# Women's Health: Discussing "The Drop" (i.e. Insulin Sensitivity Change During Cycle Reset) **URL:** \ **Category:** Hormones\ **Created:** [December 14, 2018, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/womens-health-discussing-the-drop-i-e-insulin-sensitivity-change-during-cycle-reset/5815 "2018-12-14T14:12:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![T1Allison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c77e96/32.png) [@T1Allison](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/T1Allison)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 5:59pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/womens-health-discussing-the-drop-i-e-insulin-sensitivity-change-during-cycle-reset/5815/3 "2018-12-22T17:59:47Z")
And this is the sort of stuff that I think would help SO many other women if it was discussed more openly! The following famed sentence, our ONLY sentence of guidance from the medical community, is so old, likely SO inaccurate, and so un-investigated. > [@A 1996 Survey: Source of the main hormone advice given to women today](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/a-1996-survey-source-of-the-main-hormone-advice-given-to-women-today/4572/1): > > “Many women find their blood sugar tends to be high 3 to 5 days before, during, or after their periods.” > [@A 1996 Survey: Source of the main hormone advice given to women today](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/a-1996-survey-source-of-the-main-hormone-advice-given-to-women-today/4572): > > “Many women find their blood sugar tends to be high 3 to 5 days before, during, or after their periods.” This sentence is everywhere. It’s often the only thing stated to give women guidance for how to manage their changing insulin needs throughout their cycle. I just copied that sentence verbatim from the 2015 edition of “A Woman’s Guide to Diabetes”. I’ve written about this sentence before: I believe I have located the source of this sentence with the help of a citation in Type 1 Diabetes: A… Yes, yes, my soapbox. But this has turned out to be a passion of mine. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/womens-health-discussing-the-drop-i-e-insulin-sensitivity-change-during-cycle-reset/5815)._