Hi, Looking for some help here.
Our son who is just 13 was diagnosed Type 1 six weeks ago. He has raced as a cyclist for the past 6 years and has reached a high level even racing nationally and lives with the hope of one day being a pro cyclist.
In the normal day to day life of school, family life he (we) have got pretty good control of his BG levels. Morning are usually around 9.5 but then generally the day is around 4.5 - 9
Our problems usually start on race days with normal readings in the morning. Although at his age races are usually just 40 mins in duration We usually reduce his insulin to 1.5 unit from a usual 2.5. He is still in his 'Honeymoon' period so is on quite small doses.
He will have breakfast of wholemeal toast or shredded wheat etc then a couple of hours later begin his warm up routine.
at this point we notice his levels are up to around 14 / 15. As his warm up continued he dropped to 10, he ate approx 1/2 an energy bar in small mouthfulls and then raced.
During the race he drank a weekened (by 50%) mix of SIS Enegry drink. The good news here is he finished a very respectible 4th from a strong field. He tested immediatly after the race and was at 21.2, he then drank water slowly for about an hour until test ing again at 17.6 before some lunch. We gave him 3.5 units of insulin (0.5 corrective dose) and a lunch of wholemeal sandwiches with Tuna / sweetcorn, crisps,
As the afternoon went on at home things were returning to normal, as an afternoon snack he had a banana, apple and satsuma then 10 minutes later plummeted quickly to 3.6.
We have been told that these extreme highs may be caused by adrenalin, but is it something we may be doing incorrectly? We are so worried of Hypo's mid race hence the munching on an energy bar pre race plus the weak energy drink.
Also would these extreme highs be affecting his Hba1c readings?
I realise that maybe this is a bit of a specialist subject but dont know where to go for help on this. Our local diabetic team are amazing but have very little experience of Type 1's during extreme excercise and race events.
Thanks for any help.
Our son who is just 13 was diagnosed Type 1 six weeks ago. He has raced as a cyclist for the past 6 years and has reached a high level even racing nationally and lives with the hope of one day being a pro cyclist.
In the normal day to day life of school, family life he (we) have got pretty good control of his BG levels. Morning are usually around 9.5 but then generally the day is around 4.5 - 9
Our problems usually start on race days with normal readings in the morning. Although at his age races are usually just 40 mins in duration We usually reduce his insulin to 1.5 unit from a usual 2.5. He is still in his 'Honeymoon' period so is on quite small doses.
He will have breakfast of wholemeal toast or shredded wheat etc then a couple of hours later begin his warm up routine.
at this point we notice his levels are up to around 14 / 15. As his warm up continued he dropped to 10, he ate approx 1/2 an energy bar in small mouthfulls and then raced.
During the race he drank a weekened (by 50%) mix of SIS Enegry drink. The good news here is he finished a very respectible 4th from a strong field. He tested immediatly after the race and was at 21.2, he then drank water slowly for about an hour until test ing again at 17.6 before some lunch. We gave him 3.5 units of insulin (0.5 corrective dose) and a lunch of wholemeal sandwiches with Tuna / sweetcorn, crisps,
As the afternoon went on at home things were returning to normal, as an afternoon snack he had a banana, apple and satsuma then 10 minutes later plummeted quickly to 3.6.
We have been told that these extreme highs may be caused by adrenalin, but is it something we may be doing incorrectly? We are so worried of Hypo's mid race hence the munching on an energy bar pre race plus the weak energy drink.
Also would these extreme highs be affecting his Hba1c readings?
I realise that maybe this is a bit of a specialist subject but dont know where to go for help on this. Our local diabetic team are amazing but have very little experience of Type 1's during extreme excercise and race events.
Thanks for any help.
