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Newly diagnosed Type 1

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I'm nearly 5 months in and still regularly ask questions 🙂, I was taken into hospital and diagnosed a week before my 25th birthday, luckily I was let out the next day so didn't have the long stay a lot of the guys here have experienced, I take it you are on fixed doses of Novorapid at the moment x
 
Kaylz said:
I'm nearly 5 months in and still regularly ask questions 🙂, I was taken into hospital and diagnosed a week before my 25th birthday, luckily I was let out the next day so didn't have the long stay a lot of the guys here have experienced, I take it you are on fixed doses of Novorapid at the moment x
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I'm on long acting insulin once a day , and novo rapid with meals where carbs are concerned , carb counting etc, I was in hospital in critical care unit for 4 days due to DKA , had no idea I had diabetes type1 until woke up on day 2 in hospital, scary experience :/ ! Found its just a very educational illness!
 
Reece Sargent said:
I'm on long acting insulin once a day , and novo rapid with meals where carbs are concerned , carb counting etc, I was in hospital in critical care unit for 4 days due to DKA , had no idea I had diabetes type1 until woke up on day 2 in hospital, scary experience :/ ! Found its just a very educational illness!
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Wow they have you carb counting already 🙂 sorry I started carb counting not long after diagnosis too but some of the members and some other type 1 diabetics I have spoken to have had diabetes for years and still don't carb count, I'm sorry to hear that you had such an awful experience before being diagnosed, I hope your feeling much better now x
 
How are you finding carb counting, I'm not on the course until another few wks? How long was your course i understand mine is just 2hrs and there will be about 10 people on it, however I've heard in other areas people have been on 5 day courses, there just seems to be a massive difference, 2hrs or 5 days!
 
Well I study mathematics, physics etc so I don't find it to hard, I'm not on any courses, it's just matching 1 unit of insulin for every 10g of carb for me using the novo rapid, just a little bit of maths before you eat , I eat well over 200g carbs a day to, so I've had to as well i suppose, I'm just more scared of ever getting DKA again, mentally scolded me, yeah feeling better now put back on over a stone and 4lbs after losing nearly 2 stone to DKA hence the amount of carbs I'm eating, but then I suppose every individuals different 🙂!
 
Matt34 said:
Welcome to the club. I'm also carb counting know what it feels like when first diagnosed.
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Hi matt34 , yeah bit of a shock to be honest, hope your all good, and thanks for the welcome! The carb counting is found is the easiest part of the education surrounding type 1, just that mental scar of a severe DKA is my problem, hope your well🙂
 
Reece Sargent said:
Hi matt34 , yeah bit of a shock to be honest, hope your all good, and thanks for the welcome! The carb counting is found is the easiest part of the education surrounding type 1, just that mental scar of a severe DKA is my problem, hope your well🙂
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I'm good. Have good days and bad. Like I said I'm carb counting. Was given an app to help with which is good.
 
That's good, I bought a book recommended by my dietician which is good, carbs and cals, you'll be fine I'm sure!
 
Reece Sargent said:
Well I study mathematics, physics etc so I don't find it to hard, I'm not on any courses, it's just matching 1 unit of insulin for every 10g of carb for me using the novo rapid, just a little bit of maths before you eat , I eat well over 200g carbs a day to, so I've had to as well i suppose, I'm just more scared of ever getting DKA again, mentally scolded me, yeah feeling better now put back on over a stone and 4lbs after losing nearly 2 stone to DKA hence the amount of carbs I'm eating, but then I suppose every individuals different 🙂!
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Another Mathematician with T1. When I was diagnosed as an adult there were two other maths teachers also diagnosed that year. As you say on the plus side carb counting is easy.
One thing that I found very useful was having a half unit pen, which is available for novorapid as I was able to dose much more accurately. This was especially helpful in the early days.
 
I 2nd with SB on the half unit pens, I got changed to a half unit last month as 1 unit correction was too much if I was only slightly high, its made life so much easier, I have the Novo Echo which also has a memory function of the last dose taken - how many units and how long ago, took me a while to get used to the weight of it compared to the pre filled pens but I wouldn't be without it now 🙂 x
 
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Kaylz said:
I 2nd with SB on the half unit pens, I got changed to a half unit last month as 1 unit correction was too much if I was only slightly high, its made life so much easier, I have the Novo Echo which also has a memory function of the last dose taken - how many units and how long ago, took me a while to get used to the weight of it compared to the pre filled pens but I wouldn't be without it now 🙂 x
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wow I had no idea about the novo rapid echo pen, I am defiantly going to ask my consultant regarding this pen, would love to have the option of half units, I usually just round up, thanks for letting me know, sounds very helpful 🙂!
 
Other thing is of course, not everyone's Insulin to carb ratio makes for such easy maths! Say it's 1u:7g or 17g for instance ? And not everyone will actually have to same ratio all day either - eg 1u:7g breakfast - 1u:11g at lunchtime and 1u:17g at dinner. 1u:10g is only a convenient place to start experimenting with carb counting.

Ditto one's Correction rate! and of course if your BG is in double figures then you'll usually need more insulin than normal to bring it back down to 6 or whatever number you've chosen to aim for, had it been in single figures when you started.

Reece Sargent said:
I am defiantly going to ask my consultant regarding this pen, 🙂!
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Oh, I should ask nicely at first if I were you Reece - usually get more helpful answers !!! LOL
 
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trophywench said:
Other thing is of course, not everyone's Insulin to carb ratio makes for such easy maths! Say it's 1u:7g or 17g for instance ? And not everyone will actually have to same ratio all day either - eg 1u:7g breakfast - 1u:11g at lunchtime and 1u:17g at dinner. 1u:10g is only a convenient place to start experimenting with carb counting.

Ditto one's Correction rate! and of course if your BG is in double figures then you'll usually need more insulin than normal to bring it back down to 6 or whatever number you've chosen to aim for, had it been in single figures when you started.



Oh, I should ask nicely at first if I were you Reece - usually get more helpful answers !!! LOL
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i did mention in previous posts everyone's different just lucky mine is pretty straight forward ,been diabetic for 2 and bit months, the past 2 months controlling my bloods I have been 5-10 mmol , I just find it the easiest part of the diabetes education, the mental scarring of severe DKA is what I'm struggling with:/ but thanks for the message and defiantly agree 100%
 
Hello and welcome. 🙂
 
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