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23-04.-2004, 05:57 PM
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Re: Cycling and diabetes?
Hello. After getting readings of 12-20 , I now ride everyday(10-20k) , this
gets me down to 4-6, much better(after a ride), the exercise helps the circulation , especially useful to the feet ( a danger area for people with diabetes) anyway bicyling and walking fromm what I have read is the best exercise , just don't go to low ,below 4 , I sometimes take a coke (softdrink) in the middle of the ride, bye for now WARREN "Steve Jay" <steveundies@izzythedog.com> wrote in message news:steveundies-980053.13354904042004@news.iprimus.com.au... > G'day all, and thanks in advance for the bandwidth. > > I've been a commuter cyclists for a number of years, with a bit of a > side interest in cycle touring when I can get the time, but in Feb this > year, after 6 months of feeling to much like rubbish to ride, I was > diagnosed with diabetes. > > The medication I've been placed on, Amaryl, states in the literature > that comes with it, that "sustained exercise is contraindicated" and > this has been born out by taking the dog for long walk sometimes > dropping my blood sugar to pre-meal levels. > > My question is, are there any cyclists out there with a similar > experience and tips for how to enjoy a normal cycling life (like going > on 50s and 100s occassionally, and training sufficiently for them) and > how to balance the medication. Also, atypical symptoms of losing weight > in the lead-up to diagnosis indicate possibly the so-called type 1.5 > (adult onset auto-immune diabetes) so I can't afford to burn too much > fat as this contributes to a rapid rise in cholesterol. > > My GP and diabetes educator know little about cycling and look at me > strangely when I ask this question - as if to ask why anybody would want > to do a 50, 100 or 200 ;-) > > Feel free to reply by email (regarding the address: remove "undies" > first) and thanks for any help forthcoming. > > Steve Jay |
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24-04.-2004, 07:15 AM
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Re: Cycling and diabetes?
On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 17:57:57 +1000, "Warren" <W@w.com> wrote:
> Hello. After getting readings of 12-20 , I now ride everyday(10-20k) , this > gets me down to 4-6, much better(after a ride), the exercise helps the > circulation , especially useful to the feet ( a danger area for people with > diabetes) anyway bicyling and walking fromm what I have read is the best > exercise , just don't go to low ,below 4 , I sometimes take a coke > (softdrink) in the middle of the ride, bye for now WARREN 4 is a bit low. Try and stay in the high 4's, low 5's. |
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27-04.-2004, 01:06 PM
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Re: Cycling and diabetes?
Thanks warren & ken (and others who emailed) for the heaps of useful info.
My specific concern was balancing the exercise with Amaryl's tendency to drop the old BSL quickly with sustained exercise and I'm learning tricks (ie the right number of jelly beans every half hour ;-) to deal with that by the surprising method of mowing my rather large lawn (3 hours constant walking pushing a large 4 stroke mower) The enthusiasm everybody's exhuded has got me keen to get back into it, and given me some good tips for the right issues to google, too. There are excess dots in my addy if you're planning to reply that way Ken Oaf wrote: > On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 17:57:57 +1000, "Warren" <W@w.com> wrote: >> Hello. After getting readings of 12-20 , I now ride everyday(10-20k) , this >> gets me down to 4-6, much better(after a ride), the exercise helps the >> circulation , especially useful to the feet ( a danger area for people with >> diabetes) anyway bicyling and walking fromm what I have read is the best >> exercise , just don't go to low ,below 4 , I sometimes take a coke >> (softdrink) in the middle of the ride, bye for now WARREN > 4 is a bit low. Try and stay in the high 4's, low 5's. |
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