Type 1 diabetes

Hi all,

Right now I’m on an inpatient psych unit. Yesterday I told my doctor that I wanted to take too much insulin, and she sent me here. I have huge urges to misuse my pump and take more insulin than I am supposed to. I am supposed to see an endocrinologist to make a plan so that I can take my pump off for a couple of days. He was supposed to come today but I haven’t seen him. Tonight I am going to ask my nurse if we can take my pump off and just do sliding scale insulin until I see the doc.

I just really want to go home.

Jenny

–
All who see me jeer at me; they
toss their heads and sneer…
Oh God, my God, why have you
abandonded me?
–Psalm 22

Hello,

I was reading some posts from 2 weeks back +/- and rediscovered the “cheating” topic?!

Was anything truly forbidden in terms of foods? Even decades ago, it was always a matter of giving up 2 breads or a bread and a fruit, maybe toss in a milk exchange (and always 1 or two fats, just because <wg

It always was, and always will be can you figure out what the quantity of XYZ food is and what’s in it…. what its nutritional contents? 30 grams of carbs, or 2 bread servings, or however you account for it. Long as you understand what the foods “value” is PER serving… and can trade other foods, (or cover with the correct dosage of insulin respectively now) nothing is forbidden.

Never was….

What am I missing here (sic. Was my MD as a child some kind of looney radical of his day… or just flexible & pragmatic) ????

Jeff