RuthW
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It is common to have low blood sugar 7-11 hours after exercising. Could that be the factor here?
If so, increase your night time snack after exercising or exercise earlier in the day.
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Night time hypos
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If so, increase your night time snack after exercising or exercise earlier in the day.
Bluemarine Josephine
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Hello,
Firstly, I have been using Tresiba as my basal insulin for a year now and I swear by it! It is a wonderful basal insulin, it is completely flat, no peaks during the day (and if there are any, they are so mild that they are undetectable - no dizzy spells or pulpitations like I had when using Lantus), it has 25% less nocturnal hypoglycemias.
I have never used Levemir so I cannot have an opinion.
I too have post-exercise delayed onset hypoglycemia. It is always nocturnal.
I can go to bed as high as a 16 and, without bolusing, drop to a 7 or a 6 by 24:00 and keep dropping.
The hypo starts somewhere in between 24:00 and 03:30 to 04:00 (after this, the dawn phenomenon usually kicks in)
Post-exercise delayed hypoglycemia can happen anywhere from 6 to even 48 hours after I finish exercise. For example, once, 4 hours of trekking kept my blood sugar levels low for 2 days (and I didnt even need to bolus for low carbohydrate meals).
An idea which helps is a late-time snack (and by late-time, I mean really late, around 23:00 - 24:00).
Try to combine relatively quick acting and long acting carbohydrates, for example a spoonful of jam in yogurt (jam will raise your blood sugar quickly while the fat and the protein from yogurt will keep your blood sugar raised until 03:00).
Another example is a fruit and cheese (The fruit will elevate your blood sugar and the protein and fat in the cheese should keep it steady.) Milk is also a good choice. Yogurt with nuts is also a good choice.
At least, these work for me...
Regards
Josephine
P.S. Please, if you can, find alternative carbohydrate combinations than processed food and drinks.
I do understand the necessity of a fizzy drink, absolutely, but, on other occasions try to use nutritionally valuable snacks. Biscuits, Chocolates, Bread, other nibbles and fizzy drinks will only add calories (and weight) without nutritional value.
Firstly, I have been using Tresiba as my basal insulin for a year now and I swear by it! It is a wonderful basal insulin, it is completely flat, no peaks during the day (and if there are any, they are so mild that they are undetectable - no dizzy spells or pulpitations like I had when using Lantus), it has 25% less nocturnal hypoglycemias.
I have never used Levemir so I cannot have an opinion.
I too have post-exercise delayed onset hypoglycemia. It is always nocturnal.
I can go to bed as high as a 16 and, without bolusing, drop to a 7 or a 6 by 24:00 and keep dropping.
The hypo starts somewhere in between 24:00 and 03:30 to 04:00 (after this, the dawn phenomenon usually kicks in)
Post-exercise delayed hypoglycemia can happen anywhere from 6 to even 48 hours after I finish exercise. For example, once, 4 hours of trekking kept my blood sugar levels low for 2 days (and I didnt even need to bolus for low carbohydrate meals).
An idea which helps is a late-time snack (and by late-time, I mean really late, around 23:00 - 24:00).
Try to combine relatively quick acting and long acting carbohydrates, for example a spoonful of jam in yogurt (jam will raise your blood sugar quickly while the fat and the protein from yogurt will keep your blood sugar raised until 03:00).
Another example is a fruit and cheese (The fruit will elevate your blood sugar and the protein and fat in the cheese should keep it steady.) Milk is also a good choice. Yogurt with nuts is also a good choice.
At least, these work for me...
Regards
Josephine
P.S. Please, if you can, find alternative carbohydrate combinations than processed food and drinks.
I do understand the necessity of a fizzy drink, absolutely, but, on other occasions try to use nutritionally valuable snacks. Biscuits, Chocolates, Bread, other nibbles and fizzy drinks will only add calories (and weight) without nutritional value.
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cyril.rayner
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I'm the same as you Josephine nearly word for word, I have a bottle of Lucozade and some Jelly Babes handy they put me on
