Athletes with diabetes

Forum Post: Re: swim team

mwink — Wed, 22 May 2013 00:18:00 GMT

Was on a swim team for years. Not enough time anymore, but I still do a lot of open water swimming. Lakes, ocean races mostly. Triathlon every once in a while.

Forum Post: RE: Changing pump due to sports

Adam Rudick — Sat, 18 May 2013 20:14:00 GMT

Glad to hear he likes it! One day I want to definitely give it a shot. Keep us updated on how he performs with it! Really cool to incorporate different sports (contact, no-contact, aerobic, anaerobic, and so forth...). Keep the posts and questions coming!

Forum Post: Re: Rugby and pumps/high blood sugar

T1DWHITE — Mon, 13 May 2013 16:19:00 GMT

I agree with you and your doctor on highs due to exercise. As an athlete with T1D, your body reacts differently. My son has experienced highs during football and other strength training, but lows during baseball and basketball. Strange, but he is learning that the pump is his best friend. We change his basal rate with each sport.

He has learned to wear his pump at all possible times due to the highs from missing his basal doses.

We are looking at switching to the OmniPod due to sports also. He is taking golf lessons and the tubing has been a problem. It will be easier with all sports, we are hoping:).

Forum Post: RE: Track and Field

JRD05 — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 03:53:00 GMT

Is pumping the way to go for long distance runs? Seems like it would make sense at the faster paces to prevent bs from spiking. Idk bc I don't have one, can usually do 7-730 pace 4 5k wo any insulin. Best 5k was 18ish in hs b4 type 1 onset.

Forum Post: Re: What sport do you play?

ThatDiabeticGirlTori98 — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 02:32:00 GMT

i do track cross country and bowling (yes bowling is a sport)

Forum Post: Re: Exercise and ketones

jennagrant — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 18:18:00 GMT

You don't need to cover the protein of Greek yogurt. Just experiment and find the dual wave rate that works best for your daughter.

Keytones are only scary if they're caused by DKA. Since your daughter is eating low carb, low keytones are normal. Just make sure she drinks lots of water to flush them from her body.

Your daughter sounds so talented! That's really cool that she's on the gymnastics team. I hope she does great.

Forum Post: BLOGS! :)

Ashley — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:49:00 GMT

Hey there. My name is Ashley. I have been Type 1 Diabetic for 4 years now. I have a blog that normally revolves around diabetic topics and I would love if you would read some of my posts and give me some feedback. Also, I am asking for suggestions for topics! What do you want to hear about?! :) Please leave comments.

Here is the link to the blog: www.iamjuvenated.blogspot.com

I plan to write about my experiences coaching!

I also have a blog already posted about exercising with diabetes!

Forum Post: RE: soccer

Steph — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 20:41:00 GMT

meeeeeeee!! i like soccer!!

Forum Post: Re: athletes

Methos Alvaro — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 01:07:00 GMT

That happens to me sometimes when im conditioning for wrestling.

Forum Post: What is your sport?

Methos Alvaro — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 01:04:00 GMT

Hi everyone! I'm new to the whole athlete thing, and i was wondering if you guys had any suggestions for me and comments about your sport. My sport is wrestling.

Forum Post: Re: Type 1 Diabetic Golfer

Adam Rudick — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 04:58:00 GMT

Wouldn't consider myself a PGA golfer (mainly because breaking 100 over 18 holes is a huge accomplishment) but I do golf a lot during the summer with my buddies and I enjoy the challenge it brings along. Always an element of preparation involved. Are you walking or driving the 18 holes? Are you only doing 9 holes? Will the climate affect your blood sugar levels? Oh, and a low blood sugar can definitely throw your game off...

Forum Post: Re: take Pump off while playing sports? -ally

Mdiddy — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 02:33:00 GMT

I used to take it of for soccer, basketball, and swimming but numbers would be out of control. my dad worked with my endo to give me basal (lantus) every 24 hrs and I use the pump to eat and correct. It is working out really well.

Forum Post: Re: soccer

Lily — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 15:36:00 GMT

I do! Travel soccer and school soccer and basketball:)

Forum Post: Re: Cross fit

Jason — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:06:00 GMT

Well the CrossFit affiliate I have been going to just got their ropes and rings installed in the ceeling, Tried my 1st muscle-up............and failed. Coach says I am there, just need to tweek my technique a bit. Goal is to get my first in in before the end of the week.

Forum Post: Re: Fencing and pumping - anyone know about this?

MamaDenoon — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 04:38:00 GMT

Just started my Type 1 diabetic ( plus Addison's disease ) on a pump ... and he is going to a Fencing camp tomorrow . He will be doing 6 days of elite epee work . I am nervous about the pump and fencing training. I have asked him to keep the pump on until they are sparring .... and then to take it off. I don't want him to spike either way. He goes low all the time when he wears all of his fencing gear. Any input from fencers would be helpful. He is almost 17 ... and is a Pentathlete.

Forum Post: Re: It Went Great!!

Brianna — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 19:32:00 GMT

what sport do u play????? and thts a good thing tht didnt happen

Forum Post: Re: Blood sugar and work out HELP

TylerMatthews — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 18:38:00 GMT

For me; before games and practices, my sugar elevates a little bit (170-200) and if it is around that level, I'll eat some protein about an hour out prior to game time. When I do that, my sugar usually stays right around that level during the whole game/practice. Injecting a bolus during or before the game (if blood sugar is a little higher) doesn't ever have an effect on my blood sugar as far as lowering it. I see those effects that night after the game.

I'm not on the pump, I use the novolog flexpens and lantus; so for me I get my sugar to about 170, eat some protein, and then throughout the competition I drink a lot of water to try and keep the sugar at that level. Before I go to bed after games and even practice days (everyday for football) i eat some peanut butter (protein to keep sugar leveled out) and some milk and do little to no bolus depending on blood sugar. For my lantus during the season, it is lower than what it is outside of season and I actually do half of my lantus when I wake up, and half of it before bed.

That has all worked for me. Hopefully for you too.

Forum Post: Re: Softball

hailey — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 00:19:00 GMT

your definitely not the only onee, a lot of people do that. i play a lot of sports like hockey, baseball, soccer and i check before, during and after, because i dont know how my body is going to react to my adrenaline/ stress levels. every game is different, so its better to check:)

Forum Post: Re: BS spikes after intense exercise

hailey — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 00:17:00 GMT

it happens to me all the time, and its because of adrenaline. after you work out/ play an intense sport your going to want to check your sugars, then half an hour to an hour later check again and i guarantee your sugars will go back down all on their own. i too had this problem so i went to my doctor and talked to hi about it. he said that a lot of athletes with diabetes have this problem, but you don't want to take insulin after because you will go low because your body will go back to around the original number it was before playing. i play hockey so my doctor recommended taking me sugar before, middle, after and then an hour later, and if my sugars don't go down after an hour or two then it may be the stress causing my sugars to spike. track your sugars before adjusting because you may not need to in the end:) i hope this helps!

Forum Post: Re: who has ever had a low blood sugar attack during a game or a practice?

Josh3350 — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 04:21:00 GMT

Yeah it happens. Ive had it happen during baseball games while I was pitching. Im usually so focused while pitching that I dont notice it, and whenever I am low while pitching it is always rough. The only thing to do is to make sure you test frequently.