Thanks a lot everyone, I will continue in being dilligent to ensure I stay healthy, I promise you all.

Park - You have diabetes as well? Buckle down buddy, the time you put into it now will pay off in your quality of life much later on. In a way, I think it's easier for me as I'm a bit older than you (31), and realize I'm not getting any younger and have no choice but to take care of business. I can't say that I'd feel the same way if I was 18. Consider this a competition from here on out, you must match or better, beat my A1C reading every 3 months starting with your next blood test, you can do it.

Kanez - Like Thrax stated, "it depends". The whole thing is you have to know how much each food will raise your blood/sugar and also know how much the insulin shot will lower you. You must take daily exercise/work into account also because activity lowers your blood/sugar. I take less insulin through the week then I do on the weekends because generally I'm more active through the week. I take 2 types of insulin daily. The first one is referred to as NPH (Long-Acting), it kicks in 8 hours after administered and lasts for approx, 16-20 hours. I take a shot in the morning when I wake up and another in the evening before bed. It's designed to give a small constant trickle of insulin to keep my blood/sugar consistent throughout an entire day. The other is called Humalog (Short-Acting) and is designed to start working after 5 minutes, peak at 2.5 hours and stop working after 4 hours. This is what I take before every meal and gives me quite a bit of freedom in what I can eat. I learned how to count my carbs and can look at a plate of food and know how many carbs are present (within reason of course). With also knowing what my insulin/carb ratio is I can regulate my dosage as needed. In my case, for every 20 carbs of food, I give myself 1 unit of insulin. With this said, if I wanted to eat a dozen donuts, I could, I just need to ensure I give myself enough short-acting insulin to counteract all the sugar. It's not healthy but it can be done. Basically in a nutshell kanez, dismissing altogether the food itself, what type1 diabetics need to do is mimic what their pancreas used to do naturally. When it comes to diet, good food is good for you, bad food is bad food for you, diabetes or no diabetes.

Sorry for the long explanation but it's not something you can relate in a few sentences....well, maybe Thrax could , but I can't.