Being diabetic is frustrating. Being a diabetic on insulin is even more frustrating.
Before I leave the house each day, I have to make sure I have the following:
- My daily insulin
- Needles for my daily insulin (got smart, keep a box of them in the truck)
- Regular insulin for sliding scale
- Needles for regular insulin
- Blood sugar meter
- Lancelets
- Test Strips
- Glucose for if I get too low
- Palm Pilot in case I decide to actually log what I am doing
ARGH!
Then I also keep with me, gym stuff so I don’t have an excuse not to make it there. water in the truck, extra gym clothes in my locker, mini-disk player.
Then the trying to lose weight is getting me down.
Lately, when I exercise I’ve been getting too low. Which means I have to eat more. Which means I injest more calories — and yeah, counting carbs is easier, but Dr. Atkins is almost right — calories do count. I know, I tried Aktins before pre and post insulin.
That doesn’t mean I’m not going to exercise. What it does mean, is that I’m taking less daily insulin. Which means I have to take more regular insulin. (See the vicious cycle going on here?). Just need to make sure take regular insulin in the morning, and maybe in the evening, but certainly never close to when I exercise.
I guess.
That’s the sad thing, is there are no real answers. When you ask, you are told, try it and see. Everyone is different.