# Shower Drops **URL:** \ **Category:** Type 1 & LADA\ **Created:** [October 7, 2018, 12:41am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/shower-drops/5149 "2018-10-07T00:41:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![T1Allison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c77e96/32.png) [@T1Allison](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/T1Allison)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2018, 12:41am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/shower-drops/5149/1 "2018-10-07T00:41:50Z")
![IMG_0010](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fudiabetes/original/2X/5/5b42f8661c5e1eb7e2ae6b23def26b6e2b45c7ff.png) Took a shower 3 hours after my dinner bolus. 0.9 IOB. This is a pretty typical shower drop for me and I caught it with two glucose tabs. Do others experience this? ---
**Author:** ![Jen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/jen/32/4777_2.png) [@Jen](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Jen)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2018, 12:46am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/shower-drops/5149/2 "2018-10-07T00:46:36Z")
Do you disconnect during a shower? I usually get shower rises, but I think it’s mostly from the 30- to 45-minute disconnect, not so much the shower. ---
**Author:** ![T1Allison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c77e96/32.png) [@T1Allison](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/T1Allison)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2018, 12:59am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/shower-drops/5149/3 "2018-10-07T00:59:13Z")
I use pods so I’m connected the whole time. ---
**Author:** ![Aaron](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/aaron/32/1454_2.png) [@Aaron](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Aaron)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2018, 1:20am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/shower-drops/5149/4 "2018-10-07T01:20:18Z")
I get these with an omnipod but sometimes it is just a wet sensor problem and sometimes it is real (verified with BG meter) I do find that the hot water from the shower will cause the insulin to absorb faster so if I shower in the morning I do not need to prebolus for breakfast. The downside is that I get a bg rise about 2 houra after the drop sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![T1Allison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c77e96/32.png) [@T1Allison](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/T1Allison)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2018, 1:26am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/shower-drops/5149/5 "2018-10-07T01:26:24Z")
Interesting observations! I did verify the numbers tonight and they were spot on (surprisingly). I’ll have to watch for trends beyond the initial drop. Also, for me, I’ve noticed it drops me but it tends to level somewhere and doesn’t just keep going down…like a vacuum has been turned on and it sucks up any floating insulin and then once my body cools back down it stops. ---
**Author:** ![Aaron](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/aaron/32/1454_2.png) [@Aaron](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Aaron)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2018, 1:30am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/shower-drops/5149/6 "2018-10-07T01:30:40Z")
My theory is the heat from the shower causes more bloodflow to the pumpsite which causes faster absorbtion of the insulin into the bloodstream. Studies (that I am too lazy to reference) looking at applying heat to the pump site for faster absorbtion have proven this. Someone actually designed an infusion set with a built in heater. The later rise is just my observation and my hypothesis is that the insulin was absorbed quickly so less is available to be absorbed later This kind of ruins your future basal. ---
**Author:** ![Aaron](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/aaron/32/1454_2.png) [@Aaron](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Aaron)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2018, 1:32am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/shower-drops/5149/7 "2018-10-07T01:32:07Z")
Ok so curiousity killed my lazyness… > **[Clinical Performance of a Device That Applies Local Heat to the Insulin Infusion...](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3380773/)** > > Fast-acting insulin analogs have been available since 1996. The absorption rate of these insulins is still too slow to mimic the physiological insulin action in healthy subjects. This study investigates the clinical performance of InsuPatch™, ... ---
**Author:** ![T1Allison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c77e96/32.png) [@T1Allison](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/T1Allison)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2018, 1:50am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/shower-drops/5149/8 "2018-10-07T01:50:22Z")
I’m spiking now…but that’s probably from the Mike’s Lite Hard Lemonade…and ice cream and chocolate chip cookie. ---
**Author:** ![Sam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/sam/32/10595_2.png) [@Sam](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2018, 2:17am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/shower-drops/5149/9 "2018-10-07T02:17:27Z")
Yeah I get shower drops pretty regularly with any BOB… I actually use them to my benefit whenever I can… they can be a powerful tool ---
**Author:** ![CatLady](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/catlady/32/36_2.png) [@CatLady](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CatLady)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2018, 2:39am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/shower-drops/5149/10 "2018-10-07T02:39:45Z")
I get shower drops, too, so I try to take ‘em before meal boluses. ETA: Something nobody warned me about at all when I was first diagnosed, gah! ---
**Author:** ![Nickyghaleb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Nickyghaleb](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Nickyghaleb)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2018, 3:02am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/shower-drops/5149/11 "2018-10-07T03:02:03Z")
> [@T1Allison](#): > > I’m spiking now…but that’s probably from the Mike’s Lite Hard Lemonade…and ice cream and chocolate chip cookie. Could be. It’s a remote possibility, but… ---
**Author:** ![Aaron](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/aaron/32/1454_2.png) [@Aaron](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Aaron)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2018, 3:55am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/shower-drops/5149/12 "2018-10-07T03:55:54Z")
> [@T1Allison](#): > > Mike’s Lite Hard Lemonade Had to google the light part 🙂 What does Mike’s Hard Lemmonade and insulin have in common? They were both discovered in Canada. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Michel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/michel/32/387_2.png) [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2018, 5:08am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/shower-drops/5149/13 "2018-10-07T05:08:32Z")
We also get shower drops too. We use them, though! My son gets small rise of feet-on-the-floor phenomenon in morning. So he injects right before getting up for breakfast then takes a shower. The two pretty much exactly counteract each other. I should add, though, that his drop is only 20-30 for a 10 minute shower.