Type 1 Diabetes: How I Use Insulin Shots To Manage My BG

[@BenMelluish]

Thanks Hannah. Really good advice. I was diagnosed at 23 with what they thought at the time was type 2 but then I eventually diagnosed as type 1 last year at 36 and started on the insulin pens. I have had such an up and down first year. Some weeks I'm 90+% in range, other's I'm 5% and everywhere in between. Next year I hope to adopt a more consistent strategy like yours and just stick to it. I had a few scary lows which I think has made me subconsciously run higher than I should. How do you recover mentally from a low so that it doesn't have that effect?

[@drhannahhamlin]

Hey Ben, thanks for your response. This is an awesome question. First of all, you are so not alone with running higher due to haveing scary lows in the past. I see this all the time. I'm doing some recording today and I'll make a video answering this one specifically. It's so so common but there are tools to make it easier. Also, I have weeks 90% in range and then weeks totally not sometimes. That happens. Do you feel like you could be mentally burnt out the weeks you are less in range?

[@BenMelluish]

@@drhannahhamlin That would be great, thanks. I think I'm mentally rundown or I'm just being too cautious with pre-bolus timing and night time corrections just to avoid lows.

[@chickencooptown2499]

It’s good to find others it really stays with you the scare of Lowe’s

[@chickencooptown2499]

It’s good to find others it really stays with you the scare of Lowe’s

[@drhannahhamlin]

@@chickencooptown2499 You are definitely not alone. I made a video that I will put out later this week. I'd love your feedback on it as I know healing emotionally from it can be different for everyone.