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<blockquote data-quote="Fairygodmother" data-source="post: 2277044" data-attributes="member: 68789"><p>I qualified with NAUI twenty years after I was diagnosed and learned by experience how bloods behaved. It was unusual at the time to find an outfit and a company that would take on a T1 for qualification. I was very lucky.</p><p>On the first open water dive I did, as a precaution I made sure my blood sugar was fairly high, I think it was10 before I went off the boat and after a 40 minute dive at a relatively shallow depth, 15m max, I think they were 7 (I’d need to check my log book, I kept all bloods and doses for dives there as well as all the other stuff).</p><p>As I gained more experience I found that the longer and deeper the dive and the stronger the currents were the lower I was when I came up again. I raised my dive start blood needs to 11-12. I knew I had to have enough in reserve to get to the boat/wait for the boat/swim to the boat or shore etc.</p><p>It did feel T1-counterintuitive to raise bloods that high but they usually fell steadily. </p><p>If the dive was a shallow one, say above a reef (sooooo wonderful), then I’d jab when I was on the boat again and say a sad no to the after dive treats.</p><p>Yes, there was an expensive medical and insurance was higher but it was worth it!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fairygodmother, post: 2277044, member: 68789"] I qualified with NAUI twenty years after I was diagnosed and learned by experience how bloods behaved. It was unusual at the time to find an outfit and a company that would take on a T1 for qualification. I was very lucky. On the first open water dive I did, as a precaution I made sure my blood sugar was fairly high, I think it was10 before I went off the boat and after a 40 minute dive at a relatively shallow depth, 15m max, I think they were 7 (I’d need to check my log book, I kept all bloods and doses for dives there as well as all the other stuff). As I gained more experience I found that the longer and deeper the dive and the stronger the currents were the lower I was when I came up again. I raised my dive start blood needs to 11-12. I knew I had to have enough in reserve to get to the boat/wait for the boat/swim to the boat or shore etc. It did feel T1-counterintuitive to raise bloods that high but they usually fell steadily. If the dive was a shallow one, say above a reef (sooooo wonderful), then I’d jab when I was on the boat again and say a sad no to the after dive treats. Yes, there was an expensive medical and insurance was higher but it was worth it! [/QUOTE]
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