Anyone besides me just simply run different BG ranges in the summer than in the winter? I’ve said here before that barometric pressure messes with my BG, but I also feel like i just run generally lower in the summer as a rule of thumb.
Anyone? Bueller? Or is my body just defying conventional wisdom…AGAIN?
Way back in the '80s, my endo was a specialist in the effects of hormones on women’s health (though obviously she had guy patients too). After I had a couple of episodes of unexplained DKA, and she said seasonal hormonal changes or cycles messed with diabetes, certainly in women but why not in men as well. I find my insulin requirements change more noticeably in the fall than in the spring.
The other obvious difference is that those of us who live in a place that has winter are generally less active then, and so our numbers run lower in the summer when we’re out and about.
auntlisa1103, beacher,
I agree that hormones probably play a big part in BG swings as the season changes. We are controlled as a species by hormones to hunt/procreate/harvest/nest whether we realize it or not, so why wouldn’t it also affect our BGs? I also think seasonal schedule disruptions do too, because our habits change ever so slightly as Beacher stated. Well at least mine do. Time changes especially always throw my BGs sideways for a week or so. IMHO barometric pressures affect all our little (or large) aches and pains, which stress our bodies and ultimately affect BGs . It’s hard enough for some of us to maintain stable BGs without all the hormonal and environmental components too.
Woo-hoo! Ain’t life grand?!?
I would agree.
Hot weather increases your circulation as a way of maintaining temperature. This results in increased insulin sensitivity. The same applies to hot tubs.
Never heard that one before. Thank you!!
Barometric pressure also effects hangovers.
Wouldn’t know on that one. Dx’d at 14 and, the eternal goody two shoes, because of it I’ve never been drunk 
I picked this up in the crew bar. Barometric pressure varies quite a bit at sea.
I live in Phoenix. I and several diabetics including a diabetic educator I know run higher in the hot summer here. I actually turn up my basal just a bit and change my my pump a little more often. I know whenever It gets colder I go low and have to reduce my basal back. When I fly back east when it is cold I have to turn basal way down or I find I go low fast. Not sure this helps but it is my experience.
My husband brought up the possibility that I’m getting better absorption because I recently switched from quick set to Silhouette. My gut says it’s a confluence of all of it.
Side bar: I love my husband. He is the best type of spouse that could happen to PWD. He is so alert to this stuff, but so grounded too. He is my rock.
Yes, summertime brings a lower usage of insulin because I am outside in the yard so much doing stuff. Wintertime for me is the challenge as all I really want to do is read a good book and drink coffee. I have noticed a little difference in my numbers with a full moon. Hmmmmm. Kinda strange I think.