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<blockquote data-quote="tulip87" data-source="post: 97238" data-attributes="member: 11762"><p>Does anyone here have experience of this and diabetes, and whether I need to be taking any extra precautions because of it? Am due to be seeing my consultant to "discuss things" in the next few weeks but I am wanting to keep at least cold water training before that.</p><p></p><p>The past week I've been swimming in an outdoor pool - 14 to 17 degrees which has been mostly lovely, as have the sea/lakes I've swum in before.</p><p></p><p>Have just noticed a few things that happen when I go in the water, and was wondering if these are normal or diabetes exacerbated?:</p><p>1) four toes on my left foot go numb very fast (Within a few minutes of entering water, other extremities fine for 20 minutes or so). I have had cellulitis in this area recently too so unsure if they are connected?</p><p>2) yesterday felt really lousy (hypo feelings, shivery, dizzy, sick to stomach, headache) from getting out of water to over 24 hours later (Still not quite right now). But blood sugar in low normal range - 4.9. Am wondering if this is likely to be blood sugar related, because I got too cold, or if am just going down with something... Held off the swimming today just to be on the safe side.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tulip87, post: 97238, member: 11762"] Does anyone here have experience of this and diabetes, and whether I need to be taking any extra precautions because of it? Am due to be seeing my consultant to "discuss things" in the next few weeks but I am wanting to keep at least cold water training before that. The past week I've been swimming in an outdoor pool - 14 to 17 degrees which has been mostly lovely, as have the sea/lakes I've swum in before. Have just noticed a few things that happen when I go in the water, and was wondering if these are normal or diabetes exacerbated?: 1) four toes on my left foot go numb very fast (Within a few minutes of entering water, other extremities fine for 20 minutes or so). I have had cellulitis in this area recently too so unsure if they are connected? 2) yesterday felt really lousy (hypo feelings, shivery, dizzy, sick to stomach, headache) from getting out of water to over 24 hours later (Still not quite right now). But blood sugar in low normal range - 4.9. Am wondering if this is likely to be blood sugar related, because I got too cold, or if am just going down with something... Held off the swimming today just to be on the safe side. [/QUOTE]
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