I've definitely heard of it, and probably from this forum. If you stick it into the search box, several results pop up, including a recommendation for the book.Delighted to report it all ended well. I held my nerve and breakfast topped out at 8.3 and then slowly drifted down to 5 by mid afternoon, so I have now enjoyed a nice plate of salad with cheese coleslaw and balsamic, insulin free.
I have also just discovered that the strategy that I use for managing my diabetes has actually been documented and promoted by an American doctor who is Type 1 diabetic and is called "Sugar Surfing" Really interesting to watch his presentation and see it all described in detail as to the thought processes and actions. I feel so much better about stacking insulin doses now that there is a proper name for it.... even if I have forgotten what he called it 🙄.
I don't like the name "Sugar Surfing" though. Using sugar in conjunction with diabetes is just too much of a red herring. "Glucose Skiing" would be better in my opinion, then I can imagine floating down mountain sides of waist deep powder as my levels drop or taking a cable car back up from the valley floor when I need to. It makes my game with my Libre even more rewarding! Maybe someone will invest some graphics which you can import onto Libre Link to customize your experience like that....
Really surprised I haven't heard mention of "Sugar Surfing" on the forum before. May have to start a new thread to see if anyone else does it..... or perhaps use the search facility first.
I seem to be the opposite of you at the minute Barbara. I’m struggling to keep my numbers up. I’m sitting here now recovering from yet another late afternoon hypo. Caught it early at 4 ( that’s BGs not the time) only checked as I felt dizzy all of a sudden and got a headache straight away. Treated and going up slowly ( my tea is nearly ready and didn’t want to eat too much) but now I feel sickly as I always do. I really need to get it sorted before I go away next week as we’ll be walking miles. I’m thinking I’m just going to reduce my bolus for every meal and chance being high for two weeks. It’s c**p isn’t it when you just can’t fathom it. Hope things improve soon for you. XStill looking like my Fiasp has turned to water! I woke up at 4.15am restless and having a bad dream on 7.9. Jabbed a unit because I really don't sleep well unless my levels are lower. Woke up at 7.30am on 7.7 so that did a fat lot of good! Injected 5.5 units of Fiasp plus my increased Levemir dose (despite a good brisk walk yesterday) and 75 mins later I am still waiting to eat my breakfast.... It is still 7.3 at the moment, so a small decline but it is being really lazy and that is a big chunk of bolus insulin for me..... I was being overly generous or so I thought. 🙄 I hate these spells where I need so much more insulin and it takes forever to work. (scowling face emoji). I get tempted to rage bolus! If I eat above 5s my levels will go above 10 and I will be fighting high levels all day so my bowl of yoghurt will just have to sit here and wait. Guess I need to go out and chop some more logs.... that certainly did it the other day.
I reckon it’s a Friday afternoon thingI seem to be the opposite of you at the minute Barbara. I’m struggling to keep my numbers up. I’m sitting here now recovering from yet another late afternoon hypo. Caught it early at 4 ( that’s BGs not the time) only checked as I felt dizzy all of a sudden and got a headache straight away. Treated and going up slowly ( my tea is nearly ready and didn’t want to eat too much) but now I feel sickly as I always do. I really need to get it sorted before I go away next week as we’ll be walking miles. I’m thinking I’m just going to reduce my bolus for every meal and chance being high for two weeks. It’s c**p isn’t it when you just can’t fathom it. Hope things improve soon for you. X
I also felt weird earlier, checked and was 4.1.I reckon it’s a Friday afternoon thingI was between 5.2 and 7.1 all day then I checked before driving home and I was 4.2 So had 2 JB and half a banana and was 9.3 and rising when I got home.
That’s one way of telling your low to ffff off!a two finger KitKat