Living with diabetes
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Alcohol libations
| I like martinis. Gin and dirty please. Friday night I had a beer with dinner. I decided later that I wanted a gin dirty martini, but realized my dirty (green olives and olive juice) were becoming a science project in my fridge, so they had to be disposed. Once I got over the sadness of no olives/juice to complete my gin dirty martini I decided to drink the gin martini. After the gin martini was downed I mixed a screwdriver. This was odd because I am not an orange juice fan, but I've had screwdrivers before, and this actually turned out better than my gin martini (without the dirty it is not a good martini!!!). I was pleased with how my screwdriver turned out and enjoyed it in front of the television. I snacked at some point as I always do when drinking, gave my evening insulin, and went to bed. I felt good after my mixology too...I'm a cheap drunk. Saturday evening I dealt with blood sugars in their 80s and below. This makes for eating snacks way too much since I have not jumped on the pump wagon. Therefore, after the third snack of the evening, making sure my bloodsugars didn't plummet, I was tired of eating. I made sure my sugars were above 100 gave my night time insulin and went to bed. Sunday I woke up with a low sugar and had a below 100 sugar around dinner (94). So these happenstances have made me aware of two things: 1.) I find a way to use these mixed drinks to my advantage and devise a plan to have them help with my bloodsugar control or 2.) I can't drink like I used to due to the faltering bloodsugars that follow within the days following lovely libations. I tend to like option number 1 yet I have not devised a good plan. My nemesis of number 1 is that these sugars can become nasty lows if I give too much insulin with meals etc following a martini libation night. *Sigh* The sorrows of alcohol messing with my bloodsugars. |
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