Ok, so having realised there is a whole load of things that I don't know - whether through ill-advice or my own forgetfulness (understandable over 19 years!!) but probably both.
So far, I have spoken to my diabetes team and they have been great. Initially the appointment was to talk about problems I was having with my eating, so this came out of it as well. They have enrolled me on their own version of DAFNE (Dose Adjustment for Normal Eating) which I am attending one day a week for 4 weeks during October - I'm very excited about this.
I have also used an online learning programme to try and get some more facts about diabetes - http://www.bdec-e-learning.com/ I need to go through this in a lot more detail, but I am hoping that this and the DAFNE course will work off each other and I should come away with a much better understanding of what it is I am supposed to be doing.
One way or another I am addressing my problems and also my need to re-educate and accept my diabetes. My knowledge of diabetes, in all it's detail could probably fit in one or two paragraphs these days....but how could I ever hope to manage something I don't truly understand??
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