To be fair, my basal is actually okay over night. The main issue for me is that I like to eat late (or just end up doing so when stuck at work) and hate the fact that if I go to bed within a couple of hours after eating I'm not confident if I over or under estimated my bolus shots. I also used to enjoy a snack at night but find that more difficult now.The funny thing is that my nights are very easy to predict how my BG level will operate since I changed to Levemir. On Lantus I had much less predictability and it does affect sleep.
Absolutely agree, sometimes I would just like to eat something because I'd like to without thinking, "is it worth having to take more insulin"....or just walk out of the door without having to check insulin, test strips, BG level etc etcFollowing on from the 'would you take a cure' thread, I started thinking what are the things I dislike most about being diabetic?
Number 1 has to be the lack of spontaneity. It's just impossible to do almost anything without first considering 'what state am I in? Should I do a test first?' Definitely with driving and probably with almost everything else.
I'm used, after 35 long gruelling years of it, to the finger pricking and injections. That doesn't bother me although I still can't watch anyone else being given an injection. But what does make me cross about diabetes is that it's so sneaky. It can do much of its damage undetected. Working away on the quiet in the background causing mayhem.
Last but not least (and I've shortened my list considerably) is that I just know one day could be exactly like the previous ie I could eat exactly the same as yesterday and do exactly the same exercise, feel the same blah blah. But guess what? Would my BG tests be the same? No they wouldn't. So we never, ever ever just get a break from the watchfulness.
Is there anything I like? Ooooh I'd need a nano-frazzle to think about that.... Nope!
That's really good. I find that if I go away for instance and what I eat and when I exercise changes, my BGs react by going all over the place even though I'm carb counting and doing all the usual things.I think it's mainly having to think about what food to eat is the issue for most
Definitely the worst part is spontaneity. I always try to keep my sugars stable and test a lot and even something little like wanting a little bit of the cake that's passed around at work. I have to test sugars work out carbs inject before anything else. Whilst I try to not let it take over its pretty inevitable with diabetes it's always in the background. Eldorado I agree with you I tend to stick to similar meals and carb amounts and the same insulin dosages work for so long then bam! They no longer work. It's exhausting at times. But I refuse to get down about it because it's here whether I'm down or not. I've never really discussed diabetes with anyone as I don't know any diabetics; nice to know others feel the way I do
The young lady in this video sums it all up on how frustrating type 1 can be:
I absolutely love this! Couldn't have put it betterThat's a fantastic video! It did quite literally make me laugh out loud! Fabulous! : D
And it's all so true too!
Hey Novorapid91, I am pretty much like you I find it all a bit overwhelming at times and I do pretty much stick to the same routine and foods. I also do not know any diabetcs so have never really discussed my diabetes before. Only found this site recently and there are some great folks on here with good advice and support. So you are defo not alone. Anything you would like to discuss please feel free to do so. Almost certainly someone on here will have encountered the same situation and will be able to help
I actually enjoy testing my glucose levels because I like to see what patterns are happening ... Guess I'm becoming a bit of a geek
Err... don't you mean "freak" ?
He is a teacherbut geek does sound better Hi teacher
Haha- I guess I need to set a good example to all those secondary school pupils and I know I'll go through stages in the future where I will feel down about the condition and hard to explain certain levels but I'm just glad I have accepted it all and doing everything I use to do with just a little more organisation and thinking ahead
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