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static192

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Birmingham
Type of diabetes
Type 1
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Insulin
hi my sugar was 7.6 before meal and injected right and 2hours after meal i went into shower i had quite a hot shower after i finished shower i checked my sugar level it was 12.7 :( has anyone else experience high after taking shower?.
 
static192 said:
hi my sugar was 7.6 before meal and injected right and 2hours after meal i went into shower i had quite a hot shower after i finished shower i checked my sugar level it was 12.7 :( has anyone else experience high after taking shower?.
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Absolutely. I inject, wait 10 min and eat. Then one hour after injecting I inject again for the waking phenomenon. Within two hours af eating I shower and around noon inject again. It stops the rise. I've tested enough to know if I'm 80 a 1/2 unit or 1 unit only stops the rise and never lowers me. 2-2.5 hours after the second one I need more again.
I will always keep rising until 1:00 if I don't do this. However I tested tested tested to figure out when the rise starts. It's 45 min after my first injection, and two hours after the second. It's my version of the pump hahha.
 
Unless you tested just before you got in the shower, you shouldn't link the high to it. It could be connected to your meal and bolus.

Personally, I find showers usually make me lower not higher.
 
static192 said:
hi my sugar was 7.6 before meal and injected right and 2hours after meal i went into shower i had quite a hot shower after i finished shower i checked my sugar level it was 12.7 :( has anyone else experience high after taking shower?.
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A hot shower will raise my BGs by approx 1.5 units. I have tested immediately before and after a number of times and it's always the same. However, we are all different and as azure states; her levels drop with a shower rather than rise.

Unless you test immediately before and after with no food or bolus taken, I wouldn't draw a conclusion from it in your case. My levels then drop back to my usual 4-5 range about 90 mins later.
 
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