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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rickmac1988" data-source="post: 1376205" data-attributes="member: 221508">Hi all, Does anyone find exercise and diabetes a terrible mix? Whenever I go to hospital for a check up I'm told 'check your blood' before carrying out any activity and the usual spiel, which I find never helps.Today I went for a 5K run and checked my blood before and it was 11. I checked again before leaving the house and it was 16.9. I thought as I'm going running I'll leave it as this as the exercise will sort it out. I also had two choc digestives and some glucose tabs before heading out. I was running for 28 mins and disconnected from my insulin pump for about an hour in total. I then made my evening meal of spaghetti carbonara (carb loading) and before my food my blood was 4.7. I felt hypo so didn't bother bolusing for my carb-loaded meal. I then had a vanilla yoghurt after and didn't bolus. I tested my blood around an hour after and it was 9.0.Then this evening as I left the house I felt hypo again so I smashed several more glucose tabs. Didn't have time to check my blood as you it's not easy when you're out and about.This leaves me begging the question is this normal behaviour after this kind of exercise? I go running and play football quite a lot so often notice hypos late in the evening after.Does anyone else get this? And is the advice we're given from doctors about having a few sips of lucozade to treat a hypo an utter myth? Cheers,Rick</blockquote>

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