I’d always need to eat the same breakfast and lunch everyday or make sure the carbs are the same value. Some foods don’t send me over? Like I can have 2 ryvitas with thinly cut cheese and some salad and maybe a few crisps and I stay within range - would I still be in range eating that when I’m classed as fully diabetic or do the figures go nuts. That’s what gives me anxiety - now the libre tells you exactly what it is, I hate seeing it sometimes. The dr said I only need to scan after 2 hours so I try my best to wait and leave the app on logbook screen so I don’t see the up to date figure, I’m imagining il have to inject b4 every meal? Generally what foods are good to eat that’s a healthy choice breakfast wise. I get bored of egg on toast! When I was pregnant I ate weetabix with fruit every morning because I thought that was super healthy for me and baby and when I was admitted they said that’s one of the worse things you can eat as it’s high in carbs! I don’t even like weetabix! Is there a limit to how much insulin you can have in one dose? Say I went out for dinner and wanted something carby like lasagne and garlic bread and then I wanted pudding! Now that feels alien to me because even writing that I feel a small amount of anxiety about what my numbers would do after eating that! But a few months ago I wouldn’t think twice!
@TinkV You should be able to eat a normal diet as long as you replace the insulin you’re missing with insulin injections. You would eat normal things like cereal, toast, sandwiches, fruit, crisps, yoghurt, etc etc. If you wanted to keep things simple as I suggested above, you’d aim for the same carbs each breakfast. It wouldn’t have to be exactly the same food, just the same carbs, eg you might have a couple of slices of toast with poached eggs one day and a croissant and ham another day as long as the carbs were the same. Same with lunch. You would choose carbs that added up to your set amount of carbs for that meal.
Before insulin was discovered and purified, Type 1 was a terminal illness. Every single child and adult with it died, some quickly, some slowly and painfully. The only ‘treatment’ they had was a starvation diet. This was extreme. One diet was thrice-boiled cabbage (boiled three times to get out as much of the tiny amount of carbs as possible). It was utter misery and it didn’t save a single life. When insulin was finally discovered and purified, the results were absolutely miraculous. Children woke from comas, adults turned from skeletal to normal weights again. Insulin is a miracle and that’s why it’s our friend. Type 1s cannot survive without it.
So, eventually even with your sad-sounding diet, your blood sugar will go up and up gradually as your remaining beta cells die. That’s why you need insulin. Not only will the insulin allow you to eat properly - which is crucial for you as a mum of a young baby and other children - it will also take the pressure off your remaining beta cells.
For breakfast Weetabix would be fine! The only reason you were told that in hospital was because they thought you had Gestational Diabetes (related to Type 2 diabetes). You don’t - you have Type 1, which is a completely different condition. I eat cereal for breakfast every day - sometimes Weetabix, sometimes granola, sometimes porridge. There is absolutely zero wrong with it!
No, there’s no limit to the amount of insulin a person can take. They take what they need as an individual. However, you might find that if you ate a massive meal, you’d have to split the dose into two injections because the food would be absorbed over a longer period of time.
If you wanted lasagne and garlic bread, you’d count the carbs and inject for it. If you then wanted pudding, you’d do the same.
It looks like the Libre is more for your clinic than you. Don’t let it stress you. All you need to do is keep an eye on your blood sugar. If you’d prefer to fingerprick to do this that’s fine. The reason you’re seeing higher numbers is because you don’t have insulin. With insulin, you’ll be able to control your blood sugar better, eat properly like you need to for breastfeeding and your own health and recovery, and just enjoy life more, as well as ensuring your health.
When you’re ill, it can affect your blood sugar, usually making it higher, so that often needs more insulin, but normal illnesses can be dealt with at home by yourself. They have things called Sick Day Rules which tell you what to do to keep well with the diabetes when you’re ill. You can also get support from your team and your GP if you need extra advice.
