Swimming club

[Unicornz]

I used to be quite into swimming when I was a lot younger and I've seen some flyers around for a swimming club near me which I would be really interested in joining. That would mean two trainings of 1.5 hours every week though, and with me having gone onto the pump recently I was wondering whether this is possible for me, and if so, how would I do it? I can't just disconnect a pump for an hour and a half can I? Would I have to take a break in between to take some insulin? Or would it just be pretty much impossible?

I'm using the Medtronic Paradigm Veo. Thanks 😱

 

[Cate]

Personally if I was doing (proper, energetic) training swims for 1 1/2 hrs at a time then I wouldn't need any basal for that period and some time after. I would remove the pump about 30 mins before starting, do the training swims, test part way through - probably after 30 mins and 1 hr - for the first few weeks so I knew what was happening, reconnect at the end of the training and go from there.

YMMV though, so take care.

 

[shiv]

I would definitely experiment with shorter swims first. I've heard of some people jumping out, bolusing the missed basal (either straight up or over a period of time) and then getting back in the water. This is one of those things you might just have to experiment with!

 

[Unicornz]

Thanks both for the quick replies! Will test and see what happens 🙂

 

[Pumper_Sue]

You need to base your actions on what normally happens to your blood sugars when you exercise.