Blood Sugar Control

Today’s ride is what I call the Ride of Resistance – insulin resistance that is. Once upon a time, no one really talked about how the hormonal changes of menstruation, perimenopause, or menopause affected blood sugars. We knew that puberty could wreak havoc on blood sugars. But for many years these stages of menstruation, perimenopause, and menopause remained largely taboo topics in the T1D world. Today, I’m talking about them. (As are many women with T1D – thank goodness!) Cycling with type-1 diabetes while on your period can be a blood sugar beast. Why? Depending on where you are in your menstrual cycle, those hormones can make our bodies more insulin resistant. Hormones had other plans For today’s post, I had intended to discuss something completely different. I had planned to go into this ride with a lightbulb moment that I was sure would reduce the risk of auto corrections […]