So the hospital gives you advice and you are welcomed to email or call if necessary. There is a diabetes doctor on call for any panics or emergencies. I already know that my son would urinate more frequently when he was too high but there is a whole host of Continue Reading
Calculations – I wasn’t THAT good in Math
So serving sizes # of carbs X serving size minus the fiber count = #carbs per portion. Insulin was a multiplications factor too. I remember because my son was still in the “Honeymoon phase” where his pancreas was still producing insulin on it’s own it was hard to tell how Continue Reading
Carb counting…
So there is a BIG difference between type 1 diabetes and type 2. Type 1 you can eat pretty much what you want but you have to count cars every time you open your mouth. The carbs are calculated by the amount of sugars minus the amount of fiber – Continue Reading
YOU need to control this!
Dealing with the hospital during clinic appointments was our new normal. …And because it was Sick Kids they emphasize that the kid get a chance at being a kid. My son would go to school with a little fanny pack of his new equipment. Poking his finger at lunch for Continue Reading
Healing from this…
“My own superpowers”