Hi Everyone!
I'm interested to know if anyone else on this forum practices a martial art and how they deal with the gradings (or if anyone has any ideas to help!)
In Taekwondo, the gradings are basically around a 2-3hour session where you are called up in groups to be assessed in front of the Grandmaster, the rest of the group grading and your instructors. An assessment involves things like choreographed fighting patterns, sparring drills and free sparring. Though I can keep my Libre and insulin pens etc near me in a bag when I am observing the other groups, there's little time when it would be very possible for me to take injections and sometimes I cannot be near my bag as I'm in the middle of being assessed or we are having a group lesson at the end of the grading. There is often lots of etiquette as well, and though my instructors know I may have to deal with something related to my type 1 diabetes, it still feels a bit taboo to leave the grading room or to stop the Grandmaster while he is giving you a lesson because you feel unwell..
My problem is that the stress of it, alongside having to do quite intense physical exercise, makes my blood sugars go very high and they are very hard to make come down. However, I'm worried if I took too big a correction dose then I may go hypo and that would be worse in this situation (especially, of course, if I am in the middle of my assessment).
I've attached a photo of the morning from a grading I had today which started at 10:00am and finished at 12:30pm
I'm on MDI, so If I increased my basal by the amount necessary I think the rest of the day I would be hypoing a lot. But perhaps a mixture of a higher basal and more aggressive blousing would be the answer? Just interested especially to know if anyone else deals with similar situations where you are assessed on physical activity, away from your kit and feeling stressed!
thanks! x
I'm interested to know if anyone else on this forum practices a martial art and how they deal with the gradings (or if anyone has any ideas to help!)
In Taekwondo, the gradings are basically around a 2-3hour session where you are called up in groups to be assessed in front of the Grandmaster, the rest of the group grading and your instructors. An assessment involves things like choreographed fighting patterns, sparring drills and free sparring. Though I can keep my Libre and insulin pens etc near me in a bag when I am observing the other groups, there's little time when it would be very possible for me to take injections and sometimes I cannot be near my bag as I'm in the middle of being assessed or we are having a group lesson at the end of the grading. There is often lots of etiquette as well, and though my instructors know I may have to deal with something related to my type 1 diabetes, it still feels a bit taboo to leave the grading room or to stop the Grandmaster while he is giving you a lesson because you feel unwell..
My problem is that the stress of it, alongside having to do quite intense physical exercise, makes my blood sugars go very high and they are very hard to make come down. However, I'm worried if I took too big a correction dose then I may go hypo and that would be worse in this situation (especially, of course, if I am in the middle of my assessment).
I've attached a photo of the morning from a grading I had today which started at 10:00am and finished at 12:30pm
I'm on MDI, so If I increased my basal by the amount necessary I think the rest of the day I would be hypoing a lot. But perhaps a mixture of a higher basal and more aggressive blousing would be the answer? Just interested especially to know if anyone else deals with similar situations where you are assessed on physical activity, away from your kit and feeling stressed!
thanks! x