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<blockquote data-quote="Juicyj" data-source="post: 2265491" data-attributes="member: 53162"><p>Hello [USER=448992]@sophc[/USER] yes it is quite common with females who are menstruating, and yes it’s an absolute pain - I got really hung up on it at one point and ended up having a rather heated discussion with a male GP who was adamant that hormones wouldn’t affect my t1 <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite16" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" /> Another GP recommended a partial hysterectomy but I wasn’t prepared to go through that. I get massive insulin resistance in the days leading up and then as soon as my period starts my resistance disappears and I fight hypos, it’s not even consistent each month either so not even something I can plan for, I don’t have any solutions except extra vigilance with testing and making basal adjustments where required or add a basal pattern for this event to change settings quickly to manage the event more easily.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Juicyj, post: 2265491, member: 53162"] Hello [USER=448992]@sophc[/USER] yes it is quite common with females who are menstruating, and yes it’s an absolute pain - I got really hung up on it at one point and ended up having a rather heated discussion with a male GP who was adamant that hormones wouldn’t affect my t1 :banghead: Another GP recommended a partial hysterectomy but I wasn’t prepared to go through that. I get massive insulin resistance in the days leading up and then as soon as my period starts my resistance disappears and I fight hypos, it’s not even consistent each month either so not even something I can plan for, I don’t have any solutions except extra vigilance with testing and making basal adjustments where required or add a basal pattern for this event to change settings quickly to manage the event more easily. [/QUOTE]
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