Forced diabetic due to surgery. Please see my profile.

You have to just get into the habit. If you eat at the same times everyday you can get better control. So set an alarm in your phone or something to go off five minutes before a meal or snack time to remind you to test and take your insulin.

Good Morning! I e-mailed you from work but I am wondering if you received it. Hope you are doing well!

I set alarms on my cellphone to remind me when to check bs and I had reminders to check off when I took my shots and how much insulin I gave myself. Keeping a log will help you and your doctors understand what your body is doing and what it needs. Take a deep breath, you can do this.

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I'd love to Tina. This is so hard for me. I forget to take my insulin and then my sugars are to high. I don't check my sugars all the time. This is a hard habit to start. Yes let's chat.

Hello! I am a diabetic also because of surgery. I had pancreatic cancer 5 years ago. It takes a while to get into the swing of it but I am now healthy and happy. I started by documenting EVERYTHING!! everything I ate, every unit of insulin, it was time consuming but so worth it. Let me know if you wanna chat! I've been there and done that! LOL … tina

Thank you so much everyone. I'm really trying to get this under control. Thanks for the advise.

I take Humalog before each meal and Lantus at bedtime. It generally takes a bit of time to get the dosages just right. It usually takes awhile to get familiar with how your body reacts to different foods relative to the dosage of insulin that you are taking, and the amount of exercise you do. I've been dealing with my diabetes for 20 years. I can assure you with a bit of effort and time, it will all fall into place and become second nature.

First and foremost, I would be kind and patient with myself. Try to automatically associate eating with testing (before and after meals). Your history is so interesting. I believe I got this condition following an injury and two surgeries…I couldn't walk for two years and so much changed with my health and metabolism. That was some time ago and now I am active in the gym and have "normal" BG for three years without medication.

You're right…it's new to you so encourage yourself to test more frequently.

I am new to this also, i was diagnosed just before i had surgery to remove infection from an ulcer i had on my foot, Right now i am only required to test twice a day , but if you make it a habit to start off with to test at near to the same times everyday, it becomes much easier to make it a habit

I take humalog and lantus. I have the pens.

Stefanie1979
I can relate I found out after my surgery I was a diabetic also!
Practice makes perfect your start practicing
This is new to me also I was diagnosed six months ago !
T 2
What medicine are you on?
Tammy