Hello from me ; )

[donnamarie]

Hello,
Just joined and taking a little look around......which is useful and interesting.
My name is Donna, i'm 33 years young and I was diagnosed with type 1 Jan 2009, had symptoms for about 6-8 weeks but it was a complete surprise and a lot to get my head around.

Got it pretty much under control but still have times where it appears to change. Good to read others experiences.

Donna

 

[Emmal31]

Hi Donna

Welcome to the forum😉. I'm 22 and was diagnosed 2 years ago x

 

[Old Holborn]

Hi Donna and welcome. 🙂

 

[Steff]

Hi Donna and welcome.

 

[MargB]

Hi Donna and welcome to the forum.

 

[Northerner]

Hi Donna, welcome to the forum 🙂 Goodness me, not a very nice start to 2009 for you! Please feel free to ask any questions you may have, or have a good old rant when things don't go quite right!

 

[am64]

hi Donna welcome to the forum have agood look around and remember no questions are silly here !🙂

 

[Freddie99]

Hi Donna,

Welcome! I was diagnosed when I was five in 1996. I hope things get setteled down quickly for you. Feel free to ask anything, there's nothing that's too daft to ask here.

Tom

 

[ilovekandi]

Hi Donna,

Welcome! 🙂

I was 28 and had it 3 yrs. x

 

[D_G]

Hiya welcome to the forum 🙂

 

[shiv]

welcome donna! i'm 22, been type one for 19 years.

 

[PhilT]

Hi Donna, welcome to the forum.

 

[donnamarie]

Learning curve

Thanks for the warm welcome. I'm finding this site really interesting, reading all the messages and replies.

One thing that has really made me think is the insulin / carb ratio, when I was diagnosed in Jan 09 I was put on a med acting insulin and injected twice a day. I then had to go on to novorapid during the day and detemir at night. Of course I have always been aware that carbs impact on blood sugars and different carbs are released in different ways. My consultant prescribed my insulin and told me to try 5 units before food and to 'play around' with that. I have never been told how to work out carb / insulin ratio..........can anyone help with this?

Currently i'm injecting around 6-8 units before breakfast, 8 before lunch and between 10 - 12 at tea. It feels like the above works most of the time and then sometimes not at all. I'm getting married next year and would like to lose a bit of weight and maybe carb counting will help.

D x

 

[topcat123]

hi and welcome to the forum🙂

 

[Northerner]

Hi Donna, you might want to check out the '500 Rule' and see how closely your experience compares with what the calculation suggests:

http://www.diabetesnet.com/diabetes_control_tips/carb_factor.php#axzz0nqixfp6T

 

[xxlou_lxx]

Hey Donna I joined here in dec to find some support during pregnancy, i thankfully found some 😉