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First summer as type 1 diabetic. Finding it callaging.

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So I this is first summer and what seems to be a bit of a heat wave as a a disnisingisd type 1 diabetic(I say diagnosised because I suspect I did have it last summer just didn't know about it. And I'm finding it challenging eating glucose tablets/jelly babies etc seems to be regaluar occursnce this week. I'm aware that I need to change something and already going to reduce my evening radito back and perhaps at some point a background change too deal with drops earlier on. To work this out I plan do some background tests to see what's happening at different times of the day I do offen find it hard to do a background change on pens though. Sorry for the long post just wanted to say that I'm finding this heat rather changeling.
 
Yes, me too @rayray119 Went out in the garden for a few minutes and blood sugar dropped quickly, presumably from the heat. I don’t think there’s any magic answer to it. I do tend to eat more carbs if I’m out in the sun and that helps. You might need to drop your basal a little too.
 
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Yeah that's why I'm planning to do some background tests.
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TBH, I don’t bother. The weather can change so quickly that by the time you’ve tested over a few days, it’s gone colder again!
 
Looks like this time it's here for a while though but yes I guess there is that.
 
Although I think I may need to get some background tests this done anyway.
 
Ah yeah you're right does look like it is going to get cooler again next week.
 
I was on the Algarve a week ago, and I found my levels going very low due to me basking in the sun, so I factored in some extra carbs as snacks between meals .
 
Martin62 said:
I was on the Algarve a week ago, and I found my levels going very low due to me basking in the sun, so I factored in some extra carbs as snacks between meals .
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That's what I've been doing. Checking and eating I've had 5 hypos but on other days got to the low 4s which I tend to treet in the same way to make sure. It's also quite annoying(and perhaps a little concerning) because the heat can affect me in the same way a hypo I've never done well with heat. A slight problem with reducing Livermir is there's times where really don't feel like going out it's so hot.
 
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