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I often have a glass of wine. with lunch or dinner. never had a problem. But always only have one. and not too late at night. maybe the 10pm one was a little late.
Hope you are feeling better now
 
Was it white wine, I drink red and it has little effect on my bg levels on the night or the day after.
 
same here. I normally drink red wine sometimes rose not had problems
 
In general alcohol makes you go lower in the evening you are drinking and higher the morning after. This effect is additional to and separate from any carbs that may also be in the drink.

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Daibell said:
Bear in mind that whilst the liver is removing alcohol from the body it doesn't dump glucose into the blood if needed, so it might be a time-related effect?
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Isn't that R Suppards to what OP said or have I had too much wine with my lunch?
 
Hooked said:
I'd hoped my new pump would have kept me fairly level through the night; back to the drawing board. Just can't figure out how to get the balance when having a few drinks.
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Sadly it's just a pump, not a pancreas, so it can only do what you tell it to do and can't react to changes in your routine.

I guess to avoid morning highs on a drinking night you could in theory switch to a different basal profile with more insulin early morning. However remembering to turn this on becomes a challenge. And drinking could have different effects next time. And under the influence of alcohol is not the best time to be playing with pump settings.
 
It was dry, sparkling wine I was having, my usual tipple. I was just surprised to see them rise from 6.1 at bedtime to 15.9 early this morning; especially if the liver is supposedly incapable of putting out glucose due to dealing with alcohol.

Spiker, yes, I know it can't adapt to changes unless I tell it. It usually keeps me perfectly level overnight, compared to when I was on lantus and had the dawn phenom kicking in. I know alcohol changes things, just wasn't expecting that after an evening of good results.

I suppose some good has come of it; it's put me off drinking again for at least a few months. Lol.
 
Yeah diabetes has really put me off drinking too. It's just such a lottery for blood glucose and I have never come across any good way to maintain good control during a bout of drinking. But as you say you weren't even hammering it and still got a high BG in the morning.

What happens by the way is the liver turns "off" while it processes the alcohol but then turns "on" again with a vengeance once it has eliminated the poison, ie alcohol, from your system, around 8 hours later (depending on how much alcohol you have on board).
 
Hooked said:
Had a few glasses of wine last night, last one was around 10pm. Supper eaten at 9pm. At 11pm I headed to bed, levels were at 6.1, great I thought. Didn't feel great in the early hours; eventually tested at 6.45am and levels sitting at 15.9!
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Also to add, if your late supper was high in fat then you'd get a delayed bg rise several hours after eating.
 
See how you are tomorrow morning or get up in the night and bg test. It might not be the wine, it could just be your overnight basal needs chsnging which unfortunately happens from time to time

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Since I've been diagnosed I find I hardly drink as the last few times I have I've felt awful even with having a vodka diet coke it's hard because I'm in my early thirties and all my friends like to go out and drink but I'm sticking to my guns now as I can't deal with the after effects x


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Spiker said:
Yeah diabetes has really put me off drinking too. It's just such a lottery for blood glucose and I have never come across any good way to maintain good control during a bout of drinking. But as you say you weren't even hammering it and still got a high BG in the morning.

What happens by the way is the liver turns "off" while it processes the alcohol but then turns "on" again with a vengeance once it has eliminated the poison, ie alcohol, from your system, around 8 hours later (depending on how much alcohol you have on board).
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Ah, that makes so much sense! I wasn't aware that when the liver starts working again it goes into over drive. Was at a pamper evening with work last night, lots of wine on offer, shloer for the non drinkers and sugary cordial to boot. I stuck to water, and so much happier this morning! :)
 
iHs said:
See how you are tomorrow morning or get up in the night and bg test. It might not be the wine, it could just be your overnight basal needs chsnging which unfortunately happens from time to time

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Nice and level overnight last night thankfully. Def steering clear of alcohol, at least for a month or so anyway till I feel 100% confident with using the pump.
 
AJack123 said:
Since I've been diagnosed I find I hardly drink as the last few times I have I've felt awful even with having a vodka diet coke it's hard because I'm in my early thirties and all my friends like to go out and drink but I'm sticking to my guns now as I can't deal with the after effects x


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Yeah, I'm def rethinking it. I was never a huge drinker. But before the pump my levels were all over the place, even with me working hard at it, so a night's drinking didn't ****** it up much more than it already was. Now I'm finally getting on an even keel, I'm keen to keep it that way.
 
Hooked said:
Nice and level overnight last night thankfully. Def steering clear of alcohol, at least for a month or so anyway till I feel 100% confident with using the pump.
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Good call I think. It's always good to take one challenge at a time.
 
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