Comments on: Question about cold office environments http://www.type-1-diabetes.zolushka123.com/2007/03/13/question-about-cold-office-environments/ for anyone who has been touched by this disease Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:34:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Arlen Roberts http://www.type-1-diabetes.zolushka123.com/2007/03/13/question-about-cold-office-environments/#comment-4271 Arlen Roberts Wed, 21 Mar 2007 08:09:00 +0000 http://www.type-1-diabetes.zolushka123.com/2007/03/13/question-about-cold-office-environments/#comment-4271 Mary, LOVE the in-law scenario! LOL (and understand completely.) Have a great day! Joan Mary,

LOVE the in-law scenario! LOL (and understand completely.)

Have a great day!

Joan

]]> By: Tom Kacy http://www.type-1-diabetes.zolushka123.com/2007/03/13/question-about-cold-office-environments/#comment-4268 Tom Kacy Sat, 17 Mar 2007 20:38:18 +0000 http://www.type-1-diabetes.zolushka123.com/2007/03/13/question-about-cold-office-environments/#comment-4268 My office also gets very cold when the air conditioner is on. My office is in a basement with no windows, and it's very small (the office, not the basement). When I'm busy I don't notice it as much but if I'm eating lunch at my desk, or on the phone for awhile, I start shivering. The good thing is that I don't have to worry about my insulin going bad - it's almost as good as keeping it in a fridge! I haven't noticed any difference in my BG because of the cold, though. Are you stressed out at work? That might also cause your numbers to rise. -- (another) Liz My office also gets very cold when the air conditioner is on. My office is
in a basement with no windows, and it’s very small (the office, not the
basement). When I’m busy I don’t notice it as much but if I’m eating lunch
at my desk, or on the phone for awhile, I start shivering. The good thing
is that I don’t have to worry about my insulin going bad - it’s almost as
good as keeping it in a fridge! I haven’t noticed any difference in my BG
because of the cold, though. Are you stressed out at work? That might
also cause your numbers to rise.
–
(another) Liz

]]> By: Jackson Inge http://www.type-1-diabetes.zolushka123.com/2007/03/13/question-about-cold-office-environments/#comment-4265 Jackson Inge Wed, 14 Mar 2007 02:35:34 +0000 http://www.type-1-diabetes.zolushka123.com/2007/03/13/question-about-cold-office-environments/#comment-4265 Hi, Liz. It kind of makes sense that the lower temp is doing that. Another thing to consider is that, even though you are eating very little, when you are cold, your body burns fat to try to stay warm. It may be something similar to the way the body jacks up the sugars when a low goes untreated. I have never specifically had this issue, because I am always too warm (my office is almost always around 78-80 degrees), but this concept may explain why I tend to have lows about 3-4 hours after my lunch when I am working, but not on the weekends so much. Let us know what your doc says! Stacy Liz <njnoodie@... Hey everyone, I hope you are doing well. I have been experiencing something strange lately and I was wondering if any of you have had a similar experience. My office is very very cold -- I mean frigid. Today it is 92 degrees outside and I am wearing heavy wool pants two shirts, a big bulky sweater and I am still getting the chills in my office. I have noticed that while I am at work my body doesn't seem to respond as well to the humalog, I like to keep my BS under 100 b/c if it goes over that number I always get very hungry. Anyway, I am hardly eating any carbs during the day but am still taking 2 uits every two hours trying to keep my BS down and even then it will only go down to <!--more--> the low 100's. However, as soon as I get home from work my BS always drops rather quickly to 60 or 70 without any extra insulin. Has anyone heard of body temp having an effect on insulin absorbtion? I recently read that insulin is absorb more quickly when your body temp is higher but I wonder if a lowered body temp actually SLOWS the rate of absorbtion. I am planning on asking the MD next week but I figured I check withthe REAL experts first. Thanks for any help!! Liz Hi, Liz. It kind of makes sense that the lower temp is doing that. Another thing to consider is that, even though you are eating very little, when you are cold, your body burns fat to try to stay warm. It may be something similar to the way the body jacks up the sugars when a low goes untreated. I have never specifically had this issue, because I am always too warm (my office is almost always around 78-80 degrees), but this concept may explain why I tend to have lows about 3-4 hours after my lunch when I am working, but not on the weekends so much. Let us know what your doc says!

Stacy
Liz <njnoodie@…

Hey everyone, I hope you are doing well. I have been experiencing
something strange lately and I was wondering if any of you have had a
similar experience. My office is very very cold — I mean frigid.
Today it is 92 degrees outside and I am wearing heavy wool pants two
shirts, a big bulky sweater and I am still getting the chills in my
office. I have noticed that while I am at work my body doesn’t seem to
respond as well to the humalog, I like to keep my BS under 100 b/c if
it goes over that number I always get very hungry. Anyway, I am hardly
eating any carbs during the day but am still taking 2 uits every two
hours trying to keep my BS down and even then it will only go down to

the low 100’s. However, as soon as I get home from work my BS always
drops rather quickly to 60 or 70 without any extra insulin. Has anyone
heard of body temp having an effect on insulin absorbtion? I recently
read that insulin is absorb more quickly when your body temp is higher
but I wonder if a lowered body temp actually SLOWS the rate of
absorbtion. I am planning on asking the MD next week but I figured I
check withthe REAL experts first. Thanks for any help!!
Liz

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