Quick question, hope this is in the right place!
All my friends are back from uni for easter and they're all going out tonight (drinking/clubbing) and have invited me to go with them - I haven't seen them in months so I'd love to go.
But since I changed to basal/bolus (start of the year) i've been as "good" as i can, haven't touched alcohol & have eaten the healthiest diet i've ever been on, including daily exercise etc in order to try and understand / get to grips with my blood sugar levels which seem to be all over the place - i've been trying to work it out myself because i STILL don't have a diabetes nurse.
I've been having a lot of problems with my blood glucose dropping at about 1am/2am, no matter how much i decrease the lantus / humalog - it keeps happening, and i haven't worked out why.
So i'm not sure how i'd handle going out / drinking ? I never used to have much, and only ever drank Smirnoff (only thing i really like, haha) but on my old regieme i used to just have a carby meal & it would always be ok. With this, I'm guessing anything i drink will make my sugars go low, and as they already do, how would i go about 'safely' clubbing, as this regieme seems to be a lot more "sensitive"?
big carby meal, or loads of snacks ?
& How much would be a safe amount to have? Does anyone know approximately how many carbs / how sugary a smirnoff is?!
Thank you for any help, i'm clueless!!
All my friends are back from uni for easter and they're all going out tonight (drinking/clubbing) and have invited me to go with them - I haven't seen them in months so I'd love to go.
But since I changed to basal/bolus (start of the year) i've been as "good" as i can, haven't touched alcohol & have eaten the healthiest diet i've ever been on, including daily exercise etc in order to try and understand / get to grips with my blood sugar levels which seem to be all over the place - i've been trying to work it out myself because i STILL don't have a diabetes nurse.
I've been having a lot of problems with my blood glucose dropping at about 1am/2am, no matter how much i decrease the lantus / humalog - it keeps happening, and i haven't worked out why.
So i'm not sure how i'd handle going out / drinking ? I never used to have much, and only ever drank Smirnoff (only thing i really like, haha) but on my old regieme i used to just have a carby meal & it would always be ok. With this, I'm guessing anything i drink will make my sugars go low, and as they already do, how would i go about 'safely' clubbing, as this regieme seems to be a lot more "sensitive"?
big carby meal, or loads of snacks ?
& How much would be a safe amount to have? Does anyone know approximately how many carbs / how sugary a smirnoff is?!
Thank you for any help, i'm clueless!!