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So I’ve just come back from a trip, with crazy fluctuating blood sugars from 23mmol dropping to 3.8mmol in half an hour. So I reduced basal while on my trip because I was doing a lot more exercise, probably triple of what I would do in a day with long walks in the sun sightseeing. Including needing a lot less bolus for food but ending up with creeping blood sugars. I put it down to the 28 degree weather and also the extra exercise.
I got home yesterday and kept my basal reduced and low and behold, 3 hypos in the night - all treated then 2 hours later I would need to wake up to treat another.
does anyone find extra exercise helped lower insulin intake, I would usually take 12 units basal but am now taking 10, probably going to end up reducing to 9 and then I’m taking 2-2.5 units for meals with an odd correction if sugars are high.
I should also probably mention I had my second covid jab a week ago so I’m unsure if these crazy fluctuations are delayed reaction as prior to my trip my blood sugars had been the best they had been in weeks and I really got it under control. In 3 days I seem to have managed to reverse all the good I did for lowering my hba1c lol.
I got home yesterday and kept my basal reduced and low and behold, 3 hypos in the night - all treated then 2 hours later I would need to wake up to treat another.
does anyone find extra exercise helped lower insulin intake, I would usually take 12 units basal but am now taking 10, probably going to end up reducing to 9 and then I’m taking 2-2.5 units for meals with an odd correction if sugars are high.
I should also probably mention I had my second covid jab a week ago so I’m unsure if these crazy fluctuations are delayed reaction as prior to my trip my blood sugars had been the best they had been in weeks and I really got it under control. In 3 days I seem to have managed to reverse all the good I did for lowering my hba1c lol.