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Matthew James Hardy

Matthew James Hardy

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Hi new to the forum was recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and still getting used to the insulin 8 units and 25 at night still yet to see a dietician until Monday could anyone advise the types of foods when they were first diagnosed and what they had for breakfast dinner and tea thankyou mat
 
Hi Matt, welcome to the forum. Most, but definitely not all take their insulin before their meal, to try to avoid a spike in blood sugar after it, as most insulins take a little while to get going. What insulin are you on?
 
Hi Matthew, welcome to the forum.

Can I ask what insulin you are using, and who started you on it? Sounds distinctly odd for a new Type 1. Certainly this century, anyway. I cant really answer your question without knowing that.

Generally speaking, you should be avoiding high carbohydrate meals. That doesn’t mean just sugar, but spuds, pasta, white bread and such should be avoided, certainly until you’ve seen a dietician, and until you are on a proper multi dose insulin regime.

You need to be able to recognise a hypo. I assume you have been given a blood glucose testing kit. Anything 4 or below needs treating with something sweet and quickly absorbed - jelly babies are particularly good for this.
 
mikeyB said:
Hi Matthew, welcome to the forum.

Can I ask what insulin you are using, and who started you on it? Sounds distinctly odd for a new Type 1. Certainly this century, anyway. I cant really answer your question without knowing that.

Generally speaking, you should be avoiding high carbohydrate meals. That doesn’t mean just sugar, but spuds, pasta, white bread and such should be avoided, certainly until you’ve seen a dietician, and until you are on a proper multi dose insulin regime.

You need to be able to recognise a hypo. I assume you have been given a blood glucose testing kit. Anything 4 or below needs treating with something sweet and quickly absorbed - jelly babies are particularly good for this.
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I take insulin as part novorapid 8 units 3 times a day after meals and insulin glargine abasaglar kwikpen 25 units before bedtime
 
Thanks for explaining that, Mat.

Generally speaking, Novorapid should be taken before food. How soon before food varies from person to person, depending on their particular response, but you will come to no great harm in the short term if you take it straight after food.

Has anyone explained to you variation of dose depending on the carbohydrates in the meal, rather than using a fixed dose?

It may well be that you are on an interim fixed dose until such time as you are seen again in the clinic, and, of course, the dietician.

The main thing is are you testing your glucose levels, and, if so, how are they doing? You really need to record your waking level, and 2 hours after eating at the very least to give your diabetes team an idea about dosage levels.

Out of interest, how did you come to be diagnosed?
 
Hi Mathew and welcome to forum
 
Hi Matt.

Hopefully your dietician or nurse will soon teach you to carb count. That’s when you calculate how much insulin you’ll need for the carbs your eating. It’s a bit of trial and error, but generally it’s around one unit of insulin for 10 grams of carbs. Until then, it is a case of the more carbs you eat the more insulin you need.

The thing is that not all carbs are equal. Some carbs, like sugary food and mash potato, act a lot quicker and others, like like unsweetened porridge, act slower. Those are called low GI foods.

There’s a book that was recommended to me. It’s by a guy named Ragnor Hanus and is called type one diabetes in children, adolescents and young adults. It’s amazing and I learned so much from it. I highly recommend it.

I’d highly recommend testing sugars quite a bit at this stage, to check what’s happening.

Many people do inject before eating but I still inject after. (Well, now I’m on the insulin pump so I can split it, but before I would inject after). My reason is that I’m a fussy eater and I wouldn’t always eat all my dinner, causing hypos.

At this stage it doesn’t matter if you inject before or after. As long as you inject.
 
Has anybody ever suffered from blurry vision in one eye with type one diabetes only affects small writing with me at the minute is this normal?
 
Hi and welcome to the forum 🙂
I had blurry vision when diagnosed, it seems to be pretty standard when diagnosed, as the lens becomes mishapen by high sugar levels and it should calm down as your sugar levels stabilise. Please ask your DSN to put you forward for your local equivalent of the DAFNE course so you can learn to carb count and adjust your insulin to what you eat.
 
Lucy Honeychurch said:
Hi and welcome to the forum 🙂
I had blurry vision when diagnosed, it seems to be pretty standard when diagnosed, as the lens becomes mishapen by high sugar levels and it should calm down as your sugar levels stabilise. Please ask your DSN to put you forward for your local equivalent of the DAFNE course so you can learn to carb count and adjust your insulin to what you eat.
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Thank you I also take the Novorapid
 
Lucy Honeychurch said:
Hi and welcome to the forum 🙂
I had blurry vision when diagnosed, it seems to be pretty standard when diagnosed, as the lens becomes mishapen by high sugar levels and it should calm down as your sugar levels stabilise. Please ask your DSN to put you forward for your local equivalent of the DAFNE course so you can learn to carb count and adjust your insulin to what you eat.
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Was your Blurred Vision with just small font text Lucy? Seem to be fine with larger fonts
 
Welcome to the forum Matthew.

Like you I was started on fixed doses of insulin for each meal for a while. I also injected after my meals initially. As others have said with Novorapid it takes a bit of time to get active and if given after your meal it will lag behind the carbs being converted to glucose and entering your blood. When you know what you are eating you could try injecting just before you eat. As others have said it is good to find out about carb counting as putting it simply the carbs you eat the more insulin you will need. They should start you on this idea soon and as others have said getting a place on a DAFNE course is brilliant. I learnt so much from my course and also enjoyed meeting others who had T1.

Things will take time to settle, including your sight. But once you get your BG under control your sight should return to normal.

There is a lot to learn very quickly at the start, but it becomes just a part of your ne normal life. If you have any questions there are plenty of people on this forum who are very happy to help. Just ask.
 
SB2015 said:
Welcome to the forum Matthew.

Like you I was started on fixed doses of insulin for each meal for a while. I also injected after my meals initially. As others have said with Novorapid it takes a bit of time to get active and if given after your meal it will lag behind the carbs being converted to glucose and entering your blood. When you know what you are eating you could try injecting just before you eat. As others have said it is good to find out about carb counting as putting it simply the carbs you eat the more insulin you will need. They should start you on this idea soon and as others have said getting a place on a DAFNE course is brilliant. I learnt so much from my course and also enjoyed meeting others who had T1.

Things will take time to settle, including your sight. But once you get your BG under control your sight should return to normal.

There is a lot to learn very quickly at the start, but it becomes just a part of your ne normal life. If you have any questions there are plenty of people on this forum who are very happy to help. Just ask.
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Yes just getting used to things as was only diagnosed last Wednesday at the age of 26 really appreciate everyone’s help and support just got little worried about the eye sight but has reassured me some more now thank you
 
Probably will take time my levels were crazy when I went doctors for my annual checkup they could tell straight away I was diabetic due to how dry my lips were then did a urine sample and my levels where a staggering 19 before going to hospital for the night
 
Sounds like you are diong really well already.
Just take things step by step.

The best analogy I heard was comparing it to learning to drive.
When I started it seemed complex to change gear, steer, look in the mirror, dip lights, ...
Now I don’t think about all those things they are automatic.
There are still roadblocks on the way but they are easier to deal with.
 
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