I do understand what you are saying as I pretty much eat whatever I want as well and I always have for the past 41 years. I guess I have regrets because in the dark ages there was no testing of bgs and now that I know that all my sluggish days, which were in the 1000′s,it was the fact that my bgs were high so I just wonder if I grew up in this age of diabetes and knew what my bgs was all the time, I might have been able to add a few years on to my life to spend with my family, which keeps growing with two baby nieces. It is the outcome of carb counting and shooting up that disturbs me a lot, as I suffer from hypoglycemic unawareness, and therefore, I can never ride a bike or go golfing with complete abandoment.

One thing that I don’t understand is why do diabetics think keeping your sugar level is such a hassle and difficult? Why complain about all the ‘equipment’ you have to hall around? Why complain about counting carbs? I say this because I don’t think that way. Yes, I take shots before every meal and test 3-4 times a day. My A1C is 6.5 and has never been higher than 7.2 … it was 13.7 when diagnosed. I do everything that I did as a non-diabetic. I don’t carry my monitor around everywhere I go but I carry my insulin pen in case I’m going to eat. I watch what I eat but I don’t count carbs to the exact amount. I eat everything I want to eat both the good and the bad food. Maybe if we just have the attitude that this is a way of life now and don’t look at it as a negative, establish a routine and stick to it. If you forget or your sugar goes high or low ..don’t fret. Your sugar will go back to normal and remember what you did that caused the sugar reaction so you don’t do it again.

If anyone wants to discuss this further, please feel free to contact me … maybe I’m missing something here?

Managing your diabetes takes a lot of work. It can take less work however depending on which tools you use and how often you use them.
Should I do shots or a pump? Doesnt matter if you are looking for easier. They b…

When we simplify our efforts and concentrate on one or two things at a time it gives us clear aims and a much better chance of success.

Also, for anyone doing this, remember that your BG result is just a number – don’t let yourself see it as failure (or even success!), see it as a *tool* to achieve your aim… BG results will not always be good no matter how hard we try, we know that don’t we? And yet we still feel like we’ve failed if see a number out of range. Concentrate on the big picture – success is feeling good and being healthy (or whatever your end result aims to be), not *one* BG result at any one time in one day!

The 24/7 toll of diabetes makes it an emotional labor as well as medical. Focus on what you’re doing right and well and do a random act of kindness on yourself while you’re getting better at your game. You’ll go further, more easily over time. But i know it’s hard for you Type As

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