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<blockquote data-quote="kesun" data-source="post: 1071797" data-attributes="member: 39776"><p>I find one effect of alcohol is to lower my blood sugar, so as others have said be prepared to test a lot the next day and if necessary adjust your insulin. </p><p></p><p>But the main effect of alcohol is to make me careless of what I eat: when I was on insulin (fixed dosage) this meant I tended to guess the carb content instead of working it out; now that I am diet controlled it means I'm more likely to give in to the temptation to eat pizza, crisps etc. I try to counteract this by lining my stomach in advance by eating something fatty and filling; in my case I just drink double cream, but if you don't like that or are no low-carbing then milk and porridge work well.</p><p></p><p>It's also very useful to have a buddy: someone who knows about your diabetes, knows how to spot a hypo and is strong enough to intervene even when everyone else thinks you're drunk and keeps encouraging you to drink more or laughing at you because they mistake a hypo for tipsiness.</p><p></p><p>Also, remember it's perfectly OK not to get paralytic: you can do the usual things such as drinking slowly, interspersing alcoholic drinks with water and drinking tonic or fizzy water with a slice and pretending it's a gin and tonic.</p><p></p><p>Kate</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kesun, post: 1071797, member: 39776"] I find one effect of alcohol is to lower my blood sugar, so as others have said be prepared to test a lot the next day and if necessary adjust your insulin. But the main effect of alcohol is to make me careless of what I eat: when I was on insulin (fixed dosage) this meant I tended to guess the carb content instead of working it out; now that I am diet controlled it means I'm more likely to give in to the temptation to eat pizza, crisps etc. I try to counteract this by lining my stomach in advance by eating something fatty and filling; in my case I just drink double cream, but if you don't like that or are no low-carbing then milk and porridge work well. It's also very useful to have a buddy: someone who knows about your diabetes, knows how to spot a hypo and is strong enough to intervene even when everyone else thinks you're drunk and keeps encouraging you to drink more or laughing at you because they mistake a hypo for tipsiness. Also, remember it's perfectly OK not to get paralytic: you can do the usual things such as drinking slowly, interspersing alcoholic drinks with water and drinking tonic or fizzy water with a slice and pretending it's a gin and tonic. Kate [/QUOTE]
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