rebrascora
Well-Known Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
- Pronouns
- She/Her
I so understand how you feel! I came into my diagnosis via an assumed Type 2 label due to my age, so I learned to eat low carb before I was confirmed Type 1. My morning porridge was the last thing I gave up, carbs wise, before I started to get my BG readings into the normal range and it took me 5 weeks to let go of it. Oats are a doubly tricky carb to manage with diabetes because they are slower release, so balancing them with NR is difficult and your own pancreas producing insulin adds in another level of difficulty. Maybe it would help to think that breakfast porridge needs to be put on the back burner for now, but you can perhaps come back to it when you get better control.... or try it in the evening instead. If it is any consolation, I don't really miss it now as I have discovered a load of other low carb breakfast options that I enjoy, but coming out of the honeymoon period certainly helps, even if that in itself takes a bit of getting your head around..... there was a point 7 weeks ago when there was a notable rise in my BG levels and they remained stubbornly and much more stable than before but in the 8-10 range, sometimes a little above or below. I have increased my basal insulin 3x since then and at last I think I am starting to get there. I used to joke that there were a lot of numbers between 3 and 8 and I would like to stop off at a few of them in between the highs and lows but the last few days I am getting more 5s and 6s and 7s and less silly numbers. It is sad to think my pancreas has run dry but it makes trying to manage my levels manually a lot less frustrating!.
