#3 Daily

Since I have been diabetic, I have learned how to check myself. The thing is to inject insulin before each meal or each sugary food, for example sweets or chocolate. Usually, I do 4 injections a day: one in the morning for the breakfast, another one for the lunch and 2 in the evening. There are 2 types of insulin. Rapid insulin (I use Novorapid), is used to regulate sugar quickly. Its delay is about 15min, and it works for 2-6 hours. This is the one that I take 3 times a day. In the evening, I inject slow insulin (Lantus) too, which works 15-24 hours, but has a long delay. To know how much insulin I have to take at each meal, I used to do a lot of glycemia tests, before and after each meal. Now, I just check in the morning, and I'm not afraid about this.
Unlike northern countries, like Finland or Sweden, French people are not used to seeing a diabetic in action. They generally make weird faces in front of a needle. That is why I inject insulin when nobody knows (friends apart) in the toilet or anywhere I can be alone.
In fact, I do not have a special diet. I eat what I want, and if it is really sweet, then I take more insulin. I eat like everybody does, and I can do the same things. However, some sports are forbidden, climbing and scuba-diving for example.
Sometimes, I can have some problems with insulin level. If I take too much insulin before a meal, and then I don't eat sugar, I would be hypoglycemic or lacking sugar. Symptoms are a raging hunger, dizziness and weakness. The only thing to do in this case is to eat!!