...and another big hello

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getcarter76

getcarter76

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Hello everyone 🙂
I am new to the forum and wanted to say hello.

I have been diabetic for about 27 years and am amazed at the support you all give one another both diabetics (types 1 and 2) and carers alike. I wish this was around when i was both a youngster and a teenager. I am sure my parents would have found some help and support in this too which wasn't around back in the old days 😛
I hope that in time i will be able to help with my experiences of diabetes to you guys as i feel i have experienced many things and not let diabetes stand in my way (even still as i recently obtained my second brown belt in kickboxing - which was blinking hard work).
So a big hello from me to you and be good to hear from you all in time...

Bernie x
 
Hi Bernie, welcome to the forum 🙂 We have quite a few long-diagnosed people here, so it wil be great to add your experiences to theirs. Well done with the kickboxing!
 
Hi Bernie. Welcome along!! Have only recently joined the site too but finding it very interesting and informative. Just like you I wish the site had been around when I was diagnosed 28 years ago, would have been great to have had a supportive network of people. Welcome again!!🙂:D
 
Hi Bernie and welcome to the forum!🙂

Looking forward to reading all your posts - especially about kickboxing as my son (12) has just started taekwando and we cant seem to get levels right week after week. He is on a pump and loves it. What regime/insulin are you on?🙂Bev
 
Thank you for all your welcoming mails - how great is this site.

Hello Bev, I am not on a pump but inject 4x a day. It works for me but i don't really have any knowledge of pumps i must say and not been recommended them.
The exercise makes my bm's drop and also well into the next day. I find i have to lower my doses considerably and always have a bottle of lucozade to hand.
I know for a normal person exercise effects you the next day and will do so especially if you have diabetes.
I am not sure if this answers your question but please let me know should you need me to go into more details.
Bernie x
 
getcarter76 said:
Thank you for all your welcoming mails - how great is this site.

Hello Bev, I am not on a pump but inject 4x a day. It works for me but i don't really have any knowledge of pumps i must say and not been recommended them.
The exercise makes my bm's drop and also well into the next day. I find i have to lower my doses considerably and always have a bottle of lucozade to hand.
I know for a normal person exercise effects you the next day and will do so especially if you have diabetes.
I am not sure if this answers your question but please let me know should you need me to go into more details.
Bernie x
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Thanks Bernie. I think the problem we have is the timing. Taekwando starts at 7pm and my son eats at approximately 6pm - but sometimes if he has had a fatty meal or something that spikes him high he can be 14 or so and we are never sure whether to take the pump off and give glucotabs or take pump off and no glucotabs or what. We have tried all of these approaches - but he either has a hypo half way through or comes out really high. I tried giving him a small mars bar last week - but he had a hypo? It just seems whatever we do we cant get it right. I think its a mixture of andrenalin and excitement that also sends him high - but then at 1am the following morning he starts to drop and if we didnt give a coke or similar he would be very low by 3am.

I dont want to stop him going because he loves it - just trying to find the best way of doing it. Its probably quite different being on a pump than on MDI so might be difficult for you to advise on what you do.

My sons hba1c was 9.6 on MDI and after 3 months on the pump it was 7.1 - so we do get much better control - but still struggle with sport etc..🙂Bev
 
Yes i know what you mean re the timing. I finish work, rush home ( i am always in a rush), collect my daughter, wait for my mum so that i can go kickboxing which starts at 6.30 and I know that i am unable to eat before hand because of everything else before. I eat a later lunch so that my insulin can carry on through but doesn't always work i have to say. I don't get home till 8 and then have to contend with saying goodnight if my daughter is still awake (which she normally is), cooking and eating. By which time it is late o'clock! Lifes tough for a diabetic with a hobby but i won't be beaten!

I remember though before having my daughter when kickboxing, i would be able to eat beforehand something like beans on toast which would raise my sugar levels and the bread maintain it. I would also eat something like a banana for pudding as this has natural sugar and helps with energy - look at Tim Henman!

I have to manage it really closely throughout my session as well just incase it rises or lowers rapidly. Can you get your son to check his bms at a halfway point during his taekwondo? I appreciate this isn't easy.
I also think you are right re the adrenalin aspect which can't be helped and hard to manage itself. This though will naturally subside as he works it off and it seems you find in the early hours your sons bm drops. Mine do this quite often as well and i have to give myself less insulin at night. Can you amend the controls at night? Bear in mind as well that if he does a lot of exercise his body will still be working up to 24 hours afterwards and so may find his sugar levels are lower the following day?

I drink Lucozade/equivalents (i should have shares in it) as kickboxing is a tough sport for exercise and can find my sugars drop during, after and the next day. I can't eat dextrosol tablets (yuk) as i was given them as a child but I don't mind lucozade and helps raise my sugar levels rapidly when necessary and/or a banana.

Like you say though, I have good days and bad days and although my routine may be simiar on my kickboxing days my bms won't be.

I hope i have helped some more even if its a teeny bit. I also appreciate the aspect of being a mum myself and as a daughter of parents who had a diabetic child how hard it must have been for them.

Good luck with your sons taekwondo, it would be a shame for him to give it up. I have always believed diabetes shouldn't control you but you control it. I am here anytime you need to chat
xx
 
hi welcome to the forum...i love the film get carter !!
 
Hi Bernie, welcome to the forum.
 
getcarter76 said:
Yes i know what you mean re the timing. I finish work, rush home ( i am always in a rush), collect my daughter, wait for my mum so that i can go kickboxing which starts at 6.30 and I know that i am unable to eat before hand because of everything else before. I eat a later lunch so that my insulin can carry on through but doesn't always work i have to say. I don't get home till 8 and then have to contend with saying goodnight if my daughter is still awake (which she normally is), cooking and eating. By which time it is late o'clock! Lifes tough for a diabetic with a hobby but i won't be beaten!

I remember though before having my daughter when kickboxing, i would be able to eat beforehand something like beans on toast which would raise my sugar levels and the bread maintain it. I would also eat something like a banana for pudding as this has natural sugar and helps with energy - look at Tim Henman!

I have to manage it really closely throughout my session as well just incase it rises or lowers rapidly. Can you get your son to check his bms at a halfway point during his taekwondo? I appreciate this isn't easy.
I also think you are right re the adrenalin aspect which can't be helped and hard to manage itself. This though will naturally subside as he works it off and it seems you find in the early hours your sons bm drops. Mine do this quite often as well and i have to give myself less insulin at night. Can you amend the controls at night? Bear in mind as well that if he does a lot of exercise his body will still be working up to 24 hours afterwards and so may find his sugar levels are lower the following day?

I drink Lucozade/equivalents (i should have shares in it) as kickboxing is a tough sport for exercise and can find my sugars drop during, after and the next day. I can't eat dextrosol tablets (yuk) as i was given them as a child but I don't mind lucozade and helps raise my sugar levels rapidly when necessary and/or a banana.

Like you say though, I have good days and bad days and although my routine may be simiar on my kickboxing days my bms won't be.

I hope i have helped some more even if its a teeny bit. I also appreciate the aspect of being a mum myself and as a daughter of parents who had a diabetic child how hard it must have been for them.

Good luck with your sons taekwondo, it would be a shame for him to give it up. I have always believed diabetes shouldn't control you but you control it. I am here anytime you need to chat
xx
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Hi Bernie,
Only just seen this reply - sorry. Yes it has helped me a lot as i think i might start to give him his food after the taekwando and just give him a sandwich or similar at about 5pm so he has enough insulin on board.

Alex only likes glucotabs raspberry flavour and mini cans of coke - he has never tasted lucozade and isnt interested - but i might try to bribe him as it may be better than the coke - maybe longer lasting? He does check half way through and normally takes his pump off for the last half an hour - but to be honest its all a bit hit and miss and what happens one week is different the next. Thanks for all your help.🙂Bev
 
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