Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
You can't "control" diabetes. The very nature of blood sugar -- whether you have diabetes or not -- is to go up and down.
In a non-diabetic body, the pancreas sends out just the right amount of insulin to keep your blood sugar in a safe, normal range throughout the day.
In a diabetic body, you have to do this by guessing and calculating all day long the carbohydrates you eat, impact of any activity and medicine you take.
Every day it's: How many grams of carbohydrate were in those 10 pretzels? Is my blood sugar still going up? Is my bike ride from yesterday still lowering it? Will half a unit of insulin cover that mini Reese's peanut butter cup? S#&T! I should have remembered my insulin hasn't peaked yet, why did I take another two units of insulin? Now I'm dropping and have to eat again!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/riva-greenberg/lets-stop-lying-about-dia_b_5819744.html
In a non-diabetic body, the pancreas sends out just the right amount of insulin to keep your blood sugar in a safe, normal range throughout the day.
In a diabetic body, you have to do this by guessing and calculating all day long the carbohydrates you eat, impact of any activity and medicine you take.
Every day it's: How many grams of carbohydrate were in those 10 pretzels? Is my blood sugar still going up? Is my bike ride from yesterday still lowering it? Will half a unit of insulin cover that mini Reese's peanut butter cup? S#&T! I should have remembered my insulin hasn't peaked yet, why did I take another two units of insulin? Now I'm dropping and have to eat again!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/riva-greenberg/lets-stop-lying-about-dia_b_5819744.html