smifffy40 said:
Anna. I can confirm blood sugars do not come down with me whilst going through a tattoo today. I awoke at 3am this morning. .my blood 16, had some quick acting insulin and then woke at 8am, blood 15...Took my normal insulin at 8.15 and just before my tattoo at 11 with no food I was 16. My blood eventually went to 10 at 1pm ( halfway thru tattoo) ..Basically all day untill teatime I had a pint of orange juice. Normally I wouldve eaten quite a bit.
It just shows the stress of a tattoo keeps the sugars up (for me anyways)
Tattoo took 4 hours . Its taking a while because its a cover up and having to go over and over on some parts.
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Hi smiffy .
With having your tattoo done over a long sitting - your body was probably chucking out a lot of adrenalin and cortisol to
cope with the pain and stress factor's .
[cortisol is our own bodies hormone released at any trauma,injury,infection,inflammation or even stress]
[adrenalin is the bodies surge to fight or flight energy source]
These will have impacted on your blood sugars too .
Dont you feel quite sore 'or' in pain after a long tattoo job being done?
The flower is a real contrast to the Koi Carp with its vibrant blue/yellow ink .
I do like the details of the fish scales and its face plus its tail/fins .
The art work of it is AMAZING :thumbup:
Why 'do' folk get an itch to get 'another' tattoo done ?
Have asked this before as I cant get my head on this one ...
Your pint of orange juice will have kept you steady though other natural things happening
in your body probably contributed to your spike, as you didnt eat much during the day.
Am glad you are okay and have given us all an update on this .
Anymore work or plans to have more done ?
Anna.