Hyper question

[Red and white Liz]

Hiya type 2 with vision impairment so am using libre 2 system to monitor. Fairly good now with staying in range, but if i were to treat myself on a night out and sugars go up to 15mmol or about, would it be bad or acceptable for a one off event?

 

[KennyA]

Hiya type 2 with vision impairment so am using libre 2 system to monitor. Fairly good now with staying in range, but if i were to treat myself on a night out and sugars go up to 15mmol or about, would it be bad or acceptable for a one off event?

Hi and welcome

I don't think I can answer your question directly - it's really one for you. BG damage is usually caused by high BG levels over long periods of time. So - my answer would be (as for so many other things) "it depends".

For me it would depend on what exactly I was going to do to give me a BG of that level. It would depend on what my BG is usually, and how quickly I thought I could get it back to "my normal" level. It would depend on whether I thought that this was really a complete one-off occasion, or whether I thought that it might start a few cravings that I don't have at the minute. It would depend on whether I could do a couple of easy things that might help to reduce carb intake, even if it was still much higher than usual.

I'd also want to think about what I might be inclined to do if it all went well - eg I might be more inclined to think "I've got away with it" and that might make a repeat more likely.

Those are the sorts of questions I'd ask myself. No reason why my answers should be the same as yours. I'm a believer in each of us taking responsibility for our own decisions, and if you decide to go for it, enjoy yourself and make the most of it.

 

[jaywak]

As a one off that should not be a problem and if it was only a spike that lasted minutes I would say no problem at all just try not to do it too often , keeping ourselves in the normal green zone I think is most of our goals .