Hi everyone,
I've been reading the forum for ages but have never posted! To introduce myself, I'm 30 years old and was diagnosed as T1 about a year ago which I understand is quite late in life for a t1. I muddle along, last hba1c was 6.7. I'm on 20units levemir at night (interested to see a lot of you seem to split your dose) and novorapid with meals. I was initially told to inject a set amount with meals (was later told this is terrible advice!) but I was feeling lousy, levels were all over the place so after a bit of googling and trial and error i now carb count and have worked out that 1 unit per about 15g seems to work for me. I'm waiting to go on dafne though to make sure I'm doing this correctly! Sorry to babble on but I hope that gives enough information.
To come to my current issue. This year il be going to my first glastonbury since the diabetes diagnosis. I don't want my diabetes to stop me having a great time but equally I know I should probably take a few steps to stay healthy.
Basically I don't want to be hypo-ing OR going into dka in the middle of a field! My general plan was to err on the side of running my levels a bit high while I'm there. But how high is too high? Should I reduce my levemir or take less novorapid with my meals? I'll be with a good group of people who are aware im diabetic (one of them has a diabetic sister so is very clued up) - but I dont really talk about my condition a lot and I definitely don't want to get into a situation where I need looking after! In all likelihood il be drinking a lot, it's probably going to be hot, walking more than usual, plus the element of sods law - it's like the perfect storm for a hypo!
Would love to hear from anyone who has any advice, or experience of attending festivals with diabetes! Also can I just say how much iv learned from reading this forum. Il try to contribute more now that iv made my introductions!
I've been reading the forum for ages but have never posted! To introduce myself, I'm 30 years old and was diagnosed as T1 about a year ago which I understand is quite late in life for a t1. I muddle along, last hba1c was 6.7. I'm on 20units levemir at night (interested to see a lot of you seem to split your dose) and novorapid with meals. I was initially told to inject a set amount with meals (was later told this is terrible advice!) but I was feeling lousy, levels were all over the place so after a bit of googling and trial and error i now carb count and have worked out that 1 unit per about 15g seems to work for me. I'm waiting to go on dafne though to make sure I'm doing this correctly! Sorry to babble on but I hope that gives enough information.
To come to my current issue. This year il be going to my first glastonbury since the diabetes diagnosis. I don't want my diabetes to stop me having a great time but equally I know I should probably take a few steps to stay healthy.
Basically I don't want to be hypo-ing OR going into dka in the middle of a field! My general plan was to err on the side of running my levels a bit high while I'm there. But how high is too high? Should I reduce my levemir or take less novorapid with my meals? I'll be with a good group of people who are aware im diabetic (one of them has a diabetic sister so is very clued up) - but I dont really talk about my condition a lot and I definitely don't want to get into a situation where I need looking after! In all likelihood il be drinking a lot, it's probably going to be hot, walking more than usual, plus the element of sods law - it's like the perfect storm for a hypo!
Would love to hear from anyone who has any advice, or experience of attending festivals with diabetes! Also can I just say how much iv learned from reading this forum. Il try to contribute more now that iv made my introductions!
