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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
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- Insulin
Hello my beautiful friends, I hope that you are very well today!
So… in my effort of “fake it 'till you make it” and since Spring hasn’t even remotely sprung yet, about a month ago I thought I could get into a summer mood by trying a self tan lotion.
So here I am with the lotions and potions and exfoliators and mitts ready to fake a summer glow. All goes well, I follow the instructions religiously and I end up with a tan that is an absolute success (yay)…. And a blood sugar at 12 mmols (like... girl what?)
At the time (that month ago) I didn’t even think that it could be because of the self tan… I didn’t repeat the application because, to be honest, it’s too much hustle and nobody has time for this (or at least, I don’t).
Yesterday, I was flirting with the self tan bottle on the shelf and thought “shall I give it a go again?”
I was at a beautiful 4.8 when I started yesterday evening.
Midnight, I was at 6.9, brilliant number to go to sleep.
Fasting this morning, 10.3….
Weirdly enough, my ratios today are also 1.5:1 (instead of 1:1) – breakfast actually worked as 2:1.
I know that my Levemir isn’t problematic (unless something changed overnight, which wouldn’t be surprising because with my diabetes sometimes things change almost every 15 days.) Nevertheless, I doubt this is a case of fine tunning my basal.
I have, also, heard that whatever we apply on our skin (because skin is an organ, although not perceived as one) is being absorbed yet, I doubt that these substances (for example, moisturizers etc) enter the blood stream.
Has any of you experienced anything like this? I mean, a blood sugar rise from a body lotion or a self tan or aromatherapy oils etc?
Clearly, it’s not a vital issue for dicussion but, it did make me wonder…and when I googled the subject I didnt find anything on it.
Regards
Josephine
So… in my effort of “fake it 'till you make it” and since Spring hasn’t even remotely sprung yet, about a month ago I thought I could get into a summer mood by trying a self tan lotion.
So here I am with the lotions and potions and exfoliators and mitts ready to fake a summer glow. All goes well, I follow the instructions religiously and I end up with a tan that is an absolute success (yay)…. And a blood sugar at 12 mmols (like... girl what?)
At the time (that month ago) I didn’t even think that it could be because of the self tan… I didn’t repeat the application because, to be honest, it’s too much hustle and nobody has time for this (or at least, I don’t).
Yesterday, I was flirting with the self tan bottle on the shelf and thought “shall I give it a go again?”
I was at a beautiful 4.8 when I started yesterday evening.
Midnight, I was at 6.9, brilliant number to go to sleep.
Fasting this morning, 10.3….
Weirdly enough, my ratios today are also 1.5:1 (instead of 1:1) – breakfast actually worked as 2:1.
I know that my Levemir isn’t problematic (unless something changed overnight, which wouldn’t be surprising because with my diabetes sometimes things change almost every 15 days.) Nevertheless, I doubt this is a case of fine tunning my basal.
I have, also, heard that whatever we apply on our skin (because skin is an organ, although not perceived as one) is being absorbed yet, I doubt that these substances (for example, moisturizers etc) enter the blood stream.
Has any of you experienced anything like this? I mean, a blood sugar rise from a body lotion or a self tan or aromatherapy oils etc?
Clearly, it’s not a vital issue for dicussion but, it did make me wonder…and when I googled the subject I didnt find anything on it.
Regards
Josephine