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My name is Wendy I am new to this diabetes lark having recently diagnosed type 1 at the ripe old age of 59!! Scary, just about got the hang of carb counting but levels are all over the place. I have been told to have a carb free meal either breakfast or lunch so that I can monitor levels without insulin, can anyone give me some ideas as not sure if I can eat fruit as usually I would count fruit if I eat more than a small amount. I am on nova rapid with meals and lantus at night.
On a positive note at least it's made me try my hand at social networking!!!
Looking forward to corresponding with everyone,
Wendy
 
Hi Wendy, welcome to the forum 🙂

Presumably you've been asked to do some fasting tests to check if your background basal insulin is set at the right dose? Best practice is to actually skip a meal entirely, or just eat sugar-free jelly, because in the absence of carbs, the protein and fat in a meal can be metabolised into glucose, therefore skewing your BG test results. However, if you prefer to eat something, try bacon and scrambled egg. Too many carbs in fruit I'm afraid.
 
Hi Wendy, welcome to the forum 🙂 So much for 'juvenile' diabetes eh? I was diagnosed aged 49 so can understand what a shock to the system it can be.

It will take time to get things sorted, as you build up experience of how you react to different things, like different food or exercise. I would highly recommend getting a copy of Type 1 Diabetes in Children, Adolescents and Young People by Ragnar Hanas. Yes, we qualify as 'young people'! The book is suitable for all Type 1s and covers all aspects of managing diabetes in a very readable and positive manner 🙂

Have a read of the following, it concerns 'Basal' testing and is a way of determining if your lantus dose is set correctly. Normally, the lantus is used to 'cover' the trickle of glucose released by your liver through the day and night to provide you with energy when you are not eating. The novorapid is used to cover the carbs in your food:

http://diatribe.org/issues/13/learning-curve

When you are basal testing it is necessary to avoid all carbohydrate, so a meal with just protein and fat is suitable.

Please let us know if you have any more questions, and we will do our best to help out! 🙂
 
He Wendy. I'm another late developer, I was 52 when diagnosed though it took them a while to get the diagnosis right. So much for pigeon-holes eh?
 
Hi Wendy

Mike (one of the Moderators here) did a straw poll some time ago on two diabetes forums of how old we all were at diagnosis, since the Press all seem convinced that T1 is 'usually' diagnosed in childhood.

'Usually' my foot - you can be ANY age at all, as you have discovered !

So you are in very good company here.
 
I say, Wendy, did you ever work in Bennett's Hill ?
 
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When you are basal testing it is necessary to avoid all carbohydrate, so a meal with just protein and fat is suitable.
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An all protein/fat meal with no carbs will raise my BGs and I have to bolus for it, so I find it a totally unsuitable method of testing basals. Of course YMMV and this isn't the case for everyone, but I'd be inclined to test it out to see before using it as a method of basal testing.

I find it much more accurate to just miss a meal altogether.
 
Hi Wendy
I'm relatively new too and diagnosed at 40, so I'm another late flower!

My body is very unhappy with no food at breakfast, so I have a one egg herb omelette or mushroom omelette made without milk for basal testing, but I know that I can eat that even with a bit of milk without bolusing. I have found that this is sometimes complicated by my dog walking activities in a morning, or should I say wrangling, she's a pully pullerson and likes a good quick trot with constant ball throwing, which if I haven't eaten makes my blood sugar rise sometimes (depends how enthusiastic she is and how many cats/dogs/ducks/geese/paper bags we encounter that she can bonkers at). So I have to avoid wrangling when I'm testing in the morning. In the evening when testing I tend to have a chicken breast with courgette strips, broccoli, and some pesto (less than a teaspoon). I admire those who can do the fasting thing I just can't do it (sad I know!).
 
🙂Hi Wendy, me too, at 49. (5 years now) Found this site recently and its wonderfull to hear things from other diabetics, makes you feel like you're not the only one, I know we are not, but when everyone around you is 'normal' !!!??? sometimes you feel like its only you. Everyone here is full of usefull info. x
 
Hello and welcome to you Wendy 🙂

It's a steep learning curve at first but I hope things start to settle down for you soon.
 
Welcome to the forum Wendy 🙂
 
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