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<blockquote data-quote="KK123" data-source="post: 1732551" data-attributes="member: 451727"><p>Hi Jelaca, this is a difficult one when you drive for your job, I have to drive for mine but my job entails jumping into a car at any random, given moment and speeding off to emergencies! I had an Occ health assessment where the Dr said (as a reasonable adjustment) to 'run your sugars higher' so that you're 'always in a state of readiness' but never said to what level and I wondered why it is necessary to risk my health in that way. Anyway, when I am driving for long periods of time, I do the usual checking before and during etc but also eat a low carb snack at least every hour whilst I am driving. I don't know if your levels are very high or very low or are up and down quickly etc, but it is all about monitoring your body's responses to your diet/insulin/exercise etc and then it seems easier to predict what it will be doing when you are driving. Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KK123, post: 1732551, member: 451727"] Hi Jelaca, this is a difficult one when you drive for your job, I have to drive for mine but my job entails jumping into a car at any random, given moment and speeding off to emergencies! I had an Occ health assessment where the Dr said (as a reasonable adjustment) to 'run your sugars higher' so that you're 'always in a state of readiness' but never said to what level and I wondered why it is necessary to risk my health in that way. Anyway, when I am driving for long periods of time, I do the usual checking before and during etc but also eat a low carb snack at least every hour whilst I am driving. I don't know if your levels are very high or very low or are up and down quickly etc, but it is all about monitoring your body's responses to your diet/insulin/exercise etc and then it seems easier to predict what it will be doing when you are driving. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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