in many ways i'm no smarter with it than when i was first diagnosed
support at the royal women's may just help (i hope*)
when i was first diagnosed everything was about "exchanges" - i could eat so many exchanges per meal, per day and this was matched by the insulin i was to give myself
things became more free-style 5 or 6 years later, when i started using insulin pens. this meant that i no longer had to stick to an exchange regime
but i kind of missed the point - i didn't "match" food to insulin, i let them chase each other up and down, sometimes way up, way down
well, now i have to understand exchanges again, so i can understand how my body responds to certain (amounts of) food and how much insulin i need to get me in the zone of good blood control
Carbohydrate Counter: Traffic Light Guide to Food (carry around guide book, detailed list for shopping & eating out)
calorie king - recommended by jane at the women's as a good resource for calorie counting
low carb bikkie recipes, because who are we kidding?
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