Comments on: Happy New Year! http://beingdiabetic.co.nz/2010-01-01/happy-new-year/ NZ type 1 diabetic Nic on everyday life with diabetes. Fri, 21 Oct 2011 05:17:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Alison http://beingdiabetic.co.nz/2010-01-01/happy-new-year/comment-page-1/#comment-1378 Alison Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:44:50 +0000 http://www.beingdiabetic.co.nz/?p=755#comment-1378 Nice to hear people enjoy a drink like I do. I love wine and beer, especially wine, they don't cause me any problems. I do try to make sure my blood sugar is about 6.5 or more before falling asleep, mainly cause I exercise quite a bit too and don't want the effects of exercise and alcohol to combine while my pump feeds me insulin. Recently I'd had a few runs, then a really hard one on a Friday morning. That evening we went to neighbours and had a couple of glasses of wine and nibbled at chips, I kept thinking I must test my blood and have some insulin but didn't get round to it. We got home and had some more wine and dinner (home made pizza!) and I forgot to have insulin. I woke up in the morning and thought I hadn't had any insulin - checked my pump - my last bolus was 4pm on the Friday - I tested my blood - it as 4.7! Thank goodness I didn't have the insulin. I went to a cocktail party years ago, about a year or 2 after being diagnosed and it was a nightmare - just for my nerves. I kept testing my blood and having bits of insulin. Managaed to keep it under control but would have been a lot more relaxed and have enjoyed it more drinking wine - I just didn't want to be a drippy diabetic explaining to everyone - next time I'd just drink the wine. Just say I'm diabetic or don't like cocktails, whatever. Nice to hear people enjoy a drink like I do. I love wine and beer, especially wine, they don’t cause me any problems. I do try to make sure my blood sugar is about 6.5 or more before falling asleep, mainly cause I exercise quite a bit too and don’t want the effects of exercise and alcohol to combine while my pump feeds me insulin.

Recently I’d had a few runs, then a really hard one on a Friday morning. That evening we went to neighbours and had a couple of glasses of wine and nibbled at chips, I kept thinking I must test my blood and have some insulin but didn’t get round to it. We got home and had some more wine and dinner (home made pizza!) and I forgot to have insulin. I woke up in the morning and thought I hadn’t had any insulin – checked my pump – my last bolus was 4pm on the Friday – I tested my blood – it as 4.7!

Thank goodness I didn’t have the insulin.

I went to a cocktail party years ago, about a year or 2 after being diagnosed and it was a nightmare – just for my nerves. I kept testing my blood and having bits of insulin. Managaed to keep it under control but would have been a lot more relaxed and have enjoyed it more drinking wine – I just didn’t want to be a drippy diabetic explaining to everyone – next time I’d just drink the wine. Just say I’m diabetic or don’t like cocktails, whatever.

]]> By: Ali http://beingdiabetic.co.nz/2010-01-01/happy-new-year/comment-page-1/#comment-1265 Ali Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:27:01 +0000 http://www.beingdiabetic.co.nz/?p=755#comment-1265 I can have great nights where drinking goes smoothly with no issues but other nights I'll end up testing every 30-60 minutes balancing highs and lows. I think the trickiest thing is staying in tune with how you're feeling (hypo signs etc) while the alcohol's working it's magic. I can have great nights where drinking goes smoothly with no issues but other nights I’ll end up testing every 30-60 minutes balancing highs and lows. I think the trickiest thing is staying in tune with how you’re feeling (hypo signs etc) while the alcohol’s working it’s magic.

]]> By: PEnny http://beingdiabetic.co.nz/2010-01-01/happy-new-year/comment-page-1/#comment-1264 PEnny Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:41:33 +0000 http://www.beingdiabetic.co.nz/?p=755#comment-1264 I used to have terrible problems going high as a teenager after alcohol. I was less choosy though about what I drunk and usually the high times were after things like baileys!. (and the time when I drunk red bull not knowing what it was - oops). I don't eat now before going to bed but used to as a teenager following recommendations from my docs at the time which did not help the highs either. Beer and wine tend not to give me any problems although I will usually be on the lower side when I wake up. This New Year went swimmingly. I used to have terrible problems going high as a teenager after alcohol. I was less choosy though about what I drunk and usually the high times were after things like baileys!. (and the time when I drunk red bull not knowing what it was – oops). I don’t eat now before going to bed but used to as a teenager following recommendations from my docs at the time which did not help the highs either. Beer and wine tend not to give me any problems although I will usually be on the lower side when I wake up. This New Year went swimmingly.

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