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<blockquote data-quote="tasha" data-source="post: 20805" data-attributes="member: 9292"><p>Hi Koala</p><p></p><p>Of course you can do high intensity sports with diabetes!</p><p>It does make your blood sugar rise as your Dr suggested. I've been doing some research and a fellow forum user also suggested this-take a very small dosage of insulin before you exercise. Very important though-only take if you know you are going to be working very hard (experts say heart rate above 85%) and also only take small dose e.g. 1 or 2 units of rapid acting insulin.</p><p></p><p>Yesterday, I took 2 units of novarapid just before my spinning class. I was very nervous but had been given this advice from several people, including my doctor. My BS was 7.8 mmol before class (had eaten an hour earlier), 11.1 mmol 15 mins into class (panic at it rising but resisted urge to inject more insulin), 7.6mmol after class and 5.6mmol 1hr later! Perfect! Especially considering last week the class caused me to rise above the capabilities of my meter.</p><p></p><p>Remember-if you are exercising at less than 85% of max heart rate don't inject! Your BS will fall naturally because of the exercise and injecting insulin will obviously be catastrophic. Medium/low intensity exercise requires the opposite i.e. extra sugar!</p><p></p><p>take care </p><p>tasha x</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tasha, post: 20805, member: 9292"] Hi Koala Of course you can do high intensity sports with diabetes! It does make your blood sugar rise as your Dr suggested. I've been doing some research and a fellow forum user also suggested this-take a very small dosage of insulin before you exercise. Very important though-only take if you know you are going to be working very hard (experts say heart rate above 85%) and also only take small dose e.g. 1 or 2 units of rapid acting insulin. Yesterday, I took 2 units of novarapid just before my spinning class. I was very nervous but had been given this advice from several people, including my doctor. My BS was 7.8 mmol before class (had eaten an hour earlier), 11.1 mmol 15 mins into class (panic at it rising but resisted urge to inject more insulin), 7.6mmol after class and 5.6mmol 1hr later! Perfect! Especially considering last week the class caused me to rise above the capabilities of my meter. Remember-if you are exercising at less than 85% of max heart rate don't inject! Your BS will fall naturally because of the exercise and injecting insulin will obviously be catastrophic. Medium/low intensity exercise requires the opposite i.e. extra sugar! take care tasha x [/QUOTE]
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