- Messages
- 1,158
- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Pump
I use a pump. This question applies, though, to anybody on a basal-bolus regime, especially if they exercise.
I have been trying to improve my muscle:fat ratio, largely by walking and weights, and so at the same time improve my insulin sensitivity and reduce my Total Daily Dose. That's the plan, anyway.
Of course, the hazard with this kind of plan is hypos, so using info gained from these boards again, I have also worked to flatten my profile. It's all going quite well. My TDD is down by 5 or 6 units a day, I've lost a few kilos over six months, my blood sugars are usually in the right range.
One thing I am finding odd/ annoying/disconcerting and I would like to know if other people have this experience.
Twice in the last six months I have had this experience where it seems as if on a particular day my basal requirement decides, of its own accord to suddenly "step down" quite abruptly. So, for example, through last night I kept getting up to test and ending up putting on a TBR at dawn, plus extra carbs, I got up, had my relatively high carb breakfast (porridge and two coffees) with 1:11 bolus, sat around on my backside reading the paper for an hour or so, get up, went to my workroom and started sewing - hardly aerobic and then hypo again, even with a TBR on. I know this will that keep happening all day if I don't change ratios and put on a TBR
I did no exercise yesterday. And the day before I only walked for about half an hour. So it's not my muscles grabbing glucose back after exercise.
I am happy if I need to reduce my basal because that's my aim. But it feels weird, the apparent suddenness of the change. Overnight my blood sugar went down by 125 mg/dl. (I pushed it high before bed because I felt this was starting last night.) And a sudden series of hypos is always a bit alarming. So far it has always happened when I am at home and able to deal with it easily, but it could happen at less convenient points.
Does anybody else experience this "step effect"?
I have been trying to improve my muscle:fat ratio, largely by walking and weights, and so at the same time improve my insulin sensitivity and reduce my Total Daily Dose. That's the plan, anyway.
Of course, the hazard with this kind of plan is hypos, so using info gained from these boards again, I have also worked to flatten my profile. It's all going quite well. My TDD is down by 5 or 6 units a day, I've lost a few kilos over six months, my blood sugars are usually in the right range.
One thing I am finding odd/ annoying/disconcerting and I would like to know if other people have this experience.
Twice in the last six months I have had this experience where it seems as if on a particular day my basal requirement decides, of its own accord to suddenly "step down" quite abruptly. So, for example, through last night I kept getting up to test and ending up putting on a TBR at dawn, plus extra carbs, I got up, had my relatively high carb breakfast (porridge and two coffees) with 1:11 bolus, sat around on my backside reading the paper for an hour or so, get up, went to my workroom and started sewing - hardly aerobic and then hypo again, even with a TBR on. I know this will that keep happening all day if I don't change ratios and put on a TBR
I did no exercise yesterday. And the day before I only walked for about half an hour. So it's not my muscles grabbing glucose back after exercise.
I am happy if I need to reduce my basal because that's my aim. But it feels weird, the apparent suddenness of the change. Overnight my blood sugar went down by 125 mg/dl. (I pushed it high before bed because I felt this was starting last night.) And a sudden series of hypos is always a bit alarming. So far it has always happened when I am at home and able to deal with it easily, but it could happen at less convenient points.
Does anybody else experience this "step effect"?