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<blockquote data-quote="jopar" data-source="post: 47393" data-attributes="member: 11712"><p>crystal</p><p></p><p>Be assured you aren't the only one who suffers this in cold whether, as I do to!</p><p></p><p>Being a dog handler means that first thing in the morning, you are pretty much ouside in all whetheres as you put out the dogs, clean there kennels and outside runs x15 kennels! At times I was working in temps at low as -6 degrees this winter... </p><p></p><p>The body requires more engery to keep you warm when you cold, so it makes sence that this is going to reflect on your BG control, this will be slightly different for each of us and is something that does need factoring in... I found that mornings wasn't so bad to keep on top of it, but the afternoons when the work load wasn't have heavy going, not only did I feel the cold more, but had harder trouble keeping hypos at bay...</p><p></p><p></p><p>What I did, was reduce my basal rate on my pump about a hour before I was due to start work, I ensured that I hate a slow burning carb for breakfast (weetibix in my case) I would also drop the insulin-carb ratio for this... This seemed to keep me going until breaktime, at this point I would have a chunky kitkat, which I wouldn't bolus for (as I knew I would burn this off) this would last until dinner time and I would have a BG around the 5 mark. I then would ensure that I ate someting hot, soup and roll (but nothing too heavy) and rice pudding for the afternoon slow burn..</p><p></p><p>Afternoon, I would have to check regularly to ensure that my levles were maintaining there levels, and take action if they looked like the were dropping too far, </p><p></p><p>I think the afternoon problems were more based around, because ativity was it is always less in the afternoon, no kennel cleaning unless one of the dogs had dirtied so the body has to work harder to keep warm so burning more energy, alongside the back up ad been used up in the morning...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jopar, post: 47393, member: 11712"] crystal Be assured you aren't the only one who suffers this in cold whether, as I do to! Being a dog handler means that first thing in the morning, you are pretty much ouside in all whetheres as you put out the dogs, clean there kennels and outside runs x15 kennels! At times I was working in temps at low as -6 degrees this winter... The body requires more engery to keep you warm when you cold, so it makes sence that this is going to reflect on your BG control, this will be slightly different for each of us and is something that does need factoring in... I found that mornings wasn't so bad to keep on top of it, but the afternoons when the work load wasn't have heavy going, not only did I feel the cold more, but had harder trouble keeping hypos at bay... What I did, was reduce my basal rate on my pump about a hour before I was due to start work, I ensured that I hate a slow burning carb for breakfast (weetibix in my case) I would also drop the insulin-carb ratio for this... This seemed to keep me going until breaktime, at this point I would have a chunky kitkat, which I wouldn't bolus for (as I knew I would burn this off) this would last until dinner time and I would have a BG around the 5 mark. I then would ensure that I ate someting hot, soup and roll (but nothing too heavy) and rice pudding for the afternoon slow burn.. Afternoon, I would have to check regularly to ensure that my levles were maintaining there levels, and take action if they looked like the were dropping too far, I think the afternoon problems were more based around, because ativity was it is always less in the afternoon, no kennel cleaning unless one of the dogs had dirtied so the body has to work harder to keep warm so burning more energy, alongside the back up ad been used up in the morning... [/QUOTE]
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