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Lake City, SCMy name is Sarah and I have Type 1 Diabetes. I was diagnosed at 4, three months after my birthday. I was on shot therapy from age 4 until 16, then I started on insulin pumps. I currently use an Animas OneTouch Ping insulin pump to deliver my insulin and, along with 8-12 fingerpokes a day, I use a Dexcom SevenPLUS CGM to help monitor my blood sugars 24/7.
I am an insurance agent for South Carolina, a part-time photographer, a diabetes advisor to some blog sites, and the owner of my own diabetes blog site, www.sugabetic.com.
My blog/user name, "Sugabetic", comes from being in the south. Here, you don't have diabetes, you got "tha Suga".
I am excited to be a part of this community and I look forward to sharing my ideas with you guys for living well.
In the meantime, come vist my blog homepage at www.sugabetic.com!
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way to be well created 12.10.10
Winter Changes
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It’s December. The weather is cold, and in some places, snow is falling. But that may not be the only thing falling if you’re a diabetic.
With winter comes changes for some diabetics in relation to insulin needs. Some tend to not need as much insulin , and need to lower their insulin in their pumps, or lower the dosages taken by syringe. Of course, how much depends on what is discussed with their Primary Care Physician, Endocrinologist, or Certified Diabetes Educator.
If you tend to be one of these people, or if you’ve noticed more lows than usual, get a couple of weeks of blood sugars together and email or fax them to your doctor’s office with a coversheet stating that you are having lows and need to hear back as soon as possible. That way, they can review your trends and suggest changes for you that will hopefully help you avoid some of those lows and keep you at a safer level.
Until then, keep things like glucose tabs, packets of honey, peppermints, sweet-tarts, or anything else fast acting around to help bring up a low before it gets too low and becomes a dangerous situation. If you stay low for a long period of time, eat something fast acting, wait 10 minutes, and follow it with something with protein, like a half-peanut butter sandwich or a half-glass of milk. If this seems to spike too high, eat a fourth of the sandwich or just skip the bread all together and eat the peanut butter right off the spoon! (I used to do this when I was at diabetes camp!)
Do you have some tricks to help with the winter-lows during the wait to hear from your doctor’s office? If so, share them below!
With winter comes changes for some diabetics in relation to insulin needs. Some tend to not need as much insulin , and need to lower their insulin in their pumps, or lower the dosages taken by syringe. Of course, how much depends on what is discussed with their Primary Care Physician, Endocrinologist, or Certified Diabetes Educator.
If you tend to be one of these people, or if you’ve noticed more lows than usual, get a couple of weeks of blood sugars together and email or fax them to your doctor’s office with a coversheet stating that you are having lows and need to hear back as soon as possible. That way, they can review your trends and suggest changes for you that will hopefully help you avoid some of those lows and keep you at a safer level.
Until then, keep things like glucose tabs, packets of honey, peppermints, sweet-tarts, or anything else fast acting around to help bring up a low before it gets too low and becomes a dangerous situation. If you stay low for a long period of time, eat something fast acting, wait 10 minutes, and follow it with something with protein, like a half-peanut butter sandwich or a half-glass of milk. If this seems to spike too high, eat a fourth of the sandwich or just skip the bread all together and eat the peanut butter right off the spoon! (I used to do this when I was at diabetes camp!)
Do you have some tricks to help with the winter-lows during the wait to hear from your doctor’s office? If so, share them below!
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