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      For pump users: In the past 3 months, have you had issues with insulin delivery due to a bent cannula or occlusion?
      I answered yes , but I’m glad to say the first vent one in 4 or 5 years!
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      Multiple daily injections users: Do you use a diabetes-specific app on a smart phone to track your insulin dosing? Share what works best for you in the comments!
      I record some in my phone, mentally record some, and take photos of my dexcom serial numbers. It was getting confusing using multiple places. I found a workbook on Amazon that allows me to keep all records for a year in one place. It is a good backup for keeping records and taking it with on doctor appointments. Here is the link if anyone is interested: https://www.amazon.com/Diabetes-Workbook-Journal-Annual-Management/dp/B0BT72XJV8/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3QCWJHUYYFVA8&keywords=juli+publishing+diabetes&qid=1685976284&sprefix=juli+publishing+diabetes%2Caps%2C272&sr=8-1
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      Multiple daily injections users: Do you use a diabetes-specific app on a smart phone to track your insulin dosing? Share what works best for you in the comments!
      I note my insulin dosage, both long and short term, using the events option in my Dexcom G6 app.
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      I use an InPen. Tracts my doses and gives report just like a pump. IOB total insulin etc.
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      Multiple daily injections users: Do you use a diabetes-specific app on a smart phone to track your insulin dosing? Share what works best for you in the comments!
      I’m looking for an app that reminds me of basal doses that keeps the time static as you change time zones. For example, I recently travelled to London. My normal basal dose is at 8 PM at home but currently 1 AM in the UK. The Apple Health app reminded me to take it at 8 PM London time instead of 1 AM. I really just want an app that reminds me at the same time my body is set at without making me think about it.
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      Multiple daily injections users: Do you use a diabetes-specific app on a smart phone to track your insulin dosing? Share what works best for you in the comments!
      I’m looking for an app that reminds me of basal doses that keeps the time static as you change time zones. For example, I recently travelled to London. My normal basal dose is at 8 PM at home but currently 1 AM in the UK. The Apple Health app reminded me to take it at 8 PM London time instead of 1 AM. I really just want an app that reminds me at the same time my body is set at without making me think about it.
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      In the past 12 months, have you experienced nausea and/or vomiting as a symptom of high blood glucose levels?
      Echo Mick Martin. Gastroparesis? Try ondonestron (sp?) one of the 10 best medicines ever invented. Also, "a forever learning curve" and "If in doubt, pull it out."
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      In the past 12 months, have you experienced nausea and/or vomiting as a symptom of high blood glucose levels?
      "It's a forever learning curve" - so very true
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      For pump users: In the past 3 months, have you had issues with insulin delivery due to a bent cannula or occlusion?
      I hesitate to bring this up but I am quite sure this happens more than people realize. I use a tubed pump and small amounts of total daily insulin and have checked the tubing for YEARS for bubbles. YES, they are difficult to "notice" unless you have a good light behind the clear tubing because the insulin is also colorless. I detach and check the tubing in the morning and before bedtime if not before the evening meal...I'm talking about significant bubbles----8-10-or12 inches in length can appear and you would NOT notice them unless you were looking. I wonder how many people wonder why their blood sugar is occasionally high and it's being caused by a significant bubble...NO, not the champagne sized version that's often mentioned to "ignore." The pump company I deal with tried to get me to switch to injections instead but I am an EXPERT with the bubble situation. Also, comments over the years that I am probably not filling the reservoir correctly, etc....just plain silly. I am NOT new at this...LOL!!!
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      In the past 12 months, have you experienced nausea and/or vomiting as a symptom of high blood glucose levels?
      I said yes to nausea, occurred with a bad pump site insertion and rising BG over the next 4 hours. I picked it up early w CGM notification and realizing that it was very unusual for me to have rising BG at that time of the day (morning) when on Control IQ pump. The severity was delayed because I had given a breakfast meal bolus via the prior site before the change, so BG was rising after 3 hours, and I knew something was not right. I think this is an important clue for pumpers- when I see people get in trouble w bad sites or insertion failures, the thought process usually is- I just put a new site in, it must be ok- or maybe it does not occur to people that the pump site could have failed--when it should be- did the insertion fail? ----If in doubt, pull it out!----- I pulled the site and could see the cannula was bent, so I know what happened and injected w a syringe, put a new site in, and was better in a 3-4 hours.
    • 1 day, 1 hour ago
      Janis Senungetuk likes your comment at
      In the past 12 months, have you experienced nausea and/or vomiting as a symptom of high blood glucose levels?
      I said yes to nausea, occurred with a bad pump site insertion and rising BG over the next 4 hours. I picked it up early w CGM notification and realizing that it was very unusual for me to have rising BG at that time of the day (morning) when on Control IQ pump. The severity was delayed because I had given a breakfast meal bolus via the prior site before the change, so BG was rising after 3 hours, and I knew something was not right. I think this is an important clue for pumpers- when I see people get in trouble w bad sites or insertion failures, the thought process usually is- I just put a new site in, it must be ok- or maybe it does not occur to people that the pump site could have failed--when it should be- did the insertion fail? ----If in doubt, pull it out!----- I pulled the site and could see the cannula was bent, so I know what happened and injected w a syringe, put a new site in, and was better in a 3-4 hours.
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      Richard Wiener likes your comment at
      In the past 12 months, have you experienced nausea and/or vomiting as a symptom of high blood glucose levels?
      I said yes to nausea, occurred with a bad pump site insertion and rising BG over the next 4 hours. I picked it up early w CGM notification and realizing that it was very unusual for me to have rising BG at that time of the day (morning) when on Control IQ pump. The severity was delayed because I had given a breakfast meal bolus via the prior site before the change, so BG was rising after 3 hours, and I knew something was not right. I think this is an important clue for pumpers- when I see people get in trouble w bad sites or insertion failures, the thought process usually is- I just put a new site in, it must be ok- or maybe it does not occur to people that the pump site could have failed--when it should be- did the insertion fail? ----If in doubt, pull it out!----- I pulled the site and could see the cannula was bent, so I know what happened and injected w a syringe, put a new site in, and was better in a 3-4 hours.
    • 1 day, 1 hour ago
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      In the past 12 months, have you experienced nausea and/or vomiting as a symptom of high blood glucose levels?
      I began playing Pickleball last year in March. When the temperatures started to rise the extra effort my body was experiencing because of the heat got my body hormones out of balance and I began experiencing nausea, higher heart rates and feeling very uncomfortable. I soon realized that I cannot play when is too hot or I’ll end up with ketones. Any new activity when on. Insulin requires adjustments. It’s a forever learning curve. Adding to the heat, last year I was having some absorption problems by the overuse of my abdomen. I have now move the infusion sites to my upper front side and it’s working much better.
    • 1 day, 1 hour ago
      Kristine Warmecke likes your comment at
      In the past 12 months, have you experienced nausea and/or vomiting as a symptom of high blood glucose levels?
      I said yes to nausea, occurred with a bad pump site insertion and rising BG over the next 4 hours. I picked it up early w CGM notification and realizing that it was very unusual for me to have rising BG at that time of the day (morning) when on Control IQ pump. The severity was delayed because I had given a breakfast meal bolus via the prior site before the change, so BG was rising after 3 hours, and I knew something was not right. I think this is an important clue for pumpers- when I see people get in trouble w bad sites or insertion failures, the thought process usually is- I just put a new site in, it must be ok- or maybe it does not occur to people that the pump site could have failed--when it should be- did the insertion fail? ----If in doubt, pull it out!----- I pulled the site and could see the cannula was bent, so I know what happened and injected w a syringe, put a new site in, and was better in a 3-4 hours.
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      Becky Hertz likes your comment at
      In the past 12 months, have you experienced nausea and/or vomiting as a symptom of high blood glucose levels?
      I said yes to nausea, occurred with a bad pump site insertion and rising BG over the next 4 hours. I picked it up early w CGM notification and realizing that it was very unusual for me to have rising BG at that time of the day (morning) when on Control IQ pump. The severity was delayed because I had given a breakfast meal bolus via the prior site before the change, so BG was rising after 3 hours, and I knew something was not right. I think this is an important clue for pumpers- when I see people get in trouble w bad sites or insertion failures, the thought process usually is- I just put a new site in, it must be ok- or maybe it does not occur to people that the pump site could have failed--when it should be- did the insertion fail? ----If in doubt, pull it out!----- I pulled the site and could see the cannula was bent, so I know what happened and injected w a syringe, put a new site in, and was better in a 3-4 hours.
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      Have you developed lipohypertrophy due to repeated injections/infusions of insulin? Lipohypertrophy is a term to describe hardened lumps of body fat just under the skin that resulted from repeated insulin injections/infusion sites. If so, share how you’ve handled lipohypertrophy in the comments!
      After 62 years I have skin issues everywhere. I am an avid at rotating every time I change my infusion set. When I was on multiple daily injections, up to 9 per day, I had massive skin hardening. Since on the pump it’s not nearly as bad that’s been 33 years. I take very little insulin my daily basal comes out to 9 units over 24 hours I eat two meals that I count carbs for and try to keep at a minimum of 30-40 per day. Everything is going well. Rotation is key
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      Have you developed lipohypertrophy due to repeated injections/infusions of insulin? Lipohypertrophy is a term to describe hardened lumps of body fat just under the skin that resulted from repeated insulin injections/infusion sites. If so, share how you’ve handled lipohypertrophy in the comments!
      I use a pump and have had issues with insulin absorbtion. It seems I have a lot of them on the side I primarily use for infusion sets. I recently switched to the other side of my abdomen and dropped more than one point on my a1c.
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      When I first started with my current Endo we would discuss the released and upcoming products and I would tell her about the 'off-market' applications and devices, we both learned from each other. But she was so good with helping me transition to the Dexcom and then the Tandem after Animas was pulled from the Market. She followed my Dex and even finer tuned my Basals and early this year I got an "unbeleivable" 5.4 A1c and we are both extremely happy!
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    47 Comments

    1. John McHenery

      The drop usually happens the following morning.

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      1. Lyn McQuaid

        I put other and was going to say the exact same thing: the drop happens the next morning.

        I also have noticed that my food choices sometimes are impaired when drinking i.e. I will help myself to some extra handfuls of my kids’ snack foods that I would not normally eat. So, while it is not the alcohol itself causing my blood glucose to go up, it’s the alcohol causing *me* to make choices I wouldn’t normally make that may cause a rise.

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      2. Molly Jones

        For me also.
        I don’t drink alcohol without food. I don’t bolus for the alcohol, but notice I need much less insulin for absolutely everything the next day.

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    2. Lawrence S.

      I have not drunk alcohol in years. I used to occasionally have a glass of red wine. When I did, I noticed a very slight drop in my blood glucose level.

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    3. gary rind

      95% of the time, I drink beer. So I will take a shot for the carbs in the beer but have never noticed a drop.

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    4. Kristen Clifford

      Wine and hard cider both lower my blood sugar, especially on an empty stomach.

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    5. Robin Melen

      Quite the opposite: I find that light beer helps me maintain my blood sugars, not unlike a Glucerna shake does. Yay for light beer! Vodka doesn’t impact my levels unless I mix it with tonic, which has some carbs, so I dose a little for it.

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    6. Mark Schweim

      All seem to cause some drop in the long run, but if I don’t Bolus for it, wine or beer almost always causes my BG to skyrocket before it starts dropping to dangerous levels. Best option is to never drink without carbs of some sort along with the alcohol. Vodka or Whiskey almost always causes dangerous drop in BG for me if I don’t take some form of carbs along with it.

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    7. Jneticdiabetic

      I put other because I drink only rarely (1 beer or 1 glass of wine and usually with lots of food) and so don’t know my exact patterns. I had the most severe low of my life (18 mg/dL, ambulance + ER) after drinking wine and champagne while traveling in Paris. That was likely a combo of multiple factors alcohol, physical activity, dehydration and NPH insulin. Enough to make me skittish!

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    8. Connie Porcaro

      I was recently diagnosed with LADA at age 57 so haven’t had many drinks in the past 8 months. But I have found that if I mix equal amounts of cranberry juice and vodka (then add club soda and lime), they balance each other out. I usually eat and bolus for that but don’t need to bolus for that drink. Same with equal amounts of rum and ginger ale. I haven’t tried much else and when I order this in a restaurant or bar, I’m very careful to tell the wait staff that the equal amounts is important (or my husband, trying to be helpful blurts out “She’s diabetic so they have to be equal!” Honestly, drinking alcohol isn’t THAT important to me but sometimes it’s nice to fit in and feel like things are like they used to be.

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    9. Bruce Schnitzler

      I drink alcohol occasionally but have not noticed any patterns.

      7 months ago Log in to Reply
    10. Andrew Stewart

      I’m not one to drink alcoholic beverages without food and most of the time I run high because of underestimating carbs and it’s hard to say on the occasional low was it the alcohol or an overestimation of carbs. Life is full of variables we can’t quantify, embrace the ones that bring you joy.

      #BeWell

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    11. Sherolyn Newell

      I rarely drink because of my rheumatoid arthritis medicine. Doctor said I could occasionally. Even before the meds, the effort to figure out a bolus eclipsed the urge for a drink, so I usually abstained.

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    12. Maggie Morgan

      Liquor will make my sugars drop starting about 6 hours after drinking up to 24 hours after I stop. Beer makes my blood sugars rise soon after and will also cause drops the next day if I drink more than 2.

      7 months ago Log in to Reply
    13. Ernie Richmann

      I think it would be very difficult to single out alcohol as a factor in lowering blood glucose. I sometimes have changes in my blood glucose that I can not explain. There are hundreds of factors that influence blood glucose. Just to name a few: activity, sleep, diet, stress, hormones, medications, illness, hydration, and many more.

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    14. jo

      I went to my sisters one day who lives a few house down and we unexpectedly ended up at a bar having a few gin and tonics. My blood sugar was going down and we ate more than I expected. My blood sugar stayed perfect after eating junk I would never eat. That is the day I discovered Gin is the new Insulin. LOL

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      1. sweet charlie

        HMM, I did not know that… I like Gin …

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    15. Kristine Warmecke

      Everclear did, mostly because I was told it was Chrystal Light and didn’t eat along with it. Though if I don’t snack or have a meal with it, any ‘hard’ alcohol will drop it.

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    16. Barbara Bubar

      Had to laugh….you had no option for: I don’t drink alcoholic beverages.

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      1. Barbara Bubar

        Oops…guess I can’t READ! There it is!!

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    17. Amanda Barras

      My problem isn’t the alcohol but the mixer. I’m always high with mixed drinks. And I don’t drink alcohol straight and no beer.

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    18. Eva

      Here is what I have noticed. Straight up alcohol of any form will stop stop my liver from producing glycogen, which will send my blood sugar down especially if I bolus. But I use to my advantage sometimes… For example, when I get off the tennis court after a 3 set match, I usually drink a glass wine or a shot vodka to stop my liver from sending glucose stored out into the body. That way, my liver slows it’s role and my blood sugar is more steady later. Just one glass of wine or shot will do that. Alcohol is powerful (and tasty) stuff that needs to carefully consumed by diabetics on insulin.

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      1. Sherolyn Newell

        Thanks for the info. I have always wondered what made the BG drop with alcohol, but never remembered to ask the doctor.

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      2. Lawrence S.

        Many years ago, I heard in a lecture (I’m not sure where; maybe at the Joslin Clinic, or in a college course that I took, 45 to 50 years ago) that it is VERY dangerous for a diabetic to drink alcohol when his/her blood glucose is low. The reason being that the liver and kidneys will work to expel the alcohol from the body, before it processes the food. So, if you have low blood glucose, your blood glucose cannot go up until the alcohol has been processed. I always made sure that my BG level was not low before drinking alcohol.

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    19. Brian Vodehnal

      As a homebrewer, I take specific steps to make sure I create quick fermenting sugars which results in a beer with a lot less residual sugars. I still monitor my blood and use my CGM..small amounts of blousing to keep it in check.

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    20. Ms Cris

      Red, dry wines always do, within 10min, same with all clear alcohols (not in a cocktail). Whiskey and bourbons drop me less, but still drop. Spiked seltzers that do not contain sugar or sugar alcohols, drop me.

      I always have to eat, or eat with the alcohol, or run a temp basal at about 85% of normal.

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    21. Pauline M Reynolds

      I no longer drink alcohol, but when I did, it did not lower my BG because I always drank just one and with food.

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    22. Patricia Dalrymple

      I have one drink out and only with food. Do not drink at home. So, normally I will go high because of all the extra carbs I consume. Lately, all I can drink is water: caffeine gives me headaches if I don’t drink it everyday and don’t like that; aspartame gives me headaches so I can’t have my sugar free decaf international Swiss mocha coffee; I’ve started getting cocktail headaches so I think I have to give up alcohol. Red wine gives me a headache. So, it’s water and a little milk. BORING!!!

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    23. Jillmarie61

      I was taught a long time ago tha alcohol
      Could cause a big drop and that you should always eat before or while drinking. Although I have never noticed a drop myself, that doesn’t mean it has never or will never happen because alcohol dulls your senses and removes any fear of it happening. I’m sure there were times it did, but I always was preventive.

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    24. Daniel Bestvater

      I drank a bit while in university, but that was before BG meters so I don’t know how it affected my BG. I haven’t really drank alcohol for the last 35-40 years.

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    25. Carol Meares

      I have to bolus for beer but then it will lower bg many hours later. Wine is fine with dinner but sometimes I will go low later in the night

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    26. Ginger Vieira

      It’s all about the amount of alcohol that I drink! If I consume more than 3 servings of alcohol then I definitely run the risk of going low in the hours after because my liver is then dealing with that larger amount of alcohol — your liver stops releasing stored glucose while it’s processing the alcohol which increases your risk of lows.

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    27. Becky Hertz

      Rarely drink alcohol. Not it’s even less than rarely cause of kidney issues.

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    28. Tom Caesar

      My system is tough enough to keep stable and decided years ago not to complicate it with alcohol.
      Just easier without!

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    29. Karen Mielish-Clausell

      I don’t drink alcohol

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    30. sweet charlie

      WOW!! this was a good subject!!! 70 years T1D and I had NO knowledg of any of these things.. I was given a bottle of good scotch that has honey in it, does it mean they will balance out the BG effect ???

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    31. AnitaS

      I rarely have alcohol, but since I always have food with my drink, I really haven’t noticed a drop. Since my drinks of choice have carbs, my sugar probably goes up a little bit.

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    32. Steven Gill

      Compared to 25 years ago I’m a “nondrinker.” But I’ve been known to require an adult beverage while changing brakes or a water pump, and it’s a federal law while grilling.

      If I drink more than 3-4 beers levels will drop but that’s a rarity, so I clicked “other.” Also drink MICHELOB ULTRA or COORS LIGHT, both with significantly less carbs (this redneck was a Budweiser guy) I don’t dose for. And as I get older and moving slower it’s a whole lot less appealing in the morning.

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    33. Maureen Helinski

      Now I only drink wine. White wine will raise the BG, but red will slightly bring it down. Problem is that when I drink wine I always eat something, often too much.

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    34. KMcKeon

      I wouldn’t say it’s a significant drop, but it will slowly drift down. I have to make sure my blood sugar is high enough when I start drinking, so that I don’t have to worry about lows. I never drink on an empty stomach.

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      1. KMcKeon

        Also, I’ll add that I stick to low carb drinks and do not bolus for alcohol.

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    35. Jen Farley

      I do not drink.

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    36. Marsha Miller

      I do not drink alcohol. Too much addictive behavior in my family genes. It is not worth it.

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    37. PamK

      I know that the two types of alcohol that I checked, wine and rum, both make my blood sugar drop, but I’m not sure about the other options. Wine will sometimes make me drop and sometimes raise my blood sugar, so this is misleading. It really depends on what type of wine.
      As for the other types of alcohol listed, I usually have them in mixed drinks that I know are sweet, so I will bolus, but not due to the type of alcohol in the drink.

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    38. PamK

      I just wanted to add, just before I became legal to drink, my endo at the time, a T1D himself, told me to drink only one type of alcohol each time I went to a bar. Then to check my blood sugar 2, 4, and 6 hours after to see how that type of alcohol affected my blood sugar. That way, I’d know that if a drink made me drop, that I needed to eat something when having that drink in the future and not bolus (or bolus less). This was before CGM, so it was all done with finger sticks. I also did not have a pump. Even with these advances, this advice still works. Don’t mix your drinks, until you know how the alcohol affects you!

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    39. K Ro

      Unless I drink an IPA or a sweet wine (i.e moscato) or mixed liquor drink with a mixer containing real sugar, I NEVER bolus. I rarely drink those things but they will cause a spike too quickly. If I did drink them I’d bolus for half the carbs. Light beer, seltzer, dry wine (like pino grios) or liquor with a diet drink I would never bolus for.

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    40. Kelly Wilhelm

      The harder the liquor the harder I fall. I really notice the drop with hard liquor even if mixed with sugar. I always eat when drinking and regardless I drop a few hours later.

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