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Type 1 and struggling

For what it's worth @Zhnyaka , I would have been horrified if I had been told I would have to be admitted to hospital just for starting insulin. I was 39 at diagnosis and had a life.
What you describe as the best treatment you could get sounds like a very bad nightmare to me, thankfully I was offered more than enough guidance over the phone when I needed it, and I was allowed to work things out for myself, which is the way I learn best.

This kept me motivated to learn as much as I could, as quick as I could.
If there had been someone who told me to eat more than I wanted or who took away my food, I would most likely have become very angry and frustrated about having diabetes.
 

And hospital food for that long! Ugh!
 

Was this in the UK?
 
Antje77 said:
If there had been someone who told me to eat more than I wanted or who took away my food, I would most likely have become very angry and frustrated about having diabetes.
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adults have enough brains to understand the word "forbidden" Although if you had ketoacidosis, I think you wouldn't mind

but I admire your awareness, because I would hardly have taken my diagnosis seriously if my doctor had given it 15 minutes. Diabetes is a lot of information, and if you were able to master it all yourself, it's incredibly cool!
 
I guess we are seeing another example of how we are different. The regime @Zhnyaka describes sounds like a nightmare to me.
I had no time overnight in hospital for which I am very grateful. I started on fixed doses with some assistance injecting first time. But only once.
I soon moved to MDI with the only guidance to take 1 unit for every 15g (yes 15g as 10g would have been way way too much … and I was a fully grown adult). It was 12 years later when I went on a DAFNE like course and was taught formally how to carb count but I didn’t learn anything new.
Spending a month in hospital, withholding food or forcing me to eat more when I was full sounds horrendous for 8 year old me and would have made me hate diabetes and rebel. Amy doctor who tried this regime with me would never be considered a saint.
But, if it worked for you, Zhnyaka, that is great.
 
Diagnosed when I was 2, in DKA and very poorly, but to this day can vividly remember a nightmare time in hospital, and was so relieved to get home after a week. Had managed to 'escape' from the ward twice, so I think they thought I'd be safer at home!!
 
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