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<blockquote data-quote="RussG" data-source="post: 195599" data-attributes="member: 30691"><p>Hi Ebony321</p><p></p><p>Thanks - yes it was interesting to work out that I was exercising 'too hard' to reduce my BG :shock: although from experience I will be more insulin sensitive for a day or two after it. </p><p></p><p>In terms of what I did today, I was 5.0 at lunch. Had 57g carb pasta with half dose (3u) and was 7.6 before exercise. Dropped to 4.7 during game. Drank approx 250ml lucozade. Tested at 5.5 at end of game. Was then 8.7 after walking back to the office and considered whether or not to bolus. I considered your advice and then found that I had dropped to 4.8 an hour later. I was glad I hadn't bolused! I then tested at 4.2 45 mins after that so I took 10g of carb in the form of flapjack and another couple of mouthfuls of lucozade to avoid dropping any lower and I will test before I drive home. That felt reasonable to me, but I'm still very new to insulin.</p><p></p><p>My question is at what level say an hour after exercise would people consider bolusing to bring it down? I agree that I've got to experiment, but I suppose I'd like to establish a set of working rules to then vary from.</p><p></p><p>Also, should I drop my basal tonight slightly? I'm on levemir split doses. Any thoughts?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RussG, post: 195599, member: 30691"] Hi Ebony321 Thanks - yes it was interesting to work out that I was exercising 'too hard' to reduce my BG :shock: although from experience I will be more insulin sensitive for a day or two after it. In terms of what I did today, I was 5.0 at lunch. Had 57g carb pasta with half dose (3u) and was 7.6 before exercise. Dropped to 4.7 during game. Drank approx 250ml lucozade. Tested at 5.5 at end of game. Was then 8.7 after walking back to the office and considered whether or not to bolus. I considered your advice and then found that I had dropped to 4.8 an hour later. I was glad I hadn't bolused! I then tested at 4.2 45 mins after that so I took 10g of carb in the form of flapjack and another couple of mouthfuls of lucozade to avoid dropping any lower and I will test before I drive home. That felt reasonable to me, but I'm still very new to insulin. My question is at what level say an hour after exercise would people consider bolusing to bring it down? I agree that I've got to experiment, but I suppose I'd like to establish a set of working rules to then vary from. Also, should I drop my basal tonight slightly? I'm on levemir split doses. Any thoughts? [/QUOTE]
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