# Daisy Mae's swimming BG thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Sports & Exercise\ **Tags:** exercise, blood-sugar, swimming\ **Created:** [May 11, 2017, 11:29pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/daisy-maes-swimming-bg-thread/894 "2017-05-11T23:29:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1348
**Author:** ![daisymae](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/daisymae/32/1199_2.png) [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 9:23pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/daisy-maes-swimming-bg-thread/894/1348 "2018-04-09T21:23:50Z")
**A REALLY BAD EVENING AND A TERRIBLE NIGHT; EXPERIMENT #1 :** I was really considering bagging my swim today. i had several great excuses. last evening my BGs kept dropping into the low 40s. it seemed a perfect time for some yummy indulgence; i ate malt balls, i ate chocolate, i ate Oreo cookies with milk. mmm. it took several+ hours to bring my BG up to just a little over 100, and then i felt safe to go to sleep. but i felt really whipped from the lows; its very draining. at about 5am i woke up and my BG was 240 (if i remember correctly). i hadnt even heard my Dexcom alarm go off. i slept right through it. well, i gave myself a correction and tried to go back to sleep. but, i was so uncomfortable and frustrated that i couldnt sleep. so i left my husband in our cozy bed and went into the living room to watch some TV and get ready to make Bfast in 2 hours. and i waited for my BG to come down. at 6:50, my BG had come down to 188, and i pre-bolused for Bfast. but then, after i ate, my BGs started to drop very quickly. when i was 95, i still had 1.5 units IOB, so i thought i would curtail the crash and i took a Gtab. But my BG continued to go lower, i took another tab, and just as i was chewing on it, i knew i had made a mistake by over-doing it. i should have been more patient after eating the first one. (remember: “patience is a virtue” ??? Duh. 😉) i wanted my BG to be in a certain range for my swim. i kept thinking to myself, “awh, bad nights sleep, roller-coaster BGs, exhaustion, why dont i just stay under the covers today and skip the swim?” **have you ever had this? excuses to skip out on life b/c your diabetes seems to be getting in your way?** **not doing something you really enjoy b/c you feel short-changed, and then you end up just short-changing yourself even more?** well, if i want to continue to be **UNLIMITED** i wont follow what my brain is playing dirty with. if my sugars are “too high” or “too low” they can always be corrected. take some insulin or have some carbs. **LIVE LIFE. SCREW THE D!** so there i was, with my “imperfect” numbers, deciding to F it and go do my thing. D was not going to rob me of one of my favorite things in life. not today! **here are the stats:** 1pm BG 129, left for the pool 1:30 BG 142 started my swim 2pm BG 122 took 1/2 Gtab 2:30 BG 103 3pm BG 92 bolused 2 units and dashed home like a crazy woman 😉 3:30 BG 106 bolused 1.6 units for 2 replacement carbs/protein shakes and i congratulated myself for having the willpower to not chicken out. i did it. 1.5 hours of laps. now, after a nice dinner, i can relax and watch some TV and then get a good nights sleep, so i can wake up tomorrow, refreshed (hopefully), and do it all again. 😊 **PS:** can you believe that i am even slightly complaining about my BG numbers? just one year ago, this accomplishment was not even a dream; it seemed too fantastic to achieve. signing off, **DM** --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/daisy-maes-swimming-bg-thread/894)._