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<blockquote data-quote="Erin85" data-source="post: 1151162" data-attributes="member: 160454"><p>Hi [USER=296277]@JJO[/USER] , sounds like you're taking on board all your nurse has advised and you're doing well! When I was first diagnosed, I was desperate to understand it all and every situation, but it is just not possible at the start, and it takes a while to build your knowledge up. If you are on set insulin doses, your DSN or dietitian should have advised you what kind of things you should eat for each meal (for me, it was the same cereal every day, a sandwich for lunch and dinner with a certain number of carbs), or a number of carbs to have with each meal. If you are having hypo's, it would suggest too much insulin (be aware of 'feeding insulin', where you have to eat more than normal to avoid hypos, because your insulin dose is too high). I would suggest arranging an appointment with your diabetes team to make a couple of adjustments. In the meantime, as many have said, an app or logbook would be useful for your appts, to help you and your nurse identify any patterns and make adjustments from there.</p><p></p><p>This might just be for a short while, you certainly won't have to write everything down forever. I have been t1 for 16months now (and still honeymooning) so have had to make a LOT of adjustments upwards and downwards, and each time, I have found a log of my bg levels and insulin taken (as well as carbs/food diaries on some occasions) has helped a lot.</p><p></p><p>All the best, you will get there in time (and learn what takeaways are better/worse for your bg levels <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> - for me, chippy chips are out for a while. Plenty of other things for me to work out before I can work that headscratcher out lol)</p><p></p><p>x x</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Erin85, post: 1151162, member: 160454"] Hi [USER=296277]@JJO[/USER] , sounds like you're taking on board all your nurse has advised and you're doing well! When I was first diagnosed, I was desperate to understand it all and every situation, but it is just not possible at the start, and it takes a while to build your knowledge up. If you are on set insulin doses, your DSN or dietitian should have advised you what kind of things you should eat for each meal (for me, it was the same cereal every day, a sandwich for lunch and dinner with a certain number of carbs), or a number of carbs to have with each meal. If you are having hypo's, it would suggest too much insulin (be aware of 'feeding insulin', where you have to eat more than normal to avoid hypos, because your insulin dose is too high). I would suggest arranging an appointment with your diabetes team to make a couple of adjustments. In the meantime, as many have said, an app or logbook would be useful for your appts, to help you and your nurse identify any patterns and make adjustments from there. This might just be for a short while, you certainly won't have to write everything down forever. I have been t1 for 16months now (and still honeymooning) so have had to make a LOT of adjustments upwards and downwards, and each time, I have found a log of my bg levels and insulin taken (as well as carbs/food diaries on some occasions) has helped a lot. All the best, you will get there in time (and learn what takeaways are better/worse for your bg levels ;) - for me, chippy chips are out for a while. Plenty of other things for me to work out before I can work that headscratcher out lol) x x [/QUOTE]
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