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My  daughter is 11 and has both diabetes and celiac disease. We do carb
counting as well. She was always brittle and did the intensive insulin
therapy and still had some troubles but she now uses the pump, so we are
able to control much better and are far more successful most of the time.

As to carb counting, that is our biggest complaint as we feel the gluten
free food does not absorb as well as the regular and it can still cause
us some off sugars.But we test more often and so can correct that sooner
than before.  We wish you the best and keep in touch.

Jana mom and willing partner to Patricia 11

> Have any of you tried or are currently using intensive insulin therapy
> and counting carbohydrates?  When you started, did you have trouble
> concerning how many grams of carbohydates were in your gluten-free
> products?  Does anyone have any information that will help me?  I am
> on day number 3 of the intensive insulin therapy and keep going over
> and under on my carbohydrates.  I am a brittle diabetic in the first
> place and my blood sugars are still all over the place.  Thanks for
> your assistance!  I am extremely frustrated and feeling like a pin
> cushion.  I was previously on two shots of mixed Lente and Regular.
> Now I am on Humalog and Lantus.