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<blockquote data-quote="Samblease73" data-source="post: 1036890"><p>Hi there,</p><p></p><p>I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes on 21 December 2015 at which time my blood sugar level was in the high teens / low 20's. I have been put on fixed doses of mixed insulin. I take one dose in a morning when I get up and another before my evening meal. I was told to test my blood sugar levels before each meal and before bedtime, which I have done every day. My levels are now mostly under 10 aside from the occasional blip as I'm really still learning what foods affect me. I am very active though, I go running several times per week and also attend many classes at the gym. I have been finding that my blood sugar level can suddenly drop very low a few hours after exercise and this is scaring me a little. One example is that I had a BS of 9.8 at 10:30pm when I went to bed but at 12:45am (just over 2 hours later) it had dropped to 3.3. I had eaten a starchy snack before bedtime as my healthcare team had suggested following exercise - hence the elevated sugar level at 10:30pm - but this didn't seem to help any. Does anyone here have suggestions of what to do during / after exercise to stop hypos occurring?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Samblease73, post: 1036890"] Hi there, I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes on 21 December 2015 at which time my blood sugar level was in the high teens / low 20's. I have been put on fixed doses of mixed insulin. I take one dose in a morning when I get up and another before my evening meal. I was told to test my blood sugar levels before each meal and before bedtime, which I have done every day. My levels are now mostly under 10 aside from the occasional blip as I'm really still learning what foods affect me. I am very active though, I go running several times per week and also attend many classes at the gym. I have been finding that my blood sugar level can suddenly drop very low a few hours after exercise and this is scaring me a little. One example is that I had a BS of 9.8 at 10:30pm when I went to bed but at 12:45am (just over 2 hours later) it had dropped to 3.3. I had eaten a starchy snack before bedtime as my healthcare team had suggested following exercise - hence the elevated sugar level at 10:30pm - but this didn't seem to help any. Does anyone here have suggestions of what to do during / after exercise to stop hypos occurring? [/QUOTE]
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