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Henry Slade

rebrascora said:
That may only be relevant timings for his body with the insulin he uses and the exercise/training/sport he does. I would expect rugby and football players to have very muscular legs probably with particularly well developed cardio vascular system, which may make his their more responsive to insulin than say yours or mine.
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Hi Barbara am sure you are absolutely correct in your assessment but never really thought about injecting into the muscle would be quicker as only advised with putting bolus sub cut in the belly.
Similarly always inject basal into bottom but was advised could put it into thigh but I do have a lot of muscle in my legs and just find it more uncomfortable if I inject there.
HAGW.
 
@wendel Think I may not have made myself clear, I am not suggesting Henry Slade injects into his muscles in his legs (or anywhere else for that matter although I believe some sports people may occasionally do that). All sites should be into subcutaneous fat. What I am saying is that the muscular nature of his legs will likely mean that he has a well developed vascular system in his legs which will probably take up the insulin quicker from the subcutaneous fat and particularly if he in any way active at the time.

I inject into tummy, buttocks, thighs and very occasionally arms. Bolus mostly goes in tummy and occasionally arms, depending upon what I am wearing and where I can most easily access. I was told that generally tummy is fastest, which is why I use it for bolus as well as being reasonably easily accessible most of the time.
 
rebrascora said:
I was told that generally tummy is fastest
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Interesting. I haven’t tried it but I was told my legs could be faster, especially if I am exercising because my legs move more than my tummy.
I was also advised to avoid putting my pump on my arm if I was doing any exercise that was using my arms such as playing squash.
I have always avoided arms and legs for basal because I exercise most days. And, with a pump, that means I avoid them for bolus too.

As for Henry Slade, I wouldn’t draw any conclusions how my body worked based on one person, especially an elite athlete. But, that doesn’t stop his insulin regime from being interesting.
 
rebrascora said:
@wendel Think I may not have made myself clear, I am not suggesting Henry Slade injects into his muscles in his legs (or anywhere else for that matter although I believe some sports people may occasionally do that). All sites should be into subcutaneous fat. What I am saying is that the muscular nature of his legs will likely mean that he has a well developed vascular system in his legs which will probably take up the insulin quicker from the subcutaneous fat and particularly if he in any way active at the time.

I inject into tummy, buttocks, thighs and very occasionally arms. Bolus mostly goes in tummy and occasionally arms, depending upon what I am wearing and where I can most easily access. I was told that generally tummy is fastest, which is why I use it for bolus as well as being reasonably easily accessible most of the time.
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Hi Barabara,
It was my mistake but that is why I thought it was interesting as like you I thought injecting in tummy was quickest and when Henry referred to his thighs as being quickest it made me think.
Need to look at it a bit closer as obviously different parts of the body have varying vascular uptake but not sure if speed of breakdown into monomers is determined by location.
 
Yes my bottom where I wear my pump during matches is my slowest site but also the most sensible for matches.
We had a great game yesterday and I didn’t know until the end in the shower and I noticed a libre on one of the opposition that they had a fellow type 1 also. We had a great little chat about our devices and glucose levels. I love bumping into others out in the wild and I hope people say this about me but you wouldn’t have known she had diabetes.
My team mate did say she saw her injecting at one point on side of the pitch.
 
rebrascora said:
3.4 for me the first time I woke up. Ate a JB and dropped back off and woke up half an hour later on 3.9. I was flat lining in the red for several hours so that has made a mess of my stats too, just when I was getting close to 100%.
I didn't get out for a walk yesterday and I didn't alter my evening Levemir but for some reason my overnight levels have swung the other way. No big deal as I slept pretty well.
I made a big pan of ratatouille yesterday and as a spur of the moment thing I added a tin of green lentils to it which gave it a bit of extra substance and I put slices of haloumi on the top and browned it off and it was so delicious I could have eaten the whole roasting pan full last night. Quite surprised that the lentils didn't sends me high overnight, as they usually do.

There are some telltale high readings this morning which make it look like a few of you were partying and eating birthday cake @Robin's last night!!
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Did you mean to post this in a different thread?
I don't see any mention of the rugby, how England are getting themselves together, how Wales are still loosing the plot and how that much full on activity could affect the BG of someone with or without diabetes.
And maybe an honourable mention to Italy for coming close with Ireland.
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