Hello,
To everyone out there that cycles regularly (or similar cardio exercise) , how do you manage this with your insulin pump?
I've been pumping for a month now and the main reason that I wanted one was to avoid frequent hypo's when cycling. I thought I could put on a temporary basal and I was set but things haven't worked out that way for me.
My basal rate is around 0.8 per hour and what I've been doing for the last 5 times is set a temp basal at 60% for 6 hours long starting the moment I get on my bike.
This wil reduce my basal to 0,475 units per hour and on a 6 hour period it will give me about 2 units less.
But I still have to eat a lot to prevent going hypo especially at the start which makes sense because I only set my temp basal when I get on my bike because that's what I've been told to do. The doctors told me that if I set a temp basal 1 hour before the exercise it could make me go high the first 15 mins.
Now I was wondering how you guys manage it, I understand that maybe it's not possible to completely avoid eating which is good because I sometimes go for a 3 hour ride and then I could use some energy but right now I'm forced to eat against my will and way too much.
I also don't know how low I can go with my temp basal ? For now I've only tried 60%
Thankyou
To everyone out there that cycles regularly (or similar cardio exercise) , how do you manage this with your insulin pump?
I've been pumping for a month now and the main reason that I wanted one was to avoid frequent hypo's when cycling. I thought I could put on a temporary basal and I was set but things haven't worked out that way for me.
My basal rate is around 0.8 per hour and what I've been doing for the last 5 times is set a temp basal at 60% for 6 hours long starting the moment I get on my bike.
This wil reduce my basal to 0,475 units per hour and on a 6 hour period it will give me about 2 units less.
But I still have to eat a lot to prevent going hypo especially at the start which makes sense because I only set my temp basal when I get on my bike because that's what I've been told to do. The doctors told me that if I set a temp basal 1 hour before the exercise it could make me go high the first 15 mins.
Now I was wondering how you guys manage it, I understand that maybe it's not possible to completely avoid eating which is good because I sometimes go for a 3 hour ride and then I could use some energy but right now I'm forced to eat against my will and way too much.
I also don't know how low I can go with my temp basal ? For now I've only tried 60%
Thankyou