The vast majority of posts here revolve around anxiety from newly diagnosed and technical issues. I have been T1D for 55+ years and on a pump for 38 years. I thought I would be dead in my mid 40’s so 30 years later I wake up and am grateful I’m not.
11+ years very low carb with great results. I have my eyes, no amputations and my kidneys function well enough I’m not on dialysis.
From comments on the board it seems most people think low carb is terrible. Not so. Low carb tortillas are wonderful. Mission sun dried tomato basil tortillas at 5 net carbs are the foundation for the diet. I typically eat one meal a day with a snack in the evening. I am never hungry. I usually eat if BS dips below 70. Not unusual to fast 18 hours.
In June I decided I wanted bacon lettuce & tomato. On low carb tortillas I can eat two and if BS is less than 100 my BS doesn’t rise above 130 with no bolus. In fact trying to keep carbs below 50 a day, the goal is to not need to bolus after a meal. (I use a range of 75-130)
Other meals are boneless pork chops sliced thin (1/4”) browned in EVOO. Only seasoning is salt & black pepper. I smoke brisket Texas style (since I’m from Texas) with only salt & pepper.
With one meal a day to prepare food prep is easy.
I am sympathetic to those with diabetic children and those with other co-morbidities. Fortunately I only have serious lactose intolerance.
We can live with this. Can’t go out and drink beer and eat pizza but I am good with that. . Keep on the sunny side
Some folks here really love to low carb. I ate 30 carbs a day for 11 yrs until I finally realized that this woe was making me very ill. I just like to remind people to keep an eye on their LDL, because I wrongly followed a Harvard educated physician who wrote a book that said that cholesterol did not matter. His book turned out to be full of inaccuracies and I ended up with two heart stents.
Many people do very well following a low carb diet. Dr Bernstein is a prime example.
We all do what works the best for our individual bodies.
This suggests that your basal may be a bit high to compensate. Or you are LADA with minimal insulin from pancreas, or you work off the carbs with exercise/activity.
But great if it works for you.
I look at a carb and my bg goes up! But have learned how to balance my food, insulin and activity after 55+ years of T1D. I do limited carb, not low carb.
I make no insulin at all. 55 years T1D . Using pumps for 38 years, I know that getting basal right is the secret. After years of increased insulin for cortisol surge at 4 AM I now don’t have one. I have only one basal rate which is 1.45u/hr. I used 1.2u/hr for months but found it did not give stable BS. Neither am I active. Neuropathy & heart failure preclude much exercise.
I feel that stock advice is helpful early on but for me symptoms changed that required adjustments that was outside normal recommendations. By letting others know that circumstances can require other solutions, there are no hard and fast rules. With A1C of 5.7-6.2 my Endo asks what I’m doing right. They have no advice except keep doing what I doing.
. Keep on the sunny side