Hi Thanks for the tag. Swimming is an interesting one. I attend 2 training sessions a week. One is very much trainer led and timed. My levels always go up and I take extra insulin in the changing room. The second is more self driven and I stay roughly the same, but rise and inject 1-2 hours later. However, if I just swim at a more leisurely pace I drop. It is all to do with the Adrenalin. During the night after a swim session I drop and need a lot less bolus with breakfast. Then there are the rogue sessions were I keep hypoing. Why? Haven’t a clue! Probably something that happened the day before, I have stopped trying to analyse it. Diabetes and exercise is so complex. The only thing you can do is have something at the side of the pool. I have a pot of dextrose. Then be prepared to inject on getting out if you have overdone the sugar. The most important thing is to keep going and don’t let it beat you.
When I was first diagnosed 6 years ago I used to worry about getting in the water and chomp on a banana first. Now I don’t bother. The only time I will not swim is if I am above 13. The energy does not reach the muscles.
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@rowlyc that sounds a good workout. You may have been better to have had about 10 mls of the glucose drink but nothing else. Very quick acting! Did you continue to rise throughout the evening I wonder.
