Grace
What have I done right,
A lot is surrounding educating myself and in not 'follow' the leader fashion..
You need to educate yourself so you can find out what works for you as a individual in your lifestyle. But never lose the sight that diabetes is dynamic, so what works today may not work later... When I say dynamic I don't mean progressive but that different parts of you life can change how your diabetes responds, which requires a different tactic to maintain control.
To me simply saying that because carbs impact on your blood glucose then if you cut out this food group, problem solved isn't the answer, As first you need to learn how each type of carbs basic reaction, then you need to find how they react in you and your lifestyle... As how they react in me may well be different to you. Then you decide how you may counter react that action to maintain control... Be it with meds or deciding to avoid them.
And sometimes it's not the answer, I tried Bernstein 'Solution' around 10 years ago, and for me it actually caused more problems than it solved... Only the pump has resolved my Dawn P and overcome my insulin sensitivity... And if I thought that my first regime, where upon I was prescribed a carb amount that I had to eat every day, small amount at the same time of the day was soul destroying, leaving me gagging on my food etc... Being denied them was even worse, never thought I would ever hanker after a slice of bread!