It's the Inside Story... Dealing with Diabetes Everyday.
The Diabetes Forum is a good place to go for advice, comfort and companionship, from people who know what it's like to live with the day-to-day stresses of diabetes.
This week, Maamgrey writes, Does anyone else feel this way? I'm sick of counting carbs, calculating basals and boluses, eating things I don't like because they're "good for me," trying to do simple things like clean out a closet without having a hypoglycemic episode, managing my other medical conditions and meds and trying to figure it out all day every day. No matter what I'm doing it's on my mind...read more.Adriennesmema answers, Hi, we all feel that way at times.. diabetes is a burden.. don't we know.. One thing you mentioned is eating things you don't like.. don't do it.. if you don't like it, I don't care how good it is for you forget it...read more.
And Chollalamb adds, Rule number 1!!! Never, never eat or set on the table any food you do not like!!! Rule number 2!!! Include in every food plan every day something sinful!!! not much of it, but sometimes only just a bite is enough!! Rule number 3!!! I can remember to take enough instant acting insulin to cover the sin!!! Some of us are luckier than others in that we are now insulin dependent like type 1s. ...read more.
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