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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EllieM" data-source="post: 2299731" data-attributes="member: 372717">I would strongly urge you to watch your levels then and maybe proactively top up before or during the session.  All my bad hypos (and attendant loss of hypo awareness) have occurred when I've generally been getting a lot of hypos.  Just as newly diagnosed T2s can get used to high levels and get "false"  hypos at levels of 5 or 6, if you've been keeping your bgs unusually low and/or getting a lot of hypos you can end up with reduced hypo awareness.  When I wasn't using a cgm (I became allergic to libre so had to stop using it) I ended up testing up to 10 times a day, including every time I leave the house and multiple times during gym sessions.  I'm now self funding a dexcom which is glorious, because its alarms mean I get warned  at 4.4 instead of having to rely on my (slightly sketchy) hypo awareness.  But hypo awareness can be restored, my specialist just told me to aim for levels between 6 and 12 for a while.I hate hypos with a passion, they are the thing I most hate about T1. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />.  Good luck, try not to let those hypos get you down (emotionally as well as bg wise.)</blockquote>

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