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<blockquote data-quote="Esther1411" data-source="post: 412439" data-attributes="member: 37784"><p>Hi Daniel, </p><p> I was diagnosed 3 years ago (i'm 47) and Type 1, I use levimir once a day and novorapid to cover eating anything containing over 20g of carbs - so injecting up to 4 times a day with a 4mm needle into my stomach rotating the site weekly but always in the stomach. I do find that randomly as i stick the needle in sometimes there is a sharp pain and other times I literally dont feel it at all. No idea why this is (anyone...?) However I just say ouch and get on with it... because I didn't realise how GREAT I could feel when my diabetes is in control and how RUBBISH I felt before. You should check with your nurse but i still "graze" through the day if I feel like it, just check out what snacks you can have that are below your recommeded carb intake - for me a small bannana, one digestive biscuit, low carb yoghurt (diet irish yoghurts from tesco are less than 10g) a couple of squares of dark chocolate or even a two fingered kit kat. Thats just me though and as I say you should check with your nurse and google snacks that have less than 20g of carbs to see what you can have. I love food and like the gym (i'm 9st 4lb with a bmi of 22.1) and it took me a few months to get myself together and see that none of that needed to drastically change.</p><p>Something that really helped me was an insulin management course which was half a day once a week for a month. In my area the course was called IMAGE I think there is one called DAFNE too - check it out. And of course this forum is a great place to start there are some really well informed nice peeps on here.</p><p>Hang in there and keep smiling...</p><p>Esther x</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Esther1411, post: 412439, member: 37784"] Hi Daniel, I was diagnosed 3 years ago (i'm 47) and Type 1, I use levimir once a day and novorapid to cover eating anything containing over 20g of carbs - so injecting up to 4 times a day with a 4mm needle into my stomach rotating the site weekly but always in the stomach. I do find that randomly as i stick the needle in sometimes there is a sharp pain and other times I literally dont feel it at all. No idea why this is (anyone...?) However I just say ouch and get on with it... because I didn't realise how GREAT I could feel when my diabetes is in control and how RUBBISH I felt before. You should check with your nurse but i still "graze" through the day if I feel like it, just check out what snacks you can have that are below your recommeded carb intake - for me a small bannana, one digestive biscuit, low carb yoghurt (diet irish yoghurts from tesco are less than 10g) a couple of squares of dark chocolate or even a two fingered kit kat. Thats just me though and as I say you should check with your nurse and google snacks that have less than 20g of carbs to see what you can have. I love food and like the gym (i'm 9st 4lb with a bmi of 22.1) and it took me a few months to get myself together and see that none of that needed to drastically change. Something that really helped me was an insulin management course which was half a day once a week for a month. In my area the course was called IMAGE I think there is one called DAFNE too - check it out. And of course this forum is a great place to start there are some really well informed nice peeps on here. Hang in there and keep smiling... Esther x [/QUOTE]
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