Football, basketball, hockey, drama club, lacoste and more. Of course I am talking about activities you may or may not do after school.
Those of you who have some sort of after school activity, most likely, have some experience with the bloodsugar being all roller coaster in public. How do you deal with that?
Let's say that there's a big game or something and in the most important part, you go low. You start feeling dizzy and anxieous. You know that if you don't get off that field or stage, you will pass out. What do you do?
You can either run off, or wait and see what happens. But maybe if you had been more careful BEFORE, this would not have happened. If you had checked your levels, maybe not bolused so much for that last meal, or kept a glucose tab in your pocket or nearby.
Those of you who have some sort of after school activity, most likely, have some experience with the bloodsugar being all roller coaster in public. How do you deal with that?
Let's say that there's a big game or something and in the most important part, you go low. You start feeling dizzy and anxieous. You know that if you don't get off that field or stage, you will pass out. What do you do?
You can either run off, or wait and see what happens. But maybe if you had been more careful BEFORE, this would not have happened. If you had checked your levels, maybe not bolused so much for that last meal, or kept a glucose tab in your pocket or nearby.
During training/exercise/rehearsal this is most likely not a big issue. You can just tell the coach/teacher that you either have to get something to eat because you´re low. I have had the tendencies to not give notice, and just wait until there is a natural break to eat or drink. Thankfully I have become more responsible and have stopped doing this. We have a responsibility to ourselves to actually take care of our diabetes and our health, even though it´s not always easy. This is something we will most likely live with for the rest of our lives, and although it is really demotivating it is the hand that´s been delt to us.
I´m not saying that I am perfect or that my levels are, because it is so amazingly hard to have this diagnosis sometimes. I have days that just feels crap where I´m all over the place, and no amount of insulin or carbs seems to be the right amount. What I do to deal with those days is that I tell the people around me, first of all so they will get of my back, but also so that someone knows what to do if i should pass out. Be sure to tell the people around you if you need something, you´re not a burden!
I´m not saying that I am perfect or that my levels are, because it is so amazingly hard to have this diagnosis sometimes. I have days that just feels crap where I´m all over the place, and no amount of insulin or carbs seems to be the right amount. What I do to deal with those days is that I tell the people around me, first of all so they will get of my back, but also so that someone knows what to do if i should pass out. Be sure to tell the people around you if you need something, you´re not a burden!