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What do you wish you were told? (T1D)


Thanks, my strenuous daily exercise regime really contributes to good BG control.

I can't comment on your LDL values, we use different measurements here mg/dl. My LDL alone was around 192 mg/dl
(the max upper limit being 150 mg/dl) within 2 months my LDL was 103 mg/dl through the artichoke and plant sterols consumption.
 
Amazing. Thanks for sharing that info on artichoke tablets, I should give them a try.
 
I wish they would have told me about Low Carb diets.. The first thing the dietitian did was tell me i needed to eat something like 180g of carbs each day! I never understood why no one saw the connection between no carbs - no insulin - no highs/lows! lol
 
MichaelWM said:
Dude I feel it too!

I've only been injecting for 8 weeks ish and I'm already noticing lumps in my lower abdomen,

the feels...
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Use upper arms, upper thighs, love handle bits and bum(slightly more awkard to reach) aswell as you abdomen, always change your sites, keeping atleast an inch between each site, this should avoid the lumps, i can no longer inject into my love handle bits
 
I wish I had been taught systematically how to REDUCE insulin for exercise. Not just stuff more carbs down. I wish I had been taught how to check my basal. I wish I had been taught there was such a thing as an insulin:carb ratio. I wish I had been taught that there was a correction factor. I wish I had been taught not to reuse needles. Frankly, it would have been nice to have been taught anything at all.

I was diagnosed very young, and I realize now that doctors and nurses assumed I knew it all. I knew nothing.
 
Hi there, this is my first post on here, sooo... I wish I was told about carb counting, the damage booze and fags can do and the complications that can occur in later life..
 
At least there is a rotation pattern from DB http://www.bd.com/de/diabetes/page.aspx?cat=19104&id=31959
 
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