Re: Odd blood reading !
Im yet to excercise with my pump as im fairly new on it and still tweaking the basal. Once thats done will be concentrating on adjusting for excercise , can't wait (not).
And even when you think you've got it right something changes.
I used to exercise with just 0.1u basal . Have been quite lazy this winter, not much more than weekly long walks and a few short runs. When I did exercise, I began to find I didn't need to reduce it as much. It was great, no hypos , fewer horrible glucose tablets, just nice 'normal' levels.
This week, we went for the weekly walk with a walking group. We had the first hot day of the year with temps in the mid 20s. ( rain, hail and a North wind, the week before!) Put on a temp basal, 0.25, which has been fine recently.
An hour in and begin to feel 'weak' , light headed and insular; glucose 3.3mmol/l .
It was a real struggle trying to get glucose in and force myself to carry on . I know I should stop and that's what I do when I'm by myself or just with my husband. With a group, you can't fall too far behind or you might get lost. If I said something then they'd stop and wait and be very sympathetic but one of my hypo symptoms is not wanting to communicate with others . My husband is brilliant but I think I probably scare him at such times.
Why oh why though, does it always happen when you've just started going up a very long hill ?
