I wonder that too! If I'm high before bed and I do a large bolus for it, I usually set an alarm for a couple hours later to make sure it hasn't dropped too much. Maybe that's a little paranoid... but then again, maybe not. Better to be safe!
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my endo was talking to me about drinking today again. even if they dont drop during the night, they will drop. even if it's the next day/morning.
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This has been my experience. When I used to drink, it was never just a couple, I would get low for the next 36 to 48 hours. And it was the kindof lows where you sweat like a pig and get disoriented and stuff. Sometimes it was the kind of low where you don't know where you are or who your are.
If you drink one or two or three drinks over the course of night you probably have nothing to worry about. It's the higher quantities (like I used to do) that causes problems.
I survived it though in at least part due to pure dumb luck. It's just not worth it anymore, at least for me.
My body works the same way ..
I was Dx about 2 years ago .at the age of 30 and I still drank alot .. The first time I got pretty drunk after Dx .. i was fine .. didn't see what the big deal was .. THEN the next morning about 12+ hours later .. i was walking around and my levels crashed really quick ...
Everyone is different .. you just have to get to know your body and what you can handle..
Maybe a lot of people already know this, but I recently found out (after 4 years of drinking in college) that if you go low after drinking a lot, glucagon will not raise your BS bc you're livers already too busy trying to get rid of all the alcohol in your system. If you cant eat anything, you have to go to the hospital and have your BS raised through an IV. I spent my college years telling my friends to just give me glucagon and luckily never had to use it, but I wish I had known that information a few years ago.
hi Katy, I did not know this,thank you-I am always learning something on Juv....Question to anyone ? really 2 questions..When drinking or not drinking and a low or bad low hits---will the liver always kick in and raise the blood sugar to a safe level ??
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Question to anyone ? really 2 questions..When drinking or not drinking and a low or bad low hits---will the liver always kick in and raise the blood sugar to a safe level ??
[/quote]no, not always. that's why it's "dangerous". that's why you should eat a little something (carbs) when drinking, too. you could also set your pump back if you are a pumper. I don't drink to excess, but I do drink. it's not hard to control for me, but other people could find it hard to control. it's one of those things that take both thought and practice.
honestly (IMO)- you can't watch or defend your children every second of every day - prepare them well, to take care of themselves. and pray. that way you are covering them... and you..
cheers
Thank you Joe and yes I very much agree with what you just said ... " prepare them well,to take care of themselves. and pray ,that way you are covering them...and you."
So well said ,thanks again :)
Hey Meme, I was a heavy drinker on and off the pump. The key for me was paying attention to my body. If I drank a sweet drink I would take half the insulin, beer I would take about 1/3, and straight alcohol I wouldn't take any. Alcohol turns will raise the BG but it will also burn the sugars in the body. I found it easier to turn the basal rate on my pump off and then just bolus as I needed. I did mess around with some drugs as a teen and other than just not being in my right mind, didn't notice a difference with my BG. Everyone is different though. I stopped messing around with them because I found myself thinking about how much money I was blowing away and how much my health care cost.
My mom worried about me all the time, and still does. Your a mom and that is part of your job :) . I always tell people to pay attention to their body, learn how things are going to effect you, before you "dive in". The best we can do is educate people not to do bad things and hope for the best. We all learn in our own way and it is up to us to sink or swim, but sometimes we need help to learn how to swim. Sounds like your a good mom and I wish you and yours the best of luck :)
thanks MaryMartha :)