Day - 4

The fourth day and I’m being naughty already. Yesterday I baked Bika Ambon cake (which is a very eggy yeast based cake) thinking I could give it to my eldest girl and her friend who came over for a play date today (unfortunately my husband is a coeliac and can’t eat it - I know he would love it otherwise), but when she tasted it she said she didn’t really like it. If my girl who usually eats even the weirdest snacks available from the Asian shop says she doesn’t like something, there is no hope for other Irish kids to like it. I hate throwing away food so I feel I will have to eat it.
Anyway, I will just make sure I won’t eat the whole lot. :-D

This morning on the way back from dropping my girl to school I met our neighbour from down the road, who is a type 1 diabetic too. She has an insulin pump which I’m desperate to get. I heard it makes a huge different to quality of life for type 1 diabetes sufferers. It helps them live a more normal life thanks to the constant low-level feed of insulin throughout the day.

Since I got diabetes I have found it difficult to go out with other people. I have to eat each meal at about the same time every day. If I leave it too late, my blood sugar will be high before I even eat anything and I have to be careful about how much alcohol I drink. I can’t just grab a muffin while having coffee in a café with a friend. Not everyone understands why I refuse to eat anything outside of my eating times because they don’t really know what it’s like to be diabetic. Some people do act like Mrs Doyle in Father Ted…..”Ah go on go on go on”, :-D
I’m so used to planning my daily routine around my meal times to avoid disaster. Even my husband still sometimes doesn’t get it how it can irritate me when I’m late having a meal because it is really upsetting when the blood sugar reading is not right.
But can one really impose one’s problems on others?

After several experiences dining out with large groups of people where the meal has dragged on quite late and the main course mightn’t arrive until 10pm, I now get very nervous ahead of a night out rather than just being happy and enjoy it. In the past lots of times I refused to go out, but I think I can not be like this for the rest of my life.

So it’s a relief to hear stories from other sufferers. I’m not the only one who finds that it’s difficult to live a normal life when I have to plan when and what I’m going to eat. I always feel I complain too much and blame the disease for the inconvenience. But now I know I’m not doing too badly and my complaints are justified.

Here is what I had today:

Breakfast:
Blood sugar: 7.4    Novorapid: 6 units
1 slice toast of mix bread with margarine
40g Bika Ambon cake

Note:
My blood sugar was a bit high but I’m not sure what cause it.

Lunch:
Blood sugar: 3.4    Novorapid: 15 units
Smoked salmon + green salad with sushi rice
46g Bika Ambon cake
8 red grapes
Tea



Dinner:
Blood sugar: 6.0    Novorapid: 18 units    Lantus: 30 units
Mix mushroom miso soup with rice
A glass of red wine
22g Bikang Ambon cake
2 teaspoons of dry roasted peanuts
Tea



I have to say I was naughty today with the cake and wine. I’m just hoping it won’t affect my dieting too much.