Diabetes Type 2 Support Group

Type 2 Diabetes is a condition in which the body either does not produce enough insulin or does not make efficient use of it. Insulin is a hormone needed to convert food into glucose, a sugar that the body uses for energy. Without enough insulin, glucose can accumulate in the blood, and can cause serious health problems such as heart disease and strokes and organ damage...

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summer heat and diabetes?

aunt2all
aunt2all
I have been driving shuttles in the heat the last 2 days, I'm in an air conditioned bus but its hot outside. My numbers have dropped into the upper 70s last night and early this morning. Eating has not been regular. After sucking on a pepsi for the last few hours I'm at 104, this is down from 125 earlier. I did not notice this while in Las Vegas a few weekends ago.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I have a huge problem with heat yearly. Anytime it is over 75 degrees it is hard on me. I keep my home at 65 degrees which to me is perfect. At times I cut off the air but it reaches 70 and I feel it so back on the air conditioner goes. I don't know if this is a normal diabetic thing or not. I still have weight to lose and wonder if my tolerance for heat will get better as the weight comes off. Anyone else have the heat issue that has diabetis 2?
demutt
demutt
I was thinking the lows may be more related to not eating regularly. I try to keep a couple Adkins bars in my purse w/bottle of water. I can usually find two minutes to snarf one of those down if it doesn't look like there will be a chance for a normal meal.

Kind of funny, my only unexplained low (the first time I knew why it happened) was last winter on a cold, snowy day. As a winter hating person that freaks out in the snow, I found myself wondering if the stress played a roll. I'd eaten a normal bf and lunch and was 60 by 6pm w/o exercise.
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deleted_user
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mzizgayle
mzizgayle
Sorry Joyful many of us don't go for quick cures, and all the hype of fad diets etc
phedrick
phedrick
On a recent visit to Colonial Williamsburg, it was brutally hot. We normally visit each year around this time, and it isn't usually so hot.This year I found myself low on many occasions. Fortunately, I have become familiar with how I feel and how my body acts when low. There were actually a couple of occasions I had to have a cookie. Oh Darn.... :D
aunt2all
aunt2all
I don't know if it was the heat or not. I was low most of the week, even while drinking a regular pepsi. I was in and out of my bus so much that it might have been why my numbers were low. After having the really low numbers I started taking food with me so that I could eat when I needed to and not have to stop to get something.

Joyful, I do drink the plexus. I have been drinking it off and on since last Nov. I have lost about 30 pounds since starting it. My friend's cousin has also been on it and has lost enough weight that she was able to come off her insulin.