Hello, I'm 18 and a newly diagnosed type one. I was diagnosed in December 2007 so I'm extremely new onto the scene :D
I'm the first in my family to have diabetes (they're attributing it to a viral infection that I so stubbornly refused to have treated back in September 2007 to one of the contributing factors as to how I developed type 1) so I'm looking for a lot of outreach online.
I'm in first year engineering and I love sports. I love love love dark chocolate and sleeping!
It's pretty easy right now keeping my sugar under control, I'm only taking a max of 15 units a day (slow and fast) plus if I exercise, I barely have to take any at all.
My endocrinologist is a really chill guy, I'm not too fond at all with the diabetes educators. They're very black and white about things, and diabetes is clearly not textbook!
My endo is pushing for a pump, I'm more interested in low carb to no carb lifestyles. My friend's doctor is type one and uses no insulin on his no carb diet.
I'm really interested in it, I've also watched a documentary on people who take on the no carb, high fat, high protein eating regime. (Not diets, because I'm NOT dieting. I'm not aiming to lose weight, I want to try different approaches to treating my diabetes.)
So have you tried the low carb thing?
