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<blockquote data-quote="Mep" data-source="post: 1114787" data-attributes="member: 211362"><p>[USER=48649]@NoMorePizzaBlues[/USER] - yes I have highs and lows like you do. My problem is I keep getting added illness on top of my usual stuff which makes managing diabetes and getting my basal right hell. I have been sick continuously since beginning of December. I just thought I was starting to get a break and I've just being diagnosed with another UTI and I started antibiotics again yesterday. **** it. Also I've discovered since being on insulin (was placed on it February 2010) that there isn't the same education available on how to use insulin as there is for type 1's. I tried recently to see if I could attend a DAFNE course here and I got a reply saying sorry you have to be type 1 to attend. It seems people who are insulin dependant are only thought about if they have one type of diabetes. I know there is more than one type that needs insulin. So the exclusion doesn't just apply to type 2's, but 1.5's, 3c's here and even gestational diabetes where they have to use insulin. So really I've just had to do a lot of guess work. My endo just tells me what basal units he wants me on. He also just tells me when I'm sick to adjust the units by 2 at a time for a few days either increasing or decreasing. That's what I do. Sometimes it works, other times it seems I can't get it right. When the basal isn't right I tend to use more or less bolus instead. Even then I don't always get it right. I don't really know the tricks, etc. The educators here told me I don't need to know how to carb count and to just do what my endo said (yep they said that when I asked them to teach me). Maybe I should try my luck again and see if I can find a smart educator. I just feel like I fly blind a lot of the time. Being told what to do and what happens in reality is often 2 different things. So I hear you about how frustrating it is. If you're in UK from what I've read on this forum to date you may be able to get in to the DAFNE course there which should give you more tips. There is a discussion thread for DAFNE on here too which you might find helpful. I wish you the best. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mep, post: 1114787, member: 211362"] [USER=48649]@NoMorePizzaBlues[/USER] - yes I have highs and lows like you do. My problem is I keep getting added illness on top of my usual stuff which makes managing diabetes and getting my basal right hell. I have been sick continuously since beginning of December. I just thought I was starting to get a break and I've just being diagnosed with another UTI and I started antibiotics again yesterday. **** it. Also I've discovered since being on insulin (was placed on it February 2010) that there isn't the same education available on how to use insulin as there is for type 1's. I tried recently to see if I could attend a DAFNE course here and I got a reply saying sorry you have to be type 1 to attend. It seems people who are insulin dependant are only thought about if they have one type of diabetes. I know there is more than one type that needs insulin. So the exclusion doesn't just apply to type 2's, but 1.5's, 3c's here and even gestational diabetes where they have to use insulin. So really I've just had to do a lot of guess work. My endo just tells me what basal units he wants me on. He also just tells me when I'm sick to adjust the units by 2 at a time for a few days either increasing or decreasing. That's what I do. Sometimes it works, other times it seems I can't get it right. When the basal isn't right I tend to use more or less bolus instead. Even then I don't always get it right. I don't really know the tricks, etc. The educators here told me I don't need to know how to carb count and to just do what my endo said (yep they said that when I asked them to teach me). Maybe I should try my luck again and see if I can find a smart educator. I just feel like I fly blind a lot of the time. Being told what to do and what happens in reality is often 2 different things. So I hear you about how frustrating it is. If you're in UK from what I've read on this forum to date you may be able to get in to the DAFNE course there which should give you more tips. There is a discussion thread for DAFNE on here too which you might find helpful. I wish you the best. :) [/QUOTE]
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