Hi all this is my first post on this forum its nice to talk to people who have the same disease as me as i`ve not joined a forum made like this before.
My names lee im 24 from the uk, i`ve had type 1 diabetes for 22 years now.
My last hb1ac result was 9.2 and im having alot of trouble controlling my blood results, i work 11 hour shifts and its all physical work which results in me getting low blood sugars, currently my insulin system is:
Novarapid 3 (morning) 6 (lunch) 10 (dinner) and 40 units of levimir before bed. I am lowering the levimir to 38 before bed now along with having a bowel of cereal to keep my blood sugar up during the night. Im wondering what kind of diets you guys have to get such good hb1ac results? When i have a low blood sugar I tend to panic and eat a chocolate bar or two to get me out of it, which results in my blood sugar going highm i feel like im in a no win situation. My diet isnt the best in the world but im including fruit with my lunch.
Today I had my 6 monthly eye exam, I used to have this done every year but its been moved to 6 months, when I asked the nurse she said there was background changes and they`re keeping an eye on it, i`d just like to ask is this a normal thing that can go away with better control or am I in the early stages of going blind?
Thankyou for reading my post i`d love to hear from anyone who might be able to help
Lee
