What it's like to live with Type 1 diabetes

What it's like to live with Type 1 diabetes

Living with Type 1 diabetes is not as daunting as you may think. As long as you include glucose testing, insulin, nutritious foods and physical activity into each day, you can enjoy a relatively normal, healthy lifestyle

By Lisa Bendall

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Getting active

Physical activity helps keep your blood glucose levels at a healthy level, since exercise usually lowers it. And people are normally diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes while young, so they’re often at an active stage of life. This bodes well for your body’s well-being.

But although exercise helps your health, you do need to take a few precautions. Before you head off to the gym or out for a jog each day, you’ll test your blood sugar. This will help you decide whether to cut back on your next dose of insulin, or have a snack so your blood glucose doesn’t drop. You’ll also pack emergency O.J. or glucose tablets in case of low blood sugar while you’re active.