- Messages
- 12
- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Pump
Hi everyone,
I am an athlete. I play football to a representative level and I love having my fatty foods before games just to help increase my calorie intake. However, I have rather big issues with controlling the spike in blood glucose that the fat causes some time after eating the food. I am on an insulin pump (Animas Vibe) but don't have a continuous glucose monitor (too expensive in my country - New Zealand).
I have been trying to use the combo bolus to its advantage for this, doing 60% of my bolus to begin with and then 40% over 2.5 hours. I've been doing a lot of analysis of my diabetes since im currently recovering from ankle surgery and really wanting to make sure I get the routine of analyzing my blood sugars and changing my ratios and basal rates accordingly.
How do you all manage with the spike in blood glucose from saturated fat? I don't want to hear that I shouldn't be eating it, because its how I want to manage my diabetes and I have great control as is, I just want to make it perfect and this is literally the last thing I need to figure out to get it pin pointed.
Im seeing my diabetic team in 5 weeks time, I'd love to turn up and tell them that I have everything sorted and prove it to them too.
Cheers everyone!!
I am an athlete. I play football to a representative level and I love having my fatty foods before games just to help increase my calorie intake. However, I have rather big issues with controlling the spike in blood glucose that the fat causes some time after eating the food. I am on an insulin pump (Animas Vibe) but don't have a continuous glucose monitor (too expensive in my country - New Zealand).
I have been trying to use the combo bolus to its advantage for this, doing 60% of my bolus to begin with and then 40% over 2.5 hours. I've been doing a lot of analysis of my diabetes since im currently recovering from ankle surgery and really wanting to make sure I get the routine of analyzing my blood sugars and changing my ratios and basal rates accordingly.
How do you all manage with the spike in blood glucose from saturated fat? I don't want to hear that I shouldn't be eating it, because its how I want to manage my diabetes and I have great control as is, I just want to make it perfect and this is literally the last thing I need to figure out to get it pin pointed.
Im seeing my diabetic team in 5 weeks time, I'd love to turn up and tell them that I have everything sorted and prove it to them too.
Cheers everyone!!