  You're amazing, you've already done stuff that shows you can deal with the toad T1!For many of us first few months of getting used to having T1 hitching a lift with you everywhere you go are the hardest.  You've been super-sensible not drinking and only eating things that you know won't mess with your BG, and the contrast with times past is bound, at this stage, to make it harder.  As you learn how your own body reacts it should get much easier to be more relaxed and to be more like the old pre T1 you: you should be able to eat as you used to (beware the spikes from stuff like baklava and maple syrup drenched waffles though) and walk as far as you wish to.  You should be able to be in the swing of things again.Give it a bit of time.  It's still early days.By the way, after a few months of not having sweet stuff one small taste will probably show you you're not missing anything, it'll taste like a wombat fell into a syrup tin and then covered itself in lard.  Yuk!  And you should get to know, in time, how to deal with drinks, how many carbs you'll need to avoid a hypo, whether you want to relax or keep your head clear.  You'll know which food to choose, and not mind that you don't eat everything; you'll know which drinks to have, and you'll have fun.If you don't then you'll have let the toad squash you.  Come to think of it, that's not fair to toads, toads are good, and maybe nicer than Larkin and Shakespeare who gave toads a bad name.</blockquote>

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