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<blockquote data-quote="Lambey" data-source="post: 620224" data-attributes="member: 109684"><p>Hi Valleyboy, thank you so much for your advice. I'm still very much experimenting with exercise and adjusting doses / carb intake. I have found that leaving my original doses and exercising 3.5 - 4.5 hours is working better for me when running in terms of avoiding huge highs, but even this and taking on 20gs of carbs is still erratic. Sometimes BGs work out great for runs of between 5 and 8K but on other occasions they can be awful without doing anything differently in terms of time of exercise, duration, intensity, carb / insulin adjustments etc. At least BGs are more predictable when I play cricket (they are consistently awful!) - they will be fine on normal doses / meal intake until adrenaline kicks in. Yesterday for example normal injections (7 units, 2 more than was actually required for carb intake), started pre-match training before game, all still fine - BG of 8 before game started (1hr later), went into bat, nerves kicked in and by the time I had finished, BG was grim at 17.5. Other days - I can be out for a duck and then stand in the field for 40 overs without hardly touching the ball and all is fine with the sugar levels. Sadly you just can't predict how busy you're going to be.</p><p>I had my DSN appointment last week and I'm now in agreement that a pump is probably the best way forward for me - we have been messing and tinkering with doses over last 4 and half years and my HBA1C continues to get worse with the more exercise I do. So hopefully, fingers crossed I will be able to have fun working this all out again on a pump - I'll keep you posted.</p><p>Thanks again</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lambey, post: 620224, member: 109684"] Hi Valleyboy, thank you so much for your advice. I'm still very much experimenting with exercise and adjusting doses / carb intake. I have found that leaving my original doses and exercising 3.5 - 4.5 hours is working better for me when running in terms of avoiding huge highs, but even this and taking on 20gs of carbs is still erratic. Sometimes BGs work out great for runs of between 5 and 8K but on other occasions they can be awful without doing anything differently in terms of time of exercise, duration, intensity, carb / insulin adjustments etc. At least BGs are more predictable when I play cricket (they are consistently awful!) - they will be fine on normal doses / meal intake until adrenaline kicks in. Yesterday for example normal injections (7 units, 2 more than was actually required for carb intake), started pre-match training before game, all still fine - BG of 8 before game started (1hr later), went into bat, nerves kicked in and by the time I had finished, BG was grim at 17.5. Other days - I can be out for a duck and then stand in the field for 40 overs without hardly touching the ball and all is fine with the sugar levels. Sadly you just can't predict how busy you're going to be. I had my DSN appointment last week and I'm now in agreement that a pump is probably the best way forward for me - we have been messing and tinkering with doses over last 4 and half years and my HBA1C continues to get worse with the more exercise I do. So hopefully, fingers crossed I will be able to have fun working this all out again on a pump - I'll keep you posted. Thanks again [/QUOTE]
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