I am a type one diabetic and have been so for close to forty years The best thing to happen to me was an insulin pump it infuses insulin 24 hours a day As a young adult it was easier for my parents to plan out six small meals a day as I got older it was much harder to keep control but my pump now has me regulated But I no longer count sugars but carbs and remember that potatoes and sweets can raise one diabetics levels and pasta anothers My dietician says not to give up everything that anything in moderation can be acceptable To give it up means to want itmore than ever