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Sugar levels after early morning run.

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three1ne

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Afternoon all. just a quick question here.

I run four mornings a week, always before I eat breakfast. My sugar level before the run is always between 5-7. When I come back my sugar level is always around 9. I then inject, eat a round of bread with scrambled eggs and my sugar level will soon be back down to around 6 and gradually lowering to 4 just in time for lunch.

Is the short time my SL spends at 9 anything to be concerned about?

Shaun
 
The odd spike at that level is really nothing to be too concerned about, although it would be better if you can try and keep it lower.

The problem begins when you are consistently running higher levels.

Ken.
 
Well, its at 9 for a short time every morning I run, which is 4 times a week. And theres not really anything I can do to keep it lower unless I want to inject 1 unit of insulin before I run, which I can see causing more problems than it solves.
 
Hi Shaun,

I think the problem you have is that you do not have enough circulating insulin when you begin your run..often the Liver releases stored glugose/Glygogen into the bloodstream in response to the body being put under stress(fight or flight) as we diabetics do not produce insulin to respond to this our sugar levels rise...may be worth experimenting and just injecting 1 unit of rapid acting insulin before you run - this may solve your problem but as always test test test.

Fletch.
 
I totally agree with the last post ie lack of circulating insulin.
It might be worth looking at the timing of your basal. Is it running out at this time of the day? If so a change in timing could help.
 
This is new to me: a run that causes blood sugar levels to rise! I've never encountered this before in my two years of running since being diagnosed. Is this common? I have so much to learn. I run a fair bit, though never before breakfast, and always find my blood sugars are lower after running. I'm not sure I could ever run before breakfast: I was never good in the morning, even before diabetes. However, I do run a timed 5k race every Saturday at 9am now (www.parkrun.com - you should try it), and have my usual porridge and banana beforehand, and all is fine. I wouldn't have thought your spike is of any concern. I think everyone has spikes, probably most days. Good luck.
 
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