I learned my lesson...LOL

So I just started insulin a couple of days ago.  So I have found that on insulin, every few hours I start feeling like I need to eat.  So I decided I have to start eating breakfast. In the past, I would either skip breakfast or sometimes have string cheese and dill pickles. My other meals I ate sporatically, sometimes eating only once a day.  So this morning, my husband who has had diabetes for 15 years, asked for oatmeal.  He generally has this once a week along with a piece of toast with peanut butter.  He says he feels good with that breakfast.  So I decided that I would be healthy and have a bowl of instant oatmeal (18 carbs) and along with it, had one serving of nuts and 2 dill pickles.  about 20 minutes later I started sweating and felt terrible.  My glucose had gone from 217 to 389 in that short time.  So as each day goes by, I am learning what my body can tolerate and what it can't.  Today I learned that oatmeal is out of the question for me.  I really think I am better off eating my low fat string cheese and dill pickles for breakfast.  Even before I had issues with my bg, I have never felt good eating carbs in the morning.  This response is exaggerated now when my bg is so high.

Actually I am really good about following a low glycemic program for my husband from a program through his doctor...it is just that I need to start doing it myself. Since starting a year ago, his bg has dropped significantly and he has lost 30 lbs. I just have a real problem since I was pregnant 16 years ago of eating any meat I prepare. Its still is a struggle to get my self to eat it. I absolutely can't eat a chicken breast that I prepare. At the time of my pregnancy, my husband was on a chicken breast diet thing, I would get so sick everytime I cooked it and to this day, I still can't get beyond that. LOL

Joan,
We are all different... and to complicate matters we can change slowly or overnight into a different type of diabetic. This is why checking your numbers is so important. Hubby has a different metabolism than you and yours appears to be changing as we write.

Please don't feel that it's a control issue... You will be beating yourself up over something that may be just the way your body is... Do your best and come back after the surgery (Good luck on that, btw) and then we can help you find your way thru this mine field we call diabetes.