I sure as heck wish someone had explained this to me in the very beginning!!
Edited to add: Thank goodness for all the friendly “pros” here on TuD or I’d have given up a long time ago! 
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I’m sure that’s true and I didn’t mean to minimize what it’s like for anyone else. Just that for me it’s part-and-parcel of that whole R/N experience, something that remained constant even though basal-bolus was a huge alteration of the psychological landscape in other respects. Feeling more free about what I could eat lagged way behind the freedom not to eat. Just being off that continually ticking R/N clock was huge. That first week on Lantus/Novolog is still a vivid memory–having my first late lunch! sitting at my desk at work and it’s 12:15 and I’m not eating, and it’s 12:45 and I’m not eating, and it’s f’r cripesake 1:15 and I’m still not eating and I’m ok! nothing is happening! I was practically in tears about it for the first few days. The aversion to eating stuff on the verboten list has hung on much longer, though, reinforced by annoying experiences like Sunday.
Not but what I don’t still try. Because after all, man: BEER.
Einstein said the definition of insanity is repeating the experiment without changing any of the conditions and expecting a different result. We just have to add “unless you’re diabetic.”
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I really, really wish restaurants had to be more open as to what goes into their food. I mean, honestly, who expects pancake batter in their supposedly flour-free omelette? I know if you have food allergies or sensitivities you learn to check just about everything, but before hearing about this one in particular, there’s just certain things I would have never thought to ask.
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This is me. This is me splurging. This is me trying to move my digits thereafter. Ugh! I thought I was in charge. You better listen Diabetes!!!
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And this is me attempting to be in charge of my D. As soon as I think I’ve got it…that ■■■■■ comes back and reminds me who’s in charge.
Sarah
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I swear, the myth of Sisyphus was written for people with diabetes! This is the story of a man (could be a woman!) tasked with rolling a boulder up to the top of a mountain. Whenever he approaches his goal, the boulder rolls back down to the bottom of the mountain.
Your picture reminded me of that Greek myth.
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Perhaps, but there is more to that! In his 1942 essay the Myth of Sisyphus, French Algerian philosopher Albert Camus re-examined that Greek myth and gave it an interpretation that I think would also fit us PWD’s well. The essay is an interesting read, but let me just quote the key concluding remarks:
“The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man’s heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.”
Now back to my stone 
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Thanks Terry!
“He is stronger than his rock.”
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I at first read this to say “the myth of syphilis”
Took me a minute to figure it out.
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Great rant. Stay hydrated.
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Yeah, I used to think I could eat pizza. Well, I could eat pizza in my honeymoon phase long before my pancreas completely stopped working. Now Pizza is a dream masqueraded as a nightmare where my bg spikes to 400-500 and takes DAYS to come down.
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@Sam19 Thanks for starting my day off with a giggle.
Brian, are you serious? I have Celiac so that omelet would be a total disaster for me.
wow
good thing we don’t have any IHOPS here
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I wish it were not true but it is. Here is the allergen list from IHOP and essentially all the omeletes have gluten. I always ask for omelets without pancake batter and they have complied, but I wouldn’t necessarily trust that they could provide a meal that wasn’t contaminated in some way with gluten. Sorry.
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Many many years ago, some restaurant chain location in our city was in the news because the health department had landed on them like a ton of bricks when a customer found frog parts in the food they were served. The running joke at the time was that the restaurant should consider changing its name to “I-hop”. True story.
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What an interesting menu! I will definitely avoid IHOP. I’d recommend an ice chest with good food for anyone, Celiac or not, when traveling by car.
Good idea. Of course, I do that, anyway, because I keep Kosher 
Well. No cheeseburgers for YOU.