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heyy everyone ..

its obaid here ,, male 24 livin in manchester .. had this diabetes for last 5 years.. n straightly speaking ive been very ver careless maintiaing my levels and and now feeling very unhealthy . I just had a HBA1C test 2 weeks ago and it was around 12 which is way high as it should be .
So from last week ive made a commitment with myself that if you want to live live healthy . So i really need some help from all my mates here that how to maintain my meals n excercises n other stuff for pushing my self towards a better and a healthy life style 🙂 .
 
Hi Obaid. Welcome 🙂

Well done for wanting to sort yourself out. What insulins are you on ?
Have you done any courses such as DAFNE and do you carb count ?

ANd finally, do you go for regular appointments at your hospital/clinic/GP ?

That's my interrogation over for now :D

Rob
 
HEY Robster . thanx mate

Well im using Apidra and Lantus for over 2 years. And ive never done these sort of courses and neither did ive count carbs ever lol .. its really bad i know n i have been very careless for past one year and today i had an appointment and went for that about after 5 months.

But now im pretty enthusiastic to get over this uncontrolled thing and the doc has referred me to a diabetic specialist too next week .
 
To be honest, I've never done a course either and didn't count carbs until I joined this forum last year. I just bumbled along in my own way for 30 odd years.🙄

If you can get some decent advice, and hopefully the specialist will be decent, you can start again and get your HbA1c down to the 7s. Try and get a steady drop to avoid shocking your system. But it will take a lot of sweat and tears. But worth it in the end.🙂

Rob
 
Welcome to the forums obaidkasiri 🙂
 
>ROBSTER

yes i really need some good advices and experiences from you guys to get over this thing well . :D
 
Hi Obi (too long to type your moniker mate). Welcome to the forum, glad you've found it and I know you'll find everybody really helpful.
 
Klocky said:
Hi Obi (too long to type your moniker mate). Welcome to the forum, glad you've found it and I know you'll find everybody really helpful.
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I'm even 'lazier' than Klocky, so welcome to the forum O.

Andy 🙂
 
Andy HB said:
I'm even 'lazier' than Klocky, so welcome to the forum O.

Andy 🙂
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Oh dear, haven't you found double click select, Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V yet? :D 😛
 
obaidkasiri said:
heyy everyone ..

its obaid here ,, male 24 livin in manchester .. had this diabetes for last 5 years.. n straightly speaking ive been very ver careless maintiaing my levels and and now feeling very unhealthy . I just had a HBA1C test 2 weeks ago and it was around 12 which is way high as it should be .
So from last week ive made a commitment with myself that if you want to live live healthy . So i really need some help from all my mates here that how to maintain my meals n excercises n other stuff for pushing my self towards a better and a healthy life style 🙂 .
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Hi Obaid, welcome to the forum - sorry I missed this yesterday! Great news that you want to turn things around - a 12% is really not good as you know. One thing to bear in mind is that you don't want to go mad and drop it down too quickly, which might be counter-intuitive but many people find that a big drop can be a bit of a shock to the system - aim to reduce things steadily. It would be a good idea to book an appointment with your DSN so you can discuss targets. For now I'd suggest keeping a food, insulin and testing diary so you can get some ideas of patterns and maybe the best areas to start improving things. Get yourself into a routine with it and it'll be as natural as putting on shoes after a little while - diabetes reacts well to routine! 🙂 I'd also really recommend getting a copy of Type 1 Diabetes in Children, Adolescents and Young Adults by Ragnar Hanas - a brilliant book that covers every eventuality and gives you strategies for dealing with anything you care to throw at it (yes, it really is that good! 🙂)

Lots of friendly, helpful people here - as you have seen - so fire away anytime you need answers or some support! 🙂
 
Hi and a warm welcome to the forum from me x
 
hey Northerner,

Thanks very much . I am really delighted to see this kind of response from you and a warm welcome from all the members . Eventually i am feeling good by the time i came to this great site which makes me feel im not alone to fight with it i got a whole army to support 🙂 .And i am really very serious about my lifestyle as i have started changing things around me like my sleeping time proper 3 major meals and stuff and booked my appointment with diabetec specialist to discuss things how to make levels between ranges and again it feels great to be here and i am on my way towards a healthy lifestyle 🙂.
 
Welcome to the forum 🙂
 
Hi again Obaid.🙂

Are there any particular aspects that you're struggling with or do you think it best if you just pick up tips as you go along ?

The book that Northerner recommended is really good.

Do you test regularly or just randomly when you feel you need to (like I did 18 months ago 😱) ?

Rob
 
hey rob ,,

yeah there are some aspects that i am really struggling with like following :

1) i dont know how much dose to take with meals as doc have suggested me 16 units of apidra per meal ,, but i dont know how maximum or minimum should i eat on that particular dose so it takes me to hypo n hyper more of the times .

2) when i am facing hypoglycemia i usually take drinks choclates sweets i usually go wild when im facing hypo lolx heh 😛 ,, so after havin somethin it usually raises up quite high and again unstable ranges :/

these are some of them and im checking 5-6 times a day from past one week . and before that i didnt checked for over 5 months 😛 😛
 
obaidkasiri said:
hey rob ,,

yeah there are some aspects that i am really struggling with like following :

1) i dont know how much dose to take with meals as doc have suggested me 16 units of apidra per meal ,, but i dont know how maximum or minimum should i eat on that particular dose so it takes me to hypo n hyper more of the times .

2) when i am facing hypoglycemia i usually take drinks choclates sweets i usually go wild when im facing hypo lolx heh 😛 ,, so after havin somethin it usually raises up quite high and again unstable ranges :/

these are some of them and im checking 5-6 times a day from past one week . and before that i didnt checked for over 5 months 😛 😛
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Obaid, you need to ask your doctor/nurse about what education courses are available to you, DAFNE (Dose Adjustment fr Normal Eating) is probably the best known, but your PCT may offer an alternative. This will teach you how to 'carb count' - working out how much fast-acting insulin you need to inject for the food you want to eat. There is an online carb counting course that is very good at http://www.bdec-e-learning.com/ - basically you work out ratios which tell you how many units of insulin you need for each 10 grams of carbs in your food. This will give you LOTS more flexibility and control over your levels 🙂

It's hard not to overtreat hypos, but the simple rule is 15/15 - consume 15 grams of carbs and wait 15 minutes then check to see if your levels have returned to normal range, if not then have another 15 grams. Of course, there will be occasions when you feel you can't wait another 15 minutes so you need to make a judgement call about whether you need more carbs sooner - but you get the idea about what is a suitable quantity - 150 ml of full sugar Coke or three jelly babies is 15g carbs.
 
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