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<blockquote data-quote="TorqPenderloin" data-source="post: 1367880" data-attributes="member: 211504"><p>Sorry to those who tagged me. I've been away from the forum all week traveling on business.</p><p></p><p>As others mentioned, I'm in the USA, using a Dexcom (G5), and I consider myself to have a very good understanding of how to maximize my health insurance benefits.</p><p></p><p>If you want my honest opinion: even if you have amazing doctors, they're not going to fix this for you. The problem is, there's only so much you can learn in a 1hr appointment. Ultimately, you're going to have to spend the time learning yourself.</p><p></p><p>The best thing I ever did in regards to my diabetes management was join this forum. It allowed me to access a ton of information that I could never learn in even 20 doctors appointments, but it also allowed me to get many different perspectives (some I agree with and others I don't) about what works for them.</p><p></p><p>I think the first step is read up and try to understand how insulin works on a basic level. You mentioned being worried about gaining weight on insulin which suggests you may not understand how it works. Insulin is an "ingredient" to gaining weight just like water is an ingredient to baking a cake. HOWEVER, it's impossible to gain weight with just insulin just like it's impossible to bake a cake with just water.</p><p></p><p>You don't have to fix everything at once and honestly this isn't going to happen overnight. Perhaps start by understanding why you do everything in your routine:</p><p></p><p>Why do you test your blood sugar? It's a silly question but what does that number actually mean?</p><p>When the number is high and you need insulin, why does insulin make your blood sugar drop? Where is that blood sugar (glucose) going?</p><p>When you eat carbs why do they make your blood sugar go up? Why do some carbs make your blood sugar go up faster than others? Why do some carbs (like fiber) not increase your blood glucose?</p><p></p><p>A lot of people don't know the answers to those questions. They just do those thing everyday because that's what they've been told to do. When you understand WHY you're doing those things it will improve your management significantly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TorqPenderloin, post: 1367880, member: 211504"] Sorry to those who tagged me. I've been away from the forum all week traveling on business. As others mentioned, I'm in the USA, using a Dexcom (G5), and I consider myself to have a very good understanding of how to maximize my health insurance benefits. If you want my honest opinion: even if you have amazing doctors, they're not going to fix this for you. The problem is, there's only so much you can learn in a 1hr appointment. Ultimately, you're going to have to spend the time learning yourself. The best thing I ever did in regards to my diabetes management was join this forum. It allowed me to access a ton of information that I could never learn in even 20 doctors appointments, but it also allowed me to get many different perspectives (some I agree with and others I don't) about what works for them. I think the first step is read up and try to understand how insulin works on a basic level. You mentioned being worried about gaining weight on insulin which suggests you may not understand how it works. Insulin is an "ingredient" to gaining weight just like water is an ingredient to baking a cake. HOWEVER, it's impossible to gain weight with just insulin just like it's impossible to bake a cake with just water. You don't have to fix everything at once and honestly this isn't going to happen overnight. Perhaps start by understanding why you do everything in your routine: Why do you test your blood sugar? It's a silly question but what does that number actually mean? When the number is high and you need insulin, why does insulin make your blood sugar drop? Where is that blood sugar (glucose) going? When you eat carbs why do they make your blood sugar go up? Why do some carbs make your blood sugar go up faster than others? Why do some carbs (like fiber) not increase your blood glucose? A lot of people don't know the answers to those questions. They just do those thing everyday because that's what they've been told to do. When you understand WHY you're doing those things it will improve your management significantly. [/QUOTE]
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