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The whole workday today my bloodsugar stayed above 10mmol/L, except for one short hour before lunch when it was at 9, last week I could not take insulin with breakfast because of the bike ride to work (my bloodsugar would get too low, meaning danger for passing out), today when I got to work wasnt the same.. bs was at 15 :/ ah well just have to take some insulin, took 1.5unit, nothing happened, took another 1.5unit and it finally dropped down to 9. It is not acting like I am expecting it too and I am really trying my hardest to make it listen to me! I was going to go climbing today, but I was so tired leaving work, bs was still high, and I decided to not force myself to do something I had no energy at all to do. You know that feeling you have after eating a big buffet, you feel pretty tired and maybe have a slight headache from all the food and sweets you had - if you amplify that feeling a lot and make it last for several hours, that is how I feel when my diabetes isnt cooperating and my bs is too high. But what can I do? Really nothing but stay calm and give myself a shot, adjust and hope for a better turnout the next day.

 

What I then saw tonight when I got home sort of frustrates me, I saw the front page of a Swedish health magazine called "Hälsa" stating that with the 5:2 diet diabetics would not have to take insulin. The 5:2 diet is basically eating a fairly normal meal plan for 5 days out of the week and then not eating much at all for the other 2 days as a way of loosing weight. The misconception here is that as a type 1 diabetic you will not survive without insulin, there is no way you can live without that medecine! I can starve myself for a whole day, not taking insulin, and still have a high bloodsugar, going to the movies gives me a high bloodsugar for gods sake! If my bloodsugar stays high for too long I will risk poisoing myself with my own blood, because there would be too much sugar going around in my blood system, this would/could lead to liver and kidney failure, the complications to not taking insulin are endless. The only people that could benefit from the 5:2 diet would be type 2 diabetics that are not insulin dependant, with type 2s their pancreas is still working(in most cases), it just does not have the power to steer the insulin in the right direction. In my body my pancreas does not produce any insulin, anitbodies attacked my insulin production, which is why I need to inject it every day, 4-6 times per day/average. Come to think of it, its about time for my nightly shot!

 

The thing is, the unawareness of what type 1 diabetes is, is so vast that when magazines put out things like this on their cover, people start thinking things about our disease, that it is easy and that we could be doing better than we are by eating different. Okay yes, my diet will effect the outcome of my diabetes, but that is in connection with my insulin intake. I can eat whatever I want as long as I can give myself the right amount of insulin, knowing what that amount is isnt always easy. Reading this you must realize that it is an extremely hard disease to manage, I struggle on average once every day with my diabetes! So when a magazine says that diabetics can be "cured" via the 5:2 diet, Im sorry but I get quite frustrated with that! It spreads the wrong message and gives "långnäsa" to everyone who is fighting every day to stay alive with this diesease, myself included!

 

If there is anything I want you to take away from this is that, I do everything I can to manage this disease and there is no way I can manage a life with diabetes without insulin! Because to this date there is no cure for this awful disease.

 

Sorry to put a damper on this evening, it being the day before the big 23rd birthday and all... just felt really strongly that this had to be said!

 

night.